Readers often ask me if now is a good time to buy a house. This question has appeared in my inbox for the past nine years, as the Housing Bubble reached its climax, burst, and an Echo Bubble arose in its place. It’s a tough question, as you know, for reasons that are inherent to buying…
The US never hesitated to buy back government debt and is now profiting from its decisiveness. The American economy has grown strong and healthy again, while the European Central Bank is still trying to figure things out. One reason why the ECB is hesitant has been underlined by German economist, Daniel Gros. He…
Since 2010, our top scoring weekly has outpaced the SPX by a median 328 bps in the following year. The best performers from our list one year ago are AGN up 91%, MAR up 61%, and DPS up 54%. The top scoring large cap sector is healthcare. The best large cap industry is healthcare plans….
During the early December correction that set the stage for the Santa rally, we (being NFTRH) watched the Russell 2000, which had actually been relatively weak as it floundered below resistance at around 1150. It then smashed through that resistance and joined the other indexes in bullish territory. It has since taken up leadership in…
Israeli content recommendation platform Taboola is in the final stages of raising $100 million in a Series E funding round, Geektime has learned. This figure is higher than anticipated, and will lay the groundwork for a likely IPO in the next 12-18 months. According to Geektime’s sources, $75 million of the sum will be invested in the company and another…
As we all get ready to see in 2015, a moment of truth arrives. We are bold enough to make predictions for an entire year at the start of each calendar turn, so in the interests of transparency let’s take a look and see how good our forecasts we made at the start of 2014…
Market participation has been thinned by the approaching New Year. This is making for some choppy price action. The result is weaker equity markets and a softer US dollar. The greenback is lower against the euro and sterling. Sterling held just above $1.55 in Asia before recovering a bit in Europe. The euro slipped to…
Greece may be on the verge of a Grexit, crude may be taking out all key technical support levels, and US stocks will still close higher. But let the USDJPY slide and watch as the levitation ends with a bang. And tumble overnight is precisely what the USDJPY did, pushing not only the Nikkei lower…
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Seven may be considered a lucky number, when one looks back over the past 7 years, its not been so lucky for domestic equity funds as they have experienced outflows to the tune of $643 Billion Dollars. Where is all the money going? It appears to be headed towards ETF’s,…
