I live in Houston, which has been a huge economic beneficiary of the sustained increases in oil prices, drilling, refining and related processes. As such, the amount of wealth created in energy-related investments has been enormous and, not surprisingly, a vast majority of individuals have overweighted portfolios in energy with the expectations that “oil prices can…
On Dec 5, 2014, we issued an updated research report on Raven Industries Inc. (RAVN – Analyst Report). The company is poised to benefit in fiscal 2015 from its objectives as well as acquisitions. However, the North American agricultural equipment environment will remain sluggish in the near term and in turn hurt Raven’s growth. Notably, Raven will benefit from…
Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index stock to find the one with the most frequent new highs in the last month. Today’s sort yielded Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC): Barchart technical indicators: 72% Barchart technical buy signals Trend Spotter buy signal Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages 17 new highs and up…
Click on picture to enlarge When Crude Oil was trading “above” $90, the Power of the Pattern suggested that the most important commodity on the plant could trade at least down to $70, due to this important pattern. (see post here) Joe Friday shared a few weeks ago, that if Crude were to break below this…
Well, I can’t, but maybe you are better at it. Before going on vacation I closed my Diana Containerships (DCIX) position with a huge loss of more than 60%. When I bought it in March 2013, it looked like a reasonable investment. The world Economy was recovering, and trade, especially trade in finished goods, was…
When a financial crash does happen, you can forget about getting immediate access to your money. Ellen Brown of The Web of Debt Blog says, “The banks will say, well, we don’t have it. All the money goes into one big pool since Glass Steagall was repealed. They are allowed to gamble with that money…
I will note here that I did reach out to the folks at Saibus last week and did manage to have a conversation last Friday about their piece. I had hoped that some of the errors contained here would be corrected but they have not. Since I continue to get questions on it, I’m obliged to…
One of the recurring topics on Zero Hedge over the past 3 years has been the relentless increase in student loans which, as a result of their cumulative default and loss severity (including those loans which are “merely” in deferment and forbearance) has surpassed the subprime bubble in terms of size. In fact, as the following table…
Each of the 54 Dividend Aristocrats was ranked using The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing. The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing take into account yield, valuation, growth, and volatility to determine the strongest dividend stocks to invest in without bias. The Top 7 Dividend Aristocrats using The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing are: Wal-Mart ExxonMobil PepsiCo…
Note from dshort: I’ve updated this commentary with the latest numbers from last week’s Employment Report. The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the Civilian Labor Force (people age 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the Civilian Noninstitutional Population (those 16 and over not in the…
