Fed Can’t Raise Rates Without Pricking Bubble
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
November 2014 Conference Board Employment Index Improves. But The
The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index – which forecasts employment for the next 6 months – again strengthened. The index has improved now for 11 months. However, the rate of growth slowed. The Conference Board believes future employment growth will likely be solid in the coming months – but Econintersect‘s own employment index is saying…
Best Buy – Putting In A Great Performance
In May, I wrote an article about Best Buy (BBY). The stock price was still clearly beaten after taking a hit in the beginning of the year. At the time, I wrote that the perception of the investors about this stock was still being affected by non-recurrent items. However, the company was taking measures to…
Investment-Grade Credit Spreads Widening
What do McDonald’s (MCD), Philip Morris (PM), Caterpillar(CAT), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Target (TGT) have in common? Yes, they’re all large-cap stocks that pay solid dividends. In fact, three are even Dividend Aristocrats, having increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. But the common characteristic I’m referring to isn’t related to their dividends… or even their common stocks. Instead, I’m looking higher up…
The Endless Slide
Enough time has passed that I wanted to mention an idea I gave my Slope Plus subscribers back on November 21st. I wrote, in part, “USO did a perfect gap-fill at 29.08. I shorted some crude oil right here, since this is an extremely clean stop.” My stop was too tight (by a few pennies),…
The BRIC Countries Are Dead. Who’ll Stand Up Now?
Source Less than 15 years ago, the term ‘BRIC’-countries was introduced by Jim O’Neill. It was an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China whose economies were expected to overtake by 2050 the countries which were the largest economies in 2000. There was a lot of lobbying going on from other countries to…
3 Stocks To Weather A Winter Chill
The U.S. has experienced higher temperatures during December so far. This is in sharp contrast to last month’s chill, marked by heavy snowfall in the Northeast and Midwest. However, temperatures may soon drop again following storm warnings for the Northeast. Bitter November Through November’s end, the U.S. had experienced an early and bitter winter. Portland,…
Dow Jones- How Long It Took To Reach Each 1,000 Level
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The Dow is currently less than 1% from another milestone, which is the 18,000 level. The above table looks at how many days it took the Dow to reach each 1,000 level and the annualized return during each time period. As you can see the Dow could reach the 18,000…
Midcoast Energy Partners (MEP) In Focus: Stock Jumps 7.3% Decembe
Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P. (MEP – Snapshot Report) was a big mover last session, as the company saw its shares rise over 7% on the day. The move came on solid volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This reverses the recent downtrend for the company as the stock is now down…
Monday Melt-Down – Japan’s GDP -1.9% In Recession
Now things will get interesting. As you know, we’ve been making a very public call to short the Nikkei through EWJ (short at $12, using Jan $12 puts at 0.55 as well as /NKD Futures short at 18,100) and today you’ve officially missed your chance as the Nikkei plunged back to 17,900, down 200 points…