IBM (IBM) is one of the oldest publicly traded technology corporations. The company was founded in 1911 and has grown to a value of $160 billion. The company has not reduced its dividend payments since 1993; a streak of 21 consecutive years of dividend payments without a reduction. IBM’s impressive dividend streak makes it a…
Here is a trio of interesting charts to consider for shorting.
Forget the middle-aged belt-and braces stockbroker who ‘knows’ a good stock. Ignore the 5-star tech analysts who never saw a startup he didn’t like (with your money). Meet 25-year-old math PhD Sam Barnett, CEO of SBB Research – a quant hedge fund – who, instead of wild extrapolations and Keynesian hockey-sticks, trades the market by “using data…
Photo Credit: PR, Screenshot – NFLabs After three years in operation, NFLabs, Korea’s most promising Big Data startup has raised series A funding from Big Basin Capital, Bon Angels and Coolidge Corner investment. The funding of $1.5 million USD will be primarily used to bring the startups big data analytics and visualization software to a global…
Source: Pixabay Dear Diary, Last Thursday, the Dow shot up 421 points, or 2.4%, following the Fed’s announcement that it would be “patient” about normalizing interest rates. It was the biggest single-day gain for the Dow in three years. And the 13th biggest single-day gain ever. No one knows what was in this package…
With Christmas fast approaching, one company that is definitely on a lot of consumers’ minds is undoubtedly Apple (AAPL – Analyst Report). The computing giant’s iPhones, iPads, and computers are favorite gift items for many, and will definitely be waiting under the tree for some lucky people on the 25th. Yet investors might also want to consider…
With Christmas fast approaching, one company that is definitely on a lot of consumers’ minds is undoubtedly Apple (AAPL – Analyst Report). The computing giant’s iPhones, iPads, and computers are favorite gift items for many, and will definitely be waiting under the tree for some lucky people on the 25th. Yet investors might also want to consider…
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Outflows from mutual funds have been rather large of late, actually the biggest in the past three years at (2), reported by Sentiment Trader. At the same time this took place, Junk bonds have been hit hard, driving them down to three year support line (1) in the upper left…
The Russell 2000 Index has lagged all the major benchmarks for most part of this year. While the major benchmarks have been hitting fresh highs, the same is not the case with the Russell 200 index that comprises small-cap stocks. The year-over-year performance of the index was disappointing, as well. As of Dec 22, the…
Google officially became a car company in 2014 and just in time to catch the waning days of the year, the tech colossus revealed the first prototype of its driverless vehicle. In roughly the decade since Google began to develop self-driving cars, the company has spent what’s likely hundred of millions if not billions on…
