It’s long been difficult to catalogue everything that Google does, and apparently Google couldn’t keep up with anymore either because the company has unveiled a somewhat bizarre restructuring effort that will see “Google” become a wholly-owned subsidiary of a new holding company called “Alphabet.” Google directors will become Alphabet directors, Larry Page will be the holding…
<<Read More: 20 Dividend Growth Stocks To Buy Today For Your Retirement Portfolios: Part 1 Introduction After an exhaustive search of the dividend growth stock universe I identified 20 dividend growth stocks that I felt were currently worthy of consideration for retirement portfolios based on valuation. In part 1 of this 2-part series found here I discussed the…
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. It’s often difficult to understand the global markets for critical minerals so The Gold Report narrowed it to three—lithium, cobalt and graphite—and brought in Simon Moores, managing director of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and the…
CNN’s Nina dos Santos speaks with tech guru Shelly Palmer about Tesla’s warning it will deliver fewer cars this year and Facebook’s challenge to Periscope. Video Length: 00:05:17
A take on the global economy and equities markets that paints a simple and clear pictures I think. The DJIA index has recorded seven consecutive down days in a row! These 7 distribution days are a sign that many institutions are taking profits or establishing losses. As we are entering the second half of 2015,…
Even with the rebound in second quarter growth, first half growth was still under 2%. Moreover, newly revised real GDP data reports even slower growth over the past few years. For some five years the consensus has forecast stronger growth right around the corner, despite the fact that it has consistently been too optimistic. This…
Stocks were in rally mode today despite the poor economic news out of China over the weekend, or perhaps because of it. Some of the Streetsweepers noticed that Fed Gov Lockhart did not say ‘September’ in his latest pronouncement about his bias towards raising rates, barring an economic Armageddon. Why in particular a three month…
Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) are up for more then 22% today after the company announced a strategic partnership with AstraZeneca (AZN). More specifically Inovio is joining forces with MedImmune, which is the global biologics research and development arm for AstraZeneca. Under the terms of the deal AstraZeneca will obtain rights to INO-3112. Inovio’s INO-3112…
Bloomberg put out a story this weekend that the Treasury market was strong in spite of China “slashing” its holdings of Treasuries. It cited “robust,” deep, broad demand from other sectors as the reason for the strength. There’s a slight problem with that view. It is not true. The only investor sector that has increased its buying of…
Today I deleted Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price momentum: Barchart technical indicators: 64% Barchart technical sell signals Trend Spotter sell signal Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages 10.92% off its recent high Relative Strength Index 32.44% Recently traded at 23.71 which is below its 50 day…
