Monthly Archives: August 2015

Comfort Systems USA – All Time High

The Chart of the Day is Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX). I found the heating and air conditioning products stock by using Barchart to sort the All Time High list for the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 6/23…

Why The Government Hates Gold

PARIS – “It’s a total disaster. It’s like hell here.” Thus did a trader describe the reopening of the Greek stock market. The main Athens stock market index, the Athex, ended the day down 16%, after trading was allowed for the first time in five weeks. And it was down by more than 23% just…

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Several recent IPOs reported earnings after Tuesday’s market club, notably Etsy (ETSY) and LendingClub (LC), plus relative newcomer (late 2011) Zillow (Z). Another newbie, OnDeck Capital (ONDK), reported after Monday’s close. All trade on the cachet of online-focused business…and all have investors nervous. OnDeck didn’t say what investors wanted to hear about loan origination yesterday,…

Are You Aware Of The Danger Hidden Within IPOs?

Warning of tech-bubble-like overvaluation in the IPO market, we’ve previously put recent IPO companies Wayfair (W), Box (BOX) and GoDaddy (GDDY) in the Danger Zone. This week we’re turning the tables and putting IPO investors in the Danger Zone as we reveal many of the hidden dangers of IPO investing today. Accounting Loopholes for Pre-IPO…

Freddie Mac Reports Impressive Q2 Earnings, Shares Jump

Shares of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FMCC – Snapshot Report) or Freddie Mac rose 5.99% following impressive second-quarter 2015 results. The company reflected its 15th consecutive quarter of positive earnings with net income of $4.2 billion, significantly up from $524 million in the prior quarter. Results were positively driven by higher net interest income and derivative gains. Moreover,…

Disney, Activision Beat Earnings Estimates

The Walt Disney Company (DIS – Analyst Report) posted slightly mixed earnings and revenues for its fiscal Q3 2015 after the market close on Tuesday. Earnings of $1.45 per share topped the Zacks consensus estimate of $1.39. Revenues came in a tad light of expectations at $13.1 billion; the Zacks consensus estimate was for $13.17…

Goldman Is Confused: If The Economy Is Recovering, Then How Is Th

Following last week’s news that household formation jumped and was revised higher, the logical consequence is that young Americans living in their parents’ basement must finally be moving out. They are not. In fact, as the chart below from Goldman shows, Millennials are doing anything but moving out, a development that has left Goldman’s economists stumped. Below…