We evaluated 22 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors, those who are willing to do such research. We also put each company through the ModernGraham valuation model based on Benjamin Graham’s value investing formulas in order to determine an intrinsic value for…
Written by Joseph Joyce The outflow of money from emerging markets this year will most likely surpass inflows for the first time since 2008, and net capital outflows may total $541 billion according to the Institute of International Finance. The flows have been accompanied by currency depreciations, stock market collapses, and in the case of Brazil, a downgrade in…
Several announcements moving market on Wednesday During the session on Wednesday, we get employment figures coming out of the United Kingdom, as well as retail sales figures coming out of the United States. Because of this, we think that there should be a bit of volatility in the markets overall. USD/CAD shows quite a bit…
Introduction There is an undeniable fact that differentiates investing when in retirement versus investing while you are still working. When you are employed, you are working for your money. However, once a person truly enters their retirement years, the situation reverses itself. When in retirement you begin the stage in your life where your money…
Photo Credit: Oliver Holzbauer Delta Airlines (DAL), the #3 U.S. airline in terms of traffic, has been outcompeting its rivals for the last several years, however for Q3 the Estimize community is expecting EPS to be lower than the Wall Street consensus. The Estimize consensus is anticipating EPS of $1.69 and revenue of $11.13 billion while…
Stocks were weak most of the day on overseas and earnings jitters. They were rallying a bit after a lower open, but ended up going out on the lows of the day. After the bell JPM missed both the top line revenues and the earnings per share, after reducing their provisions for losses by ten…
On of the key things to understand about the massive, coordinated, global easing effort on which central banks have embarked since the financial crisis is that these policies have served to widen the gap between the rich and poor. Ben Bernanke – and plenty of other vaunted central planners for that matter – will tell…
Volatility is back to breakout point.
Most of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms launched around 2012-2013. That’s certainly long enough for some of these platforms to have some losses — angel investing is a game of percentages. So few companies actually make it — so, it’s important to pick the right startups to invest in and make sure you’re well-diversified if you’re an…
The commodities market moves much faster than television networks. The producers of the new ABC show “Blood & Oil” are learning this the hard way. The series follows the story of a young couple who moves to North Dakota after the biggest oil discovery in American history. The show was written a few years ago when Oil…
