There are many casual observers in the investment world that probably think managing money is easy. All you have to do is come up with some sort of strategy that involves a definable technique or asset allocation structure. The next step is to align yourself with like-minded investors who favor your style above the other…
When looking for a nice dividend stock, one should have an elaborate set of criteria to be met. Double digit dividend yields are tempting, but you should do more research to make sure that your investments are dependable. After all, a 30% dividend yield won’t be worth much if the stock price ends up going…
Wholesale Inventories rose 0.1% MoM (more than expected and the most in 7 months) and Sales dropped 1.0% MoM (notably less than expected and weakest in 7 months) sending the inventory-to-sales ratio to 1.31x – new cycle highs – and flashing the brightest recession warning yet. With inventories up 4.2% YoY and Sales down 4.5% YoY,…
Wholesale Inventories rose 0.1% MoM (more than expected and the most in 7 months) and Sales dropped 1.0% MoM (notably less than expected and weakest in 7 months) sending the inventory-to-sales ratio to 1.31x – new cycle highs – and flashing the brightest recession warning yet. With inventories up 4.2% YoY and Sales down 4.5% YoY,…
USDCHF: The pair saw a follow-through lower the past week on the back of its previous-week losses. This development leaves it weak and vulnerable to the downside in the new week. On further weakness its key support located at the 0.9527 level will be targeted. A move below that level will call for more downside…
Thursday after the market closed the US earnings season began. Among the early reporters is Alcoa, which your editor owns shares in. A college economist friend who later married a Frenchman, making her, like me, the wife of a European, used to sit on the AA board, why I own the share. We were neighbors…
Every day I see more propaganda about the American Dream of owning the home. I see the code words a $15 trillion dollar industry uses to hypnotize its religious adherents to BELIEVE. Lay down your money, your hard work, your lives and loves and debt, and BELIEVE! But I will qualify: if someone wants to own a…
Larry Summers has spoken once again about secular stagnation on a Business Insider article entitled Larry Summers: the Global Economy Is in Serious Danger. Summers makes an excellent case for why things cannot remain as they are. He is right in saying that stimulus in the form of fiscal efforts is likely needed to expand…
The week summarised… as BofA put it –“It’s Not A Risk-On Rally, This Is The Biggest Short Squeeze In Years” With China shut and The Fed going full dovish panic-mode over growth fears, world markets went crazy… S&P up 7 of last 8 days +3.2% – best week since Oct 2014 Russell 2000 +4.5% – best…
They are printing money hand over fist right now, and legally they have to pay out 90% of their earnings to you, the shareholder. There may not be a better time to invest in these three REITs than right now. In the universe of real estate investment trusts (REITs), the norm for business operations is…
