Stocks had a bounce today up to overhead support in a lackluster trade. US markets will be closed on Monday for Presidents’ Day. I imagine what US stocks do on Tuesday will be influenced by what the rest of the world does on Monday without so much of its active guidance. It is going to…
The last few days saw the European bank’s shares substantially going down. Deutsche’s Bank shares went down from around 25 EUR/share in December 2015 to 13,68 today (Feb 12th, 2016). Other German banks suffered also losses of 10-20% on their share prices, whilst French and Italian ones did not fare very well too. Most of…
Constellation (STZ) has been one of the best performing stocks in the S&P 500 consumer index for the fourth consecutive year. Many analysts have the company as a top pick for 2016. STZ is seeing a gain in market share in the industry, with solid sales growth in its Corona Extra and Modelo brands. To…
Chubb (CB) is one of the best managed insurance companies in the world. Prior to the merger of CB and ACE, these companies had raised their dividends for 33 and 22 consecutive years, respectively. With a forward-looking payout ratio below 30%, we expect the combined company’s dividend growth to continue for many more years. While…
Written by Shadow of Truth. In 1979 the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) – a precursor to the euro – was established. The ERM created a semi-fixed currency exchange rate mechanism among the European members of the system which was anchored to the Deutsche Mark. By 1992, less than two years after England joined the ERM,…
After setting fresh lows yesterday morning, we’re seeing pullback in many global equity indices. The Bear Flags from last week were soundly broken, and it appears as though we’re seeing some fresh bear-flags form. The potential for volatility for the remainder of this week is extremely elevated. Most global indices are trading higher on the…
I’ve made two trades today, and both of them were to cover my remaining shorts. One for a profit and the other for a loss. Overall the week and month of trading in the Splash Zone has been absolutely fantastic. But today, I’m not going to push any more positions into my portfolio. Here’s why I am…
With the release of retail sales, the estimates for inventory across the whole supply chain are completed for December. The inventory-to-sales ratio for total business rose yet again to 1.39; the last time the series was that out of balance was May 2009, a ratio higher than what was registered in October 2008. The ratio…
There are many different ways to protect profits and hedge risk in a winning stock. You can use a stop loss order, write call options, buy put options, and more. Today, we’re going to talk about buying puts, and compare that to using stops. Buying puts is probably the closest alternative to using a stop…
The New York Federal Reserve just announced that older Americans are carrying more debt than ever before and, believe it or not, spins this as a good thing: New York Fed Finds Large Increase in Debts Held by Those Over Age 50 (NASDAQ) – Americans in their 50s, 60s and 70s are carrying unprecedented amounts…
