Stock markets around the world continue to collapse as this new global financial crisis picks up more steam. In the U.S., the Dow lost 254 more points on Thursday, and it has now fallen for five days in a row. European stocks continued to get obliterated, and financial institutions are leading the way. But this…
Charts Monitor, Rather Than Dismiss Fundamental Data Critics of technical analysis often mistakenly believe that using charts discounts the importance of fundamental data, such as earnings, employment, and economic growth. Charts allow investors to monitor the aggregate investor interpretation of all the fundamental data. Said another way, charts are efficient tools used to monitor vast…
Donald Tusk of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, European Council president, has warned that the EU is really in danger of total collapse. He has come out and said that David Cameron’s referendum in Britain will be copied by other members tactics for their own “egotistic goals.” He has said this will unleash the unthinkable democratic…
I woke up yesterday to see oil below $27 a barrel, the US 10-year at 1.6% and the Dow down to 15,600. How quickly the economy is faltering. It is a crazy moment. Oil below $29 a barrel creates Geo-political tensions that can create attacks of aggression. Other countries have already tried to negotiate with…
Call the Men in the White Coats Before it’s too Late Today Sweden’s Riksbank “shocked the markets” by cutting its main refinancing rate further into negative territory, to minus 50 basis points. Note that according to the FT, “Sweden’s economy is booming”, and the Riksbank itself “forecasts that economic growth will be 3.5 per cent this…
…and credit is always right in the end! 1,100 is the target… High Yield bond yields and Leveraged Loan prices are at their worst since 2009 as it seems the hosepipe of QE3 liquidity (its the flow not the stock, stupid) is slowly unwound from a buybacks-are-over equity market.
Introduction It appears that I have become caught up in a spirited discussion regarding holding cash in investment portfolios. However, I believe that my position on this important subject is being misrepresented. Therefore, I felt compelled to offer this article for clarification of my true position and beliefs on the utilization of cash in portfolios….
Mainstream commentary will continue to harp on the unemployment rate as if it were some kind of lucky charm for protection against an increasingly unrecognizable and frightening (to the orthodoxy) world around it. That appeal dominates even where it has so little if any bearing, as in negative swap spreads that were in truth an easy…
For most of the past 15-20 years, the market has been flush with cash, and many stocks have traded at astronomical heights without real businesses to support them. In this exuberant market, fundamentals mattered little while momentum and technical rule the day. However, as excess liquidity dries up and global economic concerns weigh on…
CyberArk Software Ltd (CYBR – Snapshot Report) released their fourth quarter fiscal 2015 earnings results, posting earnings of $0.30 per share (excludes 2 cents from non-recurring items) and revenue of $51.5 million. Currently, CYBR has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), but it is subject to change following the release of the company’s latest earnings report. Here are 5…
