Invest in these four stocks for capital appreciation and an accelerating income without risking your cash to over the top downside risk. These safe dividend paying stocks should produce high single-digit returns this year even if the broader market goes nowhere. The market staged a remarkable comeback to close the first quarter after its horrendous…
What a difference a few short months can bring. As 2016 was getting underway, negativity surrounding the marketplace was mounting. It seemed that with each passing day and week all the major averages were getting decimated as we saw the DOW (DIA) and S&P (SPY) fall from their late 2015 highs and all the talking…
Since I’m near Ft. Worth, Texas right now, I thought I’d give this post an appropriate theme. This weekend I wanted to focus on exchange traded funds (ETFs), since they are sporting some pretty interesting patterns lately. I’ll do five today and another five tomorrow. The first one of these ten is the only disappointing…
The rise of the ‘dollar store business model’ caters to a disappearing ‘middle class’ who are incurring shrinking incomes. This has made ‘dollar stores’ prosper, in the last decade. Dollar stores, for most Americans, have carried an odd sort of stigma. In the past, these stores were seen as shopping for the poor, only. We…
Ford Motor Company (F) sold 254,711 vehicles in the U.S. in March – an 8 percent gain versus a year ago – while first quarter sales of 645,626 vehicles were up 9 percent. This represents the company’s best sales performance for March and first quarter since 2006. Total Ford brand SUVs are off to their best…
I’ve always been a big proponent of following the major trends in the market to serve as guideposts for sizing the stock allocation of my portfolio.Trend lines like the infamous 200-day moving average have never been a perfect predictor of stock market direction.However, using these types of technical indicators can serve as a useful tool for…
Market comment: March has been a very busy month for central bankers. Nine of them moved to further cut interest rates. Negative interest rate policy (NIRP) is now a reality in Japan, the E.U., Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden. This month the ECB expanded its asset purchase program to include non-financial corporate bonds. In the U.S, NIPR is becoming…
I have the opportunities to talk to a lot of individual investors. I am a regular, invited presenter at various investor conferences, and I frequently answer email questions from my newsletter subscribers. From these interactions, I have learned that the two hardest things for investors to do is to buy shares when the market is…
Deals and Financings Luye Group, the parent of Luye Pharma (HK: 2186), is bidding to acquire Ethypharm, a privately held French pharma, at a price that could be as much as $800-$900 million (see story). Luye faces competition on several fronts for control of Ethypharm, which is currently owned by PE firm Astorg Partners. Other investment…
Fundamental Forecast for Dollar: Neutral Persistent NFPs and labor data this past week was defused by Janet Yellen’s cautious tone in her forecast speech A meeting with Janet Yellen and former Fed heads Bernanke, Greenspan and Volker may provide key insight See our 2Q forecasts for the US Dollar and market benchmarks on the DailyFX Trading Guides…
