Monthly Archives: November 2017
(A)Typical At The Bottom
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) estimates sales of existing homes rose 2% in October 2017 from a downwardly revised September estimate. The trade group tries its best to put recent results in the best possible terms, claiming in its press release that at 5.48 million (SAAR) the number of resales is “their strongest pace…
5 Best-Performing Aggressive Growth Mutual Funds Of Q3 (Revised)
Markets gained traction in the third quarter primarily due to strong quarterly earnings which came in above estimates. This led to benchmarks hitting record highs in the period. Another major push came in the form President Trump’s new tax code which sought to reduce tax rates considerably. Also, the U.S. economy has improved at an…
Has The Market’s Timer Popped?
The larger the bird, the longer it takes to cook. Luckily, the handy red timer thingy pops when the bird of any size has roasted to perfection. Why then, do some people still overcook or undercook a turkey? Perhaps, it’s because they ignore the pop-up technology. The market’s indices made new all-time highs. Not surprising…
Passive Investing Is 38% Of The Market
Bitcoin Getting Larger But Not Safer In a previous article it was mentioned that with the recent excessive speculation in bitcoin, that bitcoin’s volatility since has been increasing after it went through a stretch of relative calmness. This aspect is important to review because in the past few years, bitcoin proponents have said that the…
Retail Tries To Bounce – Can It Last?
Awful. Simply put, the word awful sums up the year for investors with ties to stocks in the retail sector not named Amazon.com (AMZN), Home Depot (HD), or a handful of other companies. It hasn’t been just 2017 either. As shown in our Death By Amazon Index (DBA) below, the retail sector has been in a tailspin…
Yield Curve Crash Continues As Stocks Surge On Biggest Short-Sque
Ignore gold, ignore earnings expectations, ignore the dollar, ignore the yield curve… and… Video length: 00:02:44 German stocks sum it all up… Buy The F**king German Government Crisis… (even as EUR stays weaker) Record Highs all around in ‘Murica… As once again the European Session (green boxes) cominated the ramp… As VIX was slammed back to…
Why Target Corporation Sank Last Week Despite Surge In Same-Store
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), one of the top online shopping sites in America, saw a significant rise in its quarterly same-store sales according to the company’s earnings report released last Wednesday. However, shares of the big-box store dropped by more than 4% before the morning session opened and tanked even harder after it commenced, and though shares have rebounded…
Add These 4 Retail Stocks To Your Black Friday Shopping List
With Q3 earnings season nearly over, the focus is likely to shift to the retail sector, which hogs all attention with the advent of the holiday season. Retail stocks get a thrust during this busiest part of the year, which is often a make-or-break time for retailers. As the countdown to Black Friday begins, investors…
Russell 2000 And Semiconductor New Highs / S&P Breaks
The S&P broke higher to confirm a ‘bear trap’ and also closed at a new all-time high. Volume climbed to register an accumulation day but there were further losses in relative performance and continued losses in the MACD. The Nasdaq posted a gap-driven 1% gain to bring it ever closer to channel resistance. It…