The Russell 2000 followed through higher with a break of resistance and a bullish cross of mid-line stochastics. The ‘bear trap’ follow through is for new all-time highs. Watch for a MACD trigger ‘buy’ to support the ‘bull flag’ break. The Nasdaq finished with a narrow doji which is also a swing trade opportunity….
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium were up one and two cents, respectively, from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Alaska has the highest average price for Regular at $3.23 and San Francisco, CA is the most expensive city, averaging…
It has been a while since we’ve applied historical analysis to the precious metals sector. It is something we really enjoy as history can help define and contextualize current trends and help us spot opportunities. Back in March of this year we noted that the gold stocks could be following the path of recovery of housing…
Seventeen and a half years ago, on April 1, 2000, we published a piece entitled “Will the Nasdaq sell-off become a crash?” We have now retrieved that piece from our archives and posted it on our website. In preparing that piece in 1999–2000, we evaluated the stock market at the time and made a theoretical…
These are good times to be a private equity fund investor. Returns have been strong with distributions on the rise, both in the U.S. and Europe. Limited partners, for their part, have voted with their wallets that the asset class will continue to outperform. Indeed, fundraising continues to be strong, with over $213 billion raised…
The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress are trying to enact tax cuts, heavily geared toward large corporates in order to boost growth in the US. Without getting into the likely effectiveness of the proposals, I want to look at what impact these cuts could have on monetary policy given the flattening of the yield curve…
TM Editors’ Note: This article discusses one or more penny stocks and/or microcaps. Such stocks are easily manipulated – do your own careful due diligence. Last week, Isodiol International (ISOL.CN) (ISOLF) was one of the top performing cannabis stocks, rallying more than 150%. We believe this rally is just getting started. Following Constellation Brands’ investment…
Shoppers’ eyes will be on Amazon this week because of Black Friday, and most analysts agree that the online retailer is the one to beat. One sore area has been gross margins as the company is notorious for operating on razor-thin margins. However, one analyst has actually increased his target price for Amazon stock after analyzing…
What are cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are the newest form of digital currency. Imagine a peer to peer transfer without the interaction from any 3rd party. This means you can go to any store, purchase anything and no one will know what you purchased. It is not anonymous so the amount will be shown. The seller and…
An improving U.S. economy, substantial surge in manufactured and retail goods, and a sharp rebound in a number of end markets are expected to fuel growth of the transportation sector. Of the various means of the U.S. transport, trucking is the largest one, servicing 70% of freight tonnage. Momentum to Continue The U.S. trucking industry…
