The sudden fall in the price of oil provides a unique opportunity to examine the widely held belief that deflation is economic poison. As many governments and central banks have vowed to fight deflation at all costs in 2015, the question could hardly be more significant. While falling prices may strike the layman as cause for celebration, economists believe that…
Warren Buffett outlines 15 owner-related business principles in Berkshire Hathaway’s annual reports. These 15 principles outline how Berkshire Hathaway conducts its business. Analyzing and applying these principles toother businesses creates a good framework for identifying businesses worthy of long-term investing. This article analyzes and interprets each of Warren Buffett’s 15 Owner Related Business Principles. Principle 1: …
The euro fell to its weakest in almost nine years against the dollar amid speculation the European Central Bank is moving closer to large-scale bond purchases. The shared currency slid as much as 1.2 percent after President Mario Draghi last week gave his clearest signal the ECB will start quantitative easing. The euro also weakened as Greece…
Here’s a cheery headline to start the week: Japan 2014 births fall to lowest on record but deaths rise. From the FT: Deaths outnumbered births in Japan last year by the widest margin on record, underscoring the scale of the challenge facing the government as it tries to ensure a dwindling pool of workers can support…
Today I wanted to see which small cap stocks had the best technical buy signals and charts. I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the best technical buy signals then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Today’s list includes: Papa John’s (NASDAQ:PZZA), Coresite Realty(NYSE:COR), Biglari Holdings (NYSE:BH), IXIA (NASDAQ:XXIA) and Wausau-Mosinee Paper (NYSE:WPP):…
Source: Flickr Dear Diary, Wall Street reconvenes today after a long holiday. Investment advisers, economists and soothsayers have given us their guesses and wishful thinking about where the world is headed in 2015. Most see “more of the same.” They’re buying the dips. And waiting for corporate boards to approve more share buybacks. They’re sure that…
Written by Gary Premarkets down -0.6% primary because WTI oil dropped into the $50 range, marking another new 5 year low. Markets opened lower with a large number of BTFDers jumping in temporarily halting the slide before SPY touched -0.9%. By 10 am the averages were still falling on moderate volume mostly on ‘oil shock’, but…
Here is the progress of the 4 US indexes noted as we began our Gappy New Year… RUT is entering the support zone with the gap down below. NDX is well into the gap zone and above support. SPX broke the first support, which was very minor. Strong support is noted. INDU is similar, with a sizable distance down to…
“To act in accord with a myth is the distinctive characteristic of all living things”. ─Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen Introduction This paper is an upgrading of some…
Here is an outlook on gold and the SP500 which I agree with David Banister. He is a trading partner of mine and think this is a timely update for the bigger picture. Our long term subscribers have been following the Gold and SP 500 markets with us for years, and for sure last year…
