Finance

$9.5 Billion In Iran Boeing Deals Now Dead, Airbus Worse Off

Boeing and Airbus are among the first casualties in Trump’s cancellation of the nuclear deal with Iran. The Seattle Times reports Boeing’s $9.5 Billion Iran Deals, Always Uncertain, are Now Effectively Dead. Following President Donald Trump’s scrapping of the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday and his imposition of what he called “powerful” sanctions, Boeing’s prospective sale to…

BAE Systems Protects Us All From Everybody Else

The Industrials Sector includes twenty-three industries all related to designing, fabricating and servicing stuff we want and use. The industrials industries range from aerospace and defense to waste management with all the transportation, business services, and equipment required in between.  Today I’m reviewing a Large Cap British-based Aerospace & Defense Industrials firm operating as a…

Indian Indices Trade Marginally Higher; Telecom Stocks Witness Bu

After opening the day on a negative note, stock markets in India witnessed buying interest and went on to trade marginally higher. Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note with stocks in the telecom sector and IT sector witnessing maximum buying interest. The BSE Sensex is trading up 51 points (up 0.2%) and the NSE Nifty is trading up 10 points (up 0.1%). The BSE…

Where Are Stocks Headed Next?

The S&P 500 is at a critical juncture as investors and traders will be determining if this is the start of another bear market, a prolonged holding period, or a correction which soon abates. We look to the fundamentals to drive our discussions because we think they drive markets in the long run. To be clear,…

Japanese Yen, Aussie Dollar Fall On Firming Fed Rate Hike Outlook

The Yen underperformed in Asia Pacific trade, falling alongside gold prices while front-end US Treasury yields rose. Realized and expected Fed interest rate hikes have bid up borrowing costs globally since close to 80 percent of all monetary transactions are settled in USD. Bets on more of the same after a hawkish speech form Chair Powell are thus understandably negative for the…