Financials has been one of the best performing sectors in the Q2 earnings season but excluding finance, the overall growth picture for the broader market looks dull. Total earnings for 96.4% of the sector’s total market capitalization are up 8.6% on 0.9% revenue growth, with beat ratios of 67.9% and 64.2%, respectively. Most of the…
Lowry Sees Bull Market Ending There is a very interesting podcast at Financial Sense with Richard Dickson, who is the Senior Market Strategist at Lowry Research. The reason that this particular interview is so interesting is that Lowry Research has been one of the primary supports for Jeff Saut’s uber bullish view on the markets over…
China’s recent stock market gyrations have some analysts now calling China the biggest bubble in history. But those who write off China because of market volatility are missing a more important long-term trend of Chinese geopolitical and monetary ascendancy. That trend shows no signs of abating. China’s leaders have a clever strategy, and Western financial…
Schiff: Expect the Fed to do QE4. Video Length: 00:05:37
Back on June 15th, I specifically suggested shorting TDC (which was an idea kindly offered to me by a fellow Sloper, who predicted a target price of $30). Here was the chart at the time: And here’s what happened since then (your fellow Sloper nailed it):
What is the purpose of your investment account? When you play a game of chess, you base your strategy and tactics on achieving your ultimate goal… to win. Similarly, when you invest, you should always keep your objectives in mind. While you may think everyone’s answer to this question is “to make money,” asset growth…
The Dow is now down for the 6th day in a row (and 11 of last 13 days) as it tests 17,400 – its lowest level since January. With The S&P and Small Caps tumbling towards red year-to-date, Nasdaq remains 2015’s big winner but is falling precipitously today… The Dow is down to 6-month lows… Click…
In this week’s Outside the Box we have a unique diagnosis of Europe’s ills from … a medical doctor. The author is Dr. Luc De Keyser, who currently serves as the chief medical information officer at Xperthis, the largest provider of hospital information systems solutions in Belgium. He has done pioneering work in multicenter clinical…
I understand the concept of lag effect, but this seems a little extreme. Does it seem that when the price of oil goes up, gas prices go up immediately? And when oil prices fall, gas prices don’t fall as rapidly? Your feeling is confirmed by the facts. We’ve had quite a roller coaster ride of…
The GBPUSD nosedived following the results of the MPC voting. The inflation report was also heavy on warnings as to the growth prospects of the UK economy despite the drop of price in the Commodities. GBPUSD dropped to 1.5469 from 1.5620 but rebounded 60 pips from the lows. Elsewhere, FX pairs are taking a break…
