“Plunderers of the world, when nothing remains on the lands to which they have laid waste by wanton thievery, they search out across the seas. The wealth of another region excites their greed; and if it is weak, their lust for power as well. Nothing from the rising to the setting of the sun is…
Value stocks are stocks that tend to trade at a price that is lower than its fundamentals (i.e. earnings, book value, Debt-Equity). It is common for some investors to invest in value funds for the income or yield. However, not all value funds are comprised solely of companies that primarily use their earnings to pay…
Is this the breakout markets have been waiting for? Both the S&P and Russell 2000 edged past resistance and the Nasdaq has managed to climb above 5,000, although it’s a few days from challenging the high. The S&P needs to follow through higher (very) soon to put this consolidation from February to bed. The Russell…
The Chart of the Day belongs to DST Systems (NYSE:DST). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks with the highest technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/31 the stock gained 7.57%. DST Systems, Inc. provides sophisticated information processing and computer…
The pre-market open economic news was a mixed bag: New Jobless Claims came in better than forecast, but the Headline Producer Price Index for Final Demand hit a record low. And these reports follow up on yesterday’s Retail Sales data suggesting that the consumer is in semi-hibernation. No worries! The S&P 500 bolted from the gate with a strong morning rally…
The PPI (Producer Price Index) this morning was shockingly negative. And so stocks rallied, on the basis that since we are seeing so many deflationary indications the Fed would not be raising rates anytime soon. Again I would like to reiterate the Le Café view that the Fed never had any economically based intentions of raising…
Several weeks ago, when the CFTC and DOJ’s laughable attempt to scapegoat the May 2010 flash crash on the actions of a live-in-his-parents-basement UK trader, we explained “Why Sarao Is The Flash Crash Patsy: He Threatened To Expose The “Mass Manipulation Of High Frequency Nerds.” It now turns out that he not only threatened to expose…
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 265,000 to 280,000 (consensus 276,000) vs the 264,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average moved from 279,500 (reported last week as 279,500) to…
Your time is your most valuable asset Correct time management can help you get ahead with your investments, just like it can help you win a game of chess. In order not to find yourself performing carelessly because you feel rushed, it is crucial to learn to treat time as your most valuable asset. As…
Eric Coffin, long-time editor of the Hard Rock Analyst group of publications, has seen the all-time highs in the junior mining space, and the current three-year bear market has taught him to adjust his expectations. He says the companies that he follows that have performed recently all had a specific event—a bigger resource number, a new economic…
