Finance

US Major Indices: Just The Bare Facts

Last night’s joint US/British/French military operation in Syria is over and no amount of arguments for/against it will change that fact. Prior to that and as of Friday’s close, the US Major Indices were still mired inside their respective consolidation zones near their 50-day MA, as shown on the following 1-year and 2-month daily charts.   So how will markets react?…

IBM: ETFs To Watch Ahead Of Q1 Earnings

International Business Machines (IBM – Free Report) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 17 after market close. Being the world’s largest computer-services provider, it is worth taking a look at its fundamentals ahead of results. IBM has gained 3.1% so far this year but slightly lagged the industry’s average growth of 3.5%. The upside…

There Aren’t Two Labor Markets

Allusions to a labor shortage continue to be ubiquitous. Two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal published yet another such story under the headline Iowa’s Employment Problem: Too Many Jobs, Not Enough People. Ostensibly about the experiences of companies trying to hire in the one state, the implication was clear enough. If Iowa, IOWA, has a labor shortage, how bad…

Simon’s Yield Above 5%: Safe Income Or Value Trap?

Retail REITs have significantly underperformed the rest of the market as rising interest rate fears and growing Internet competition weigh heavily on brick-and-mortar retail properties. This article reviews the current state of one retail REIT in particular, Simon Property Group (SPG), and then concludes with our views on whether it’s safe to add shares of…

Sugar Analysis

Pattern – price is clearly in a downtrend…which I think is finished, for the time being anyway. Price made a little inside candle the day before last and the last day’s trading saw price breach the high of the previous day which is often a sign of a change in trend. Price will, obviously, need…

Big US Stocks’ Q4 ’17 Fundamentals

The mega-cap stocks that dominate the US markets have enjoyed an amazing bull run. But February’s first correction in years proved things are changing. With that unnatural low-volatility melt-up behind us, it’s more important than ever to keep leading stocks’ underlying fundamentals in focus. They help investors understand which major American companies are the best…

Stocks Bounce As Earnings Season Begins

Stocks rallied nicely last week as earnings season officially began. Delta Airlines, BlackRock, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo, were just some of the big names that reported earnings last week. Interestingly, they beat estimates but all traded lower on Friday. Two weeks ago, the bulls showed up and defended important support (200 DMA…

An ETF To Invest In Self-Driving And Electric Cars

Audio length: 00:16:53 (1:00) – Investing In The Future Of Mobility (4:30) – Key Growth Areas and Who’s Leading The Way (8:00) – Innovation Shares NextGen Vehicles & Technology ETF Overview: EKAR (13:30) – Self Driving Car Concerns (16:10) – Episode Roundup: [email protected] In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I talked with Matt Markiewicz, Managing Director at…