PNC Financial (PNC) is expected to report earnings Friday before market open. The whisper number is $2.41, two cents behind the analysts’ estimates and showing no confidence from the WhisperNumber community. A year ago the company reported earnings of $1.96, thirteen cents short the whisper number. PNC has a 76% positive surprise history (having topped…
Fed Minutes Released: Stocks Decline The Fed released its Minutes from the meeting from March 20th to the 21st. I consider it to be slightly hawkish because all the FOMC members stated they expected the economy to strengthen and inflation to rise in the coming months. The stock market had a moderate sell-off in response to…
The SENSEX was the star performer in Asia today against what looked like a sea of red boards. The SENSEX closed up over +0.5% on the day completing its sixth positive close in a row. Optimism buoyed the market ahead of industrial production and inflation data releases. Solid earnings optimism is supporting prices with good…
Hurricanes continue to impact claims taking procedures in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The market expectations for weekly initial unemployment claims (from Bloomberg / Econoday) were 229 K to 232 K (consensus 230,000), and the Department of Labor reported 233,000 new claims. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and…
T2108 bullish divergences still in full effect I don’t tend to post the T2108 chart all that often, but I have lately because it does a much better job of forecasting and determining market direction following a major market sell-off. Extremes are best seen on this chart, particular when the readings delve into the single…
In the short term valuations aren’t important to stock performance, but in the long run they provide the best information about expected returns. Stocks are one of the few assets that experience selling pressure when they go on sale. That’s because trend followers, who are focused on the short-term, are selling to avoid further losses….
The U.S. equity market is lately growing by leaps and bounds. This stupendous run has primarily been fueled by President Trump’s business-friendly approach, a strong domestic economy, reduced tax rates, robust manufacturing activity and improvements in the labor market. Moreover, despite job additions being low in March, the overall employment situation remains strong. In fact,…
If you have not seen, Bed Bath and Beyond just delivered an earnings BEAT, on both the top line, and the bottom line. The dividend has also been hiked. However, guidance was weak, and shares are now tanking: We want to offer a few key thoughts here. They had 700 million in cash end of…
Citigroup (C) is expected to report earnings Friday before market open. The whisper number is $1.64, three cents ahead of the analysts’ estimates and showing confidence from the WhisperNumber community. A year ago the company reported earnings of $1.35, seven cents ahead of the whisper number. Citi has a 57% positive surprise history (having topped…
I discuss the three components of any investment – safety, liquidity or return. Importantly, as an investor, you can only have 2 of 3 components at any given time. Therefore, determining which components are the most important at any given time is key to the investment decision process. Video Length: 00:03:52
