Author Archives: Darren Marchal

Asia Stocks Up For 4th Day

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for a fourth day of gains, as materials and health-care shares advanced, countering a decline in Japan’s index amid a stronger yen. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.1 percent to 140.90 as of 9:03 a.m. in Tokyo after rising 1.1 percent the past three trading…

This Country Will Be The Next Zimbabwe…

Source: Wikipedia Dear Diary, Things are slowing down. This is Thanksgiving week. People are leaving work early, trying to beat the holiday traffic rush. US stocks and gold were flat yesterday. We’re still in New York, taking care of business. Tomorrow, we’ll get an early start and head back down to Maryland. We have a lot…

Grant Williams: The Consequences Of Economic Peace

The following chart-heavy presentation from Grant Williams is among his best as he wends his way methodically from the 19th century to the present day (and into the future) examining “The Consequences of the Economic Peace.” From Keynes to Kondratieff and from Napoleon to Nixon, Williams looks at the ramifications of several decades of easy credit…

HSBC’s Swiss Private Banking Unit Charged With Providing Un

from the Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged HSBC’s Swiss-based private banking arm with violating federal securities laws by failing to register with the SEC before providing cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services to U.S. clients. HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay $12.5 million to settle…

VF Corp – Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day belongs to VF Corp (NYSE:VFC). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks hitting the most frequent new highs in the last month then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend spotter signaled a buy on 10/21 the stock gained 11.13%. V.F. Corporation designs,…

Hewlett-Packard Posts Light Revenues

Tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ – Analyst Report) posted fiscal Q4 and full fiscal 2014 earnings after the bell Tuesday. While earnings per share of $1.06 topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, revenues of $28.4 billion in the quarter missed our expectations of roughly $28.9 billion. Shares had slipped about 3% in immediate after-market…