Uncategorized Big Financials Are Big Underperformers Stacks of 100 Dollar bills background – 3D Rendering Getty The NASDAQ-100 NDAQ performs better. The S&P 500 performs better. So does the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Every one of those indexes looks better right now than the benchmark financials index, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund —usually referred to by its symbol, the XLF. […] Written by July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
Uncategorized Dow Rallies Over 500 Points As JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Jumpstart Earnings Season TOPLINE Major banks kicked off earnings season on Tuesday, leading the market higher, as investors rotated out of big tech stocks and remained wary about the recent surge in new coronavirus cases across the United States. The market is bracing for its worst earnings season in 12 years. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS […] Written by July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
Uncategorized Stock Market Warnings You Should Not Ignore In this episode of What’s Ahead, I attack the destructive idea advanced by politicians like Joe Biden that a booming stock market comes at the expense of American workers. Stocks reflect how investors view current and future prospects of both companies and the economy as a whole. For example, equities collapsed in February and early […] Written by July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
Uncategorized Facebook Might Take Over TikTok This Year Members of the Working Journalist of India (WJI) hold placards urging citizens to remove Chinese … [+] apps. AFP via Getty Images The writing is on the wall. As you’ve probably heard, TikTok has come under fire yet again. After Apple AAPL caught it spying on its iPhone users last week, Trump said he might […] Written by July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
Uncategorized A Battle Brewing In The Mall REIT Sector This article was previously published in the July 2020 edition of the Forbes Real Estate Investor Simon Property Group (SPG), a top five real estate investment trust by market capitalization, credit rating and square footage, made headlines early in 2020 with a proposed $3.6 billion takeover of Taubman Centers, a combination of two premier U.S. […] Written by July 12, 2020July 12, 2020
Uncategorized Buy Delta Air Lines And Sell Short JP Morgan Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP Cycles still point up. This is options expiration week. In July, this time period has had a bullish bias. We can expect higher indices. Here is a buy recommendation for this week. The weekly price cycle of Delta Air Lines DAL turned up on the 9th and […] Written by July 12, 2020July 12, 2020
Uncategorized Big Tech Stocks Are Soaring—Here’s Why That Could Spell Trouble For The Market TOPLINE Despite growing concerns about a record number of new U.S. coronavirus cases, the stock market has largely held steady thanks to surging shares of big tech companies—though that’s resulting in a very imbalanced market, experts warn. The FAANG stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet. Forbes KEY FACTS Even as the United […] Written by July 11, 2020July 11, 2020
Uncategorized Big Tech Stocks Are Soaring—Here’s Why That Could That Spell Trouble For The Market TOPLINE Despite growing concerns about a record number of new U.S. coronavirus cases, the stock market has largely held steady thanks to surging shares of big tech companies—though that’s resulting in a very imbalanced market, experts warn. The FAANG stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet. Forbes KEY FACTS Even as the United […] Written by July 11, 2020July 11, 2020
Uncategorized What Do They Have In Common? null Getty Brand new 52-week highs is the answer. At a time when NASDAQ-100 gets almost all of the attention, some old-school New York Stock Exchange names remain headed upward with not that much notice. You have to appreciate the diversity here as well: a consumer electronics company, a cleaning products firm and a Beantown […] Written by July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Uncategorized The Trade Deal May Be Dead, Trump Says China Relationship ‘Severely Damaged’ TOPLINE President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he isn’t even considering a phase two trade deal with China, saying that the relationship between the two countries has been “severely damaged” by the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has derailed a phase two agreement, Trump said. Win McNamee/Getty Images KEY FACTS With Sino-American relations […] Written by July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Uncategorized Breakout Week Wraps With Profit-Taking, Week In Review ZUNYI, CHINA – JUNE 2, 2020 – Maotai liquor is placed in a liquor store in Maotai town. Zunyi City, … [+] Guizhou Province, China, June 2, 2020. On that day, the total market value of Guizhou Maotai stock exceeded that of industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ranking first in the total market value […] Written by July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Uncategorized Reality Begins To Sink In For Airline Investors And Employees After United Warns Of 36,000 Looming Layoffs 15,000 United Airlines flight attendants, like these two walking through a terminal at the San … [+] Francisco International Airport earlier this year, are among the 36,000 United workers targeted for layoffs that could begin Oct. 1. (Yichuan Cao/Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s neither sporting nor good manners to laugh at people who […] Written by July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
Uncategorized North America Overtakes Asia-Pacific In Global Wealth Race For First Time Since 2012, Report Says North America, led by the U.S., outpunched Asia last year to lead global wealth growth. Getty The wealth of North America’s richest people grew at a faster pace than their Asia-Pacific counterparts last year for the first time since 2012, according to research by Capgemini. The U.S. and Canada led the way in terms of […] Written by July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
Uncategorized The Stock Market’s Most Extreme Bearish Sentiment Indicator: Not For The Squeamish American dollars lie on a bright shiny background. Getty It’s the most bearish of the stock market sentiment indicators these days: the equity put/call ratio when looked at from a monthly standpoint. This is the one that demonstrates in one quick look the difference between the number of puts purchased on stocks and the number […] Written by July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Uncategorized Grandiosity, The Killer-White Whale The World Trade Center during Operation Sail on July 4, 2000 in New York. Photo by Chris … [+] Hondros/Newsmakers. Getty Images I was always attracted to frugal operators like Larry Tisch who busily bought up super-tankers then scrapped by Exxon and other oil majors. Larry was standing on the deck of a 200-meter leviathan. […] Written by July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
Uncategorized What Does It Mean For A Brand To Get “Canceled”? Not Much. The brutal killing of George Floyd last month sparked worldwide protests against racism and police brutality, calls to action for defunding the police, and a wider reckoning with systemic injustices. People are encouraged to reflect on their inherent privilege or lack thereof, and companies are attempting to follow suit. Authenticity is a hard note to […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Uncategorized 10 Stocks Selling At 10 Times Earnings Look for Southwest to bounce back well from the Covid-19 pandemic. Getty Images In 2015, one year before he became president, Donald Trump remarked that supermodel Heidi Klum was “sadly, no longer a 10.” Klum good-naturedly responded by wearing a tee shirt marked 9.99. What is always a 10? My Perfect 10 Portfolio. It contains […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Uncategorized Verizon Communications A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 4.5% Yield Verizon Communications has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 4.5% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Uncategorized The World’s 10 Most Expensive Cities To Live In The Swiss capital Bern has leapfrogged Hong Kong into the top five most expensive cities in the … [+] world. Getty Images As regular as the movement in one of the country’s famous luxury watches, Switzerland is again home to the world’s most expensive cities. The Alpine nation took four of the top five slots […] Written by July 5, 2020July 5, 2020
Uncategorized 3 Bargain Brick-And-Mortar Dividends For Wave Two Getty As our quarantine headquarters migrated from the cozy accommodations of Los Living Room in March to the spaciousness of Puerto Backyarda in April, life got a bit more manageable. Then, in May, it got hot. Really hot. “Want the hose?” I offered. “It doesn’t feel like it’s 103 if you get your feet wet.” […] Written by July 4, 2020July 4, 2020
Uncategorized Can The Stock Market Rally Last? Can elevated stock prices persist? Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg BLOOMBERG NEWS If you heard the events that have taken place in 2020 so far and then learned that the S&P 500 was off just 4% for the year to date, you might be surprised. Indeed, many experts have expressed skepticism at the current rally. However, the […] Written by July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
Uncategorized A State By State View Digital composite image of mask representing the US political parties being joined together by a … [+] zipper – concept is uniting or mending bipartisan politics. Getty Masks are now mandatory in 21 states and will be coming to your state soon. Most everyone agrees that our economy and job market will not return to […] Written by July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
Uncategorized Stocks Are Rallying Too Much On Vaccine News, Says This Market Expert TOPLINE While reports of positive data from potential coronavirus treatments have helped propel the market higher in recent months, investors are far too optimistic about a vaccine and stocks shouldn’t be rallying so much on each bit of news, warns Vital Knowledge founder Adam Crisafulli. Markets need to be more “skeptical” about each vaccine announcement. […] Written by July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
Uncategorized Retailers Must Meet Consumers At The Intersection Of Safety And Convenience LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: Coronavirus safety signs inside Harrods in Knightsbridge on June 28, 2020 … [+] in London, England. More retailers are reopening with social distancing measures after being shuttered for months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Pubs and restaurants, many of which have already been serving for take-away, can fully reopen as […] Written by July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Uncategorized The 7 NYSE Gold Stocks Hitting New 52-Week Highs gold bars Getty You could make a case that a diversified portfolio of select gold stocks is outperforming the NASDAQ-100 NDAQ and it’s developed without too much notice in the major financial media. With all of the excitement around the new highs for Amazon AMZN and Microsoft MSFT , you may have missed it that […] Written by July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Uncategorized Trump, The Murphyman Trump Tower’s Fifth Avenue entrance. Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images. LightRocket via Getty Images My father was a frugal operator by necessity, not choice. Pop settled for his bowl of kasha, wolfing it down like the Russian peasant he was. If I were such a success, where was my yacht and string of […] Written by July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Uncategorized Here Comes The 3rd Quarter, Usually The Worst For The Market Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images What does the third quarter portend for the stock market? Historically, nothing good. It’s always the weakest period of the year, according to Sam Stovall, the esteemed chief strategist at CFRA Research. Perhaps this pessimism is a function of the old saw: “Sell in […] Written by July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Uncategorized Arizona, New Jersey, Others Return To Partial Lockdown Mode Caroline Maloney stands outside HonorHealth’s Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center at the end of her … [+] overnight shift early Friday, June 26, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York) ASSOCIATED PRESS New Jersey is closing down in-restaurant dining. California is closing some beaches on fourth of July weekend, meaning if you have to get their […] Written by June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
Uncategorized Spotify In The Midst Of A Big Revaluation The regulators are taking dead aim at big technology firms. The first strike may come as a surprise. The European Commission announced June 16 that Apple is the subject of a new investigation stemming from alleged anticompetitive practices within their App Store policies. ANKARA, TURKEY – MAY 22: The logo of the Spotify kids is seen on a […] Written by June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
Uncategorized Double Downgrade Of Beyond Meat Highlights Uncertainty Of The Plant-Based Market (Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Shares of Beyond Meat BYND dropped 2.5% in premarket trading as the once bullish on faux meat Barclays analyst Benjamin Theurer double downgraded the plant-based meat maker, changing his rating from overweight to underweight, the equivalent of buy to sell. The move is an unusual one, reports […] Written by June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
