Uncategorized The Troubled House Of The Billionaire Hinduja Brothers Srichand Hinduja, left, and Gopichand Hinduja attend the TiE UK Awards 2013 at The Grosvenor House … [+] Hotel on March 18, 2013 in London, England. Dave M. Benett/Getty Images For close to five decades, the four Hinduja brothers, Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok, have presented a united front to the world. The ownership of […] Written by June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
Uncategorized Trading Below Book, Paying Dividends And With Little Debt null Getty Since growth stocks are trouncing value stocks these days, maybe the best, most obvious contrarian play would be to identify the cheapest in the value stock universe. Right now, a quick screen reveals that at least 4 insurance firms make the grade as “cheap” in the classic Benjamin Graham sense. When the Columbia […] Written by June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
Uncategorized 4 Tiny Stocks With Titanic Yields Getty With pandemic cases once again in full focus, the market is (once again) trading like its assets. Everything’s up big one day, everything’s down big the next. We rational, contrarian-minded income investors however know that the stock market is indeed a “market of stocks.” It doesn’t make sense for everything to trade “as one.” […] Written by June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
Uncategorized Wall Street Quietly Begins Warning About A Biden Presidency TOPLINE With Joe Biden surging in the polls, Wall Street executives are preparing for a potential scenario where he becomes president—with some firms warning clients the stock market could take a hit. As Biden surges in the polls, Wall Street grows more concerned about a likely corporate tax hike. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images KEY FACTS The […] Written by June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
Uncategorized What Is Fractional Trading? How does fractional trading work? Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP Fractional trading is increasingly being offered by online brokerages in recent weeks. It’s ok if you haven’t noticed given all the other news in the markets and elsewhere. However, it does open up various options for smaller investors that can be useful. […] Written by June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
Uncategorized The Stock Market’s Bear Market Rally Has Ended Stock market fears of coronavirus outbreak Getty While stock markets can always rebound and move higher, it appears that spiking coronavirus cases, very high valuations and maybe some profit taking at the end of the quarter have ended the bear market rally. If the related hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 start an upward trajectory, it […] Written by June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Uncategorized Hot NASDAQ Stocks Hitting New Highs — But With Diminishing Momentum 100 dollar tiled to eternal background Getty It’s an alert for investors who pay attention to price chart indicators. These amount to the distant early warning system of technical analysis, nothing more. When the price keeps going up but the momentum measures begin to stop going up, it might be time to begin thinking about […] Written by June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Uncategorized Buy Gold And Hold Stocks? What To Watch For Now In this segment of What’s Ahead, I point out why the recent rise in the price of gold signals caution for the stock market. Clouds on the horizon include the rise in Covid-19 infections, which will slow the reopening of the economy in several states, and the real damage a Democratic sweep in November would […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Uncategorized Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross In trading on Thursday, shares of Intel crossed below their 200 day moving average of $57.78, changing hands as low as $57.67 per share. 10 Stocks Crossing Below Their 200 Day Moving Average » Intel shares are currently trading off about 2.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of INTC […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Uncategorized Putin Says ‘Pandemic Not Over’, Then Slashes Tech Company Taxes To 3% The pandemic is still very dangerous, Putin said this week. To help the economy recover, tech … [+] companies got a massive tax cut. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Getty Images In case you were wondering when the pandemic is over, Vladimir Putin says, not now. The Russian leader addressed the nation yesterday and told […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Galloping Growth Stocks Lead Hong Kong HONG KONG, CHINA – JUNE 13: Dark clouds are seen over the skyline of Victoria Harbour as Typhoon … [+] Nuri approaches on June 13, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service via Getty Images) China News Service via Getty Images Key News Asian equities ended a relatively quiet night mixed. […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized IMF Slashes Global GDP Forecasts, Warning Of An Economic Crisis ‘Like No Other’ TOPLINE The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global economic forecasts for 2020, and is now predicting the coronavirus pandemic will cause a much deeper recession and slower recovery than originally expected. Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS The IMF forecast that global GDP will this […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Why This One ‘Safe-Haven’ Investment May Be Far Riskier Than You Think Traders work on the J.P. Morgan Chase Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange trading floor in New York on … [+] February 24, 2004. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News. BLOOMBERG NEWS When investors get scared, they tend to rush for safe-haven assets, with the one at the top of the list being the 10-year Treasury Note. The […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Top Stocks To Short During Current Market Sell Off Markets took a hit this morning following news of the coronavirus cases surging in the US Getty The International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) came out with some grim news this morning, slashing economic forecasts again, and warning that the massive amounts of debt and deteriorating public finances are going to have a much larger effect than […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized The Infrastructure Stimulus – What Is Right With Private Investment? “He Who Stops Being Better Stops Being Good,” Oliver Cromwell Infrastructure projects – airports, water, transit, waterways, highways, tunnels – are endlessly fascinating. As project people like to say “if you’ve seen one project, you’ve seen one project.” This bespoke-ness makes scale and speed difficult. Right now as we urgently push toward three critical objectives, a vibrant economic […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized General Electric About To Put More Money In Your Pocket On 6/26/20, General Electric will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.01, payable on 7/27/20. As a percentage of GE’s recent stock price of $6.83, this dividend works out to approximately 0.15%. 10 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend » Below is a dividend history chart for GE, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.01 […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Softbank Sells $14.8 Billion Of T-Mobile Shares To Pay Down Debt The US has seen a 25% jump in cases over the past week while some state in the south has seen spikes … [+] in cases much higher. Getty Market sentiment turned more cautious overnight as virus cases in the US continue to swell. The US has seen a 25% jump in cases over the past […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund Allocates To Quality Firms At Discounted Prices null Getty Passive investing is no longer the safe strategy. Blindly rushing into active strategies is not a winning strategy either. There is no substitute for due diligence on the fundamentals of individual stocks, and investors cannot always trust that professional fund managers do that diligence. Only my mutual fund ratings benefit from the uniquely rigorous diligence of fund holdings. This […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized FANMAG Versus The Future — ETFs To Get You Where You Want To Go I’ve written critically of well-established mega-ETFs that are all in on FANMAG — Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) — and similar kinds of popular stocks, not necessarily because I have anything against the stocks, all of which I have exposure to via ETFs I own, but because […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee Fires Up His Company Despite Legal Hassles Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, left center, arrives at the Seoul Central District … [+] Court in Seoul, South Korea on June 8, 2020. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon Samsung heir and acting chief Jay Y. Lee celebrated his 52nd birthday Tuesday, June 23, at a critical juncture in the fortunes of the empire founded by […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Uncategorized Broke Argentina Sticks It To The Man Don’t cry for me, Argentina. VEEP Cristina Kirchner. No interest in Wall Street bond lords. (AP … [+] Photo/Eduardo Di Baia) ASSOCIATED PRESS Argentina has gone rogue. They’re going to “stick it the man.” One can almost picture Cristina Kirchner holding a sign with Occupy Wall Street types: “Hungry? Eat a banker.” They’re so Che. […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
Uncategorized Emerging Markets Equities Vulnerable As Trade Deal Status Wavers It’s unclear whether the US-China trade deal is still a possibility Getty Don’t buy the knee jerk President Trump denial of China trade deal failure. While the Chinese Yuan has stabilized in the past few days, the lack of Chinese follow-through on the deal these past 3 months should be enough to show that China […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
Uncategorized Investors Are Treating It Too Much Like A Tech Company, Says Morgan Stanley TOPLINE Analysts from Morgan Stanley on Tuesday warned that Tesla stock, at over $1,000 per share, is grossly overvalued and set to plunge, with too many investors ignoring the risks of running a car company and instead treating Tesla like a high-growth tech company. It may be time to sell Tesla as shares edge towards […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
Uncategorized Go Places You’ve Dreamed of I have been working and playing hockey for six years now and I’m trying to qualify for some international tournaments in the future to represent Canada. The officer is a tall man with a well defined jaw and full beard. His white T-shirt, long sleeves and baseball cap are all reflective of his service. He […] Written by imesocial September 16, 2019September 16, 2019