Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson

Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Skyrockets After Smashing Earnings Estimates

Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Skyrockets After Smashing Earnings Estimates

Amazon released its latest earnings report after closing bell tonight, posting GAAP earnings of $1.48 per share per share on $35.7 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting GAAP earnings of $1.08 per share and $35.3 billion in revenue. In last year’s first quarter, the Internet firm reported $29.1 billion in sales and $1.07 per […]
Recent Dividend Increases III

Recent Dividend Increases III

Hey guys, again it is time to have a look at the recent dividend increases, in March and April there have been a couple of them :). As you all know the advantages of a dividend investor and especially of a dividend growth investor should be that the companies increase their dividends every year. This […]
Earnings-Palooza – AMZN & GOOGL Beat, MSFT & SBUX Miss

Earnings-Palooza – AMZN & GOOGL Beat, MSFT & SBUX Miss

Amazon and Alphabet are surging after hours after big beats but Microsoft is fading (missed on revenues and capex) and Starbucks is sliding on a disappointing same store sales comp. Alphabet Big Beat *ALPHABET 1Q EPS $7.73, GAAP EST. $7.42 *ALPHABET 1Q PAID CLICKS +44% Q1 Revs. $24.75B vs. $24.22B Est. Major decoupling from 2017 expectation still Amazon Big Beat: […]
The Progress Of Facebook’s 10-Year Masterplan

The Progress Of Facebook’s 10-Year Masterplan

The Details of Facebook’s 10-Year Masterplan In the company’s first 10 years, Mark Zuckerberg transformed Facebook from a college side-project into a multi-billion dollar platform. Along the way, Zuckerberg was given many opportunities to exit. He was offered $75 million from Viacom in the very early days, and then $1.5 billion later on (including $800 million cash […]
Your Smartphone Helped Disrupt One Of The Biggest Sectors Markets Have Ever Known – Here’s How

Your Smartphone Helped Disrupt One Of The Biggest Sectors Markets Have Ever Known – Here’s How

In 2015, online apparel sales took the number one spot in total online sales from the computer hardware sector (personal computers and tablets), which had been the undisputed online sales leader for a decade. With the growth of online shopping and increasing online apparel sales starting to explode, it’s no wonder America’s bricks-and-mortar apparel retailers […]
Trading Stock Options After The Close – Earnings Trade, Stock Trade

Trading Stock Options After The Close – Earnings Trade, Stock Trade

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Barclays Upgrades Dish On Potential For Deal With Carriers

Barclays Upgrades Dish On Potential For Deal With Carriers

The shares of Dish (DISH) are advancing after Barclays upgraded the stock to Overweight from Equal Weight, saying that the company “could emerge as a preferred partner” for “most” of the wireless carriers. DEAL POSSIBILITIES: Sprint (S) could combine with T-Mobile (TMUS),and the combined entity could be forced to make a mobile virtual network available […]
AbbVie’s Humira Revenue Up 15% (Despite Patent Cliff Fears)

AbbVie’s Humira Revenue Up 15% (Despite Patent Cliff Fears)

AbbVie (ABBV) was spun off from Abbott Laboratories (ABT) in 2013. Like many spinoffs, AbbVie has outperformed the overall stock market since inception. Source: YCharts Despite AbbVie’s short history as a publicly-traded security, it has operated for many years as a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. In fact, if the company’s history under Abbott is accounted for, AbbVie is a member […]
USD/CAD – Can Range Highs Hold?

USD/CAD – Can Range Highs Hold?

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for loonie this week as Trump Administration put the Northern neighbor trough the wringer, first slapping tariffs on soft lumber, then threatening to pull out of NAFTA. Adding insult to injury has been the lackluster performance of oil as crude slipped below the $50/bbl level. Tomorrow’s Canadian GDP report may […]
VIX Crunch

VIX Crunch

A video follow-up to my recent column saying a low VIX is not a problem for the market. Actually, a spike down in the VIX has been pretty good under some conditions. Video length: 00:07:13