February 2018 - Page 23 of 24 -

Dillard’s Nails Earnings But Market Cycles May Reward Patience

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Dillard’s (DDS ) opened today’s trading session in spectacular fashion, popping 16% to over $82 on strong earnings. DDS reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.82 and total revenue of $2.06 billion, compared to Wall Street expectations of $1.82 and $2.05 billion respectively. This was achieved by strong performance in same-store sales of 3% as […]

Stocks Sink As ‘Hawkish’ Powell “Sees Some High Prices”, Raises Economic Assessment

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Echoing The Fed’s Outlook report, Fed Chair Jay Powell warned Congress in the Q&A this morning that he “sees some high prices.” Ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s first semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress next week (brought forward to 2/27), The Fed has released his prepared remarks warning that “valuations are still elevated across a range of asset classes” […]

Delta Air Lines HL Financial Services Added Another 3.6% To Their Holdings

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) HL Financial Services LLC increased its shares in Delta Air Lines Inc. by 3.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company’s most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). HL owned 67,055 shares of the airline’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,338 shares during the quarter. […]

EUR/USD Snaps Narrow Range On Powell Testimony; Euro-Zone CPI On Tap

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

EUR/USD slips to fresh weekly lows following the semi-annual testimony with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, and fresh developments coming out of the euro-area may spark a further decline in the exchange rate as the core rate of inflation is expected to slow to an annualized 1.2% from 1.3% in January. It seems as though the Federal Open […]

Down 40% In Three Months, Tile Shop Insiders Scooping Up Shares

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

New form 4 filings with the SEC have revealed that Tile Shop Holdings Inc (Nasdaq: TTS ) insiders have been selling large quantities of stock since last Thursday. With shares down -42.8% in the last 30 days, it’s worth taking a closer look at the company. Insider Buying: Tile Shop A number of insiders have […]

Home Prices Continue Rise In December

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

With today’s release of the December S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, we learned that seasonally adjusted home prices for the benchmark 20-city index were up 0.60% month over month. The seasonally adjusted national index year-over-year change has hovered between 4.2% and 6.2% for the last two plus years. Today’s S&P/Case-Shiller National Home Price Index (nominal) reached […]

Silver Prices Should Be Higher Because Inflation Concerns Are Overblown

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

iStock.com/Nishasharp Silver Prices Are Falling Because of Erroneous Inflation Concerns Everything in the markets points to higher prices for precious metals. Yet, they’re failing to respond as expected. The situation is not desperate. In fact, gold and silver prices have gone up in the past three months. It’s just that at a time when stock […]

EC Did Low-Volatility Strategies Fail Investors?

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

February’s market break caught many investors by surprise. Many who thought they had girded their portfolios against volatility were shocked by the size of their losses. “Where’s my protection?” was an oft-heard complaint. Most of the grumbling seemed to arise from confusion about so-called “low-volatility” products. The Low-Vol Anomaly First of all, low-volatility, or “low-vol,” […]

What Other Industries Can Benefit From Tableau’s Platform?

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

According to a recent market report, the global data visualization market was valued at $4.51 billion in 2017. It is expected to grow 9.5% annually to $7.76 billion by 2023. Data analytics firm Tableau (NYSE: DATA) is a leading player in the industry. Tableau’s Financials Tableau’s fourth-quarter revenues fell 1% over the year to $249.4 million, […]

E Crude Oil Unfolding A Temporary Correction

Feb 27, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

By the look of things on hourly chart of crude oil, we can see that a leading diagonal was made in wave 1 of a higher degree. As such, a new three-wave deeper correction can unfold within wave 2, with first support coming in around the 63.05 swing low, and the second coming in near […]