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You Can’t Fool Mother Nature

You Can’t Fool Mother Nature

Photo by Paulius Dragunas on Unsplash Back when we lived in Chapel Hill NC, we made a few trips to the Outer Banks where my wife had an uncle who built fishing boats in Buxton NC. Back then, nobody was talking about sea levels rising because of global warming and yet it was obvious back then (early 1980s) […]
A Bountiful Start To The Quarter, But Traders In All Too Familiar Position To Start The Month

A Bountiful Start To The Quarter, But Traders In All Too Familiar Position To Start The Month

ASIA MARKETSAsian markets are set to commence trading on solid footing to start the new quarter, buoyed by signs of a “soft landing” in US inflation data on Friday and encouraging macro data from China over the weekend. The closely watched PMI prints showed an acceleration in both the manufacturing and service sectors.With much of […]
Pandemic Whiskey Boom Turns To Hangover

Pandemic Whiskey Boom Turns To Hangover

Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash I poured hundreds of “Jack and Cokes” when I tended bar from the late 70’s to mid 80’s. It was beyond me how anyone could tell the difference between Jack Daniels Old No. 7 and anything else when mixed with coke or whatever carbonated cola was coming out of the gun. Turns out […]
AI Sector Stalling: Only 4 Of 7 Categories Went Up In March

AI Sector Stalling: Only 4 Of 7 Categories Went Up In March

Photo by Steve Johnson on UnsplashAn IntroductionIn recent weekly articles I had suggested that the AI sector was weakening and that was clearly evident in the results of March. The Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) of 91 constituents, which best reflects the AI sector as a whole, had gone up 8.4% in February but was only […]
2024 Market Outlook: Elliott Wave Analysis Unveils Trends For Nasdaq 100, AAPL, TSLA, And Beyond

2024 Market Outlook: Elliott Wave Analysis Unveils Trends For Nasdaq 100, AAPL, TSLA, And Beyond

Nasdaq Stock Market Elliott Wave Analysis and Strategy: Insights on Nasdaq 100, Top-Tier Stocks Including Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), Amazon (AMZN), Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX), and Alphabet (GOOGL)In our Elliott Wave analysis of the Nasdaq stock market, we anticipate that indices will experience an uptrend, mirroring the positive trajectory observed […]
Large-Cap Stocks In Trouble: Here Are The 10 Worst Performers Over The Past 12 Months

Large-Cap Stocks In Trouble: Here Are The 10 Worst Performers Over The Past 12 Months

Over the past twelve months ten Large-Cap stocks have underperformed all others. Large-Caps are defined by $10 Billion Market Cap or more. Here’s this week’s top 10 worst performing Large-Caps in the last twelve months: Symbol Name 1 Year Price Returns (Daily) PODD Insulet Corp -46.28% ALB Albemarle Corp -41.16% ENPH Enphase Energy Inc -38.81% […]
Why I’m Passing On Four Green Screen Stocks

Why I’m Passing On Four Green Screen Stocks

Photo by Alex Koch Part of the process of picking the winners from the Green Screen lists are weeding out the stocks that don’t meet all of the criteria we have for investment (growth potential, moat, recurring revenues, great leadership).This is a faster process than finding the truly great candidates, because it only takes one “no” in […]
Current Analysis: Delek Group Ltd (DELKY)

Current Analysis: Delek Group Ltd (DELKY)

Delek Group Ltd (DELKY) operates in the oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and marketing sector in Israel and abroad, through investees.The operating segments of the company are,1) Energy in Israel segment includes the development, production and sale of natural gas in the existing oil assets of the Partnership, and oil and natural gas […]
EUR/USD Monthly Forecast: April 2024

EUR/USD Monthly Forecast: April 2024

Image Source: UnsplashThe EUR/USD currency pair will begin April’s trading near mid-term lows as financial institutions continue to show nervous behavioral sentiment regarding the outlook of U.S Federal Reserve policy. The EUR/USD pair went into this weekend near the 1.07895 level, which will not make bullish traders happy — unless, of course, they believe current price levels […]
CrossAmerica Partners: A Service Station Operator With A Hefty Dividend Yield

CrossAmerica Partners: A Service Station Operator With A Hefty Dividend Yield

Image Source: PixabayThe S&P 500 Energy Index was recently more than 11% higher than where it began the year. The midstream-focused Alerian MLP Index is on a similar trajectory, up 12.3% year-to-date. Even the Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was up 7.4%, despite the fact producers are getting more done with fewer rigs and related services. […]