Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson

3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol.18)

3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol.18)

Stock/Bond Ratio Not Confirming Rally Following the October swoon, stocks have vaulted to all-time highs. As I discussed previously in “Sentiment Is Off The Charts Bullish,” there have only been few occasions where investors have felt so “giddy” about the financial markets. Such periods of exuberance have never ended well for investors as they were deluded by near-term“greed” which blinded […]
Best Buy Beats On Q3 Earnings And Revenues Estimates

Best Buy Beats On Q3 Earnings And Revenues Estimates

Best Buy Company, Inc. (BBY – Analyst Report) reported third-quarter fiscal 2015 adjusted earnings from continuing operations of 32 cents per share that came miles ahead of both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents and the year-ago quarter figure of 18 cents. Best Buy Co , Inc – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Including one-time items, the company […]
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                        Resource Stock Capitulation, Japan’s Hopeless Future, And Irresponsible Politicians

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The following video discusses further reading recommendations, and also a brief discussion about Japan’s dismal future, and hopeless monetary printing. Nations cannot print their way out of a structural decline. The low birthrate, and aging population will ultimately either lead to the collapse of Japan, or a complete reform of its international business and immigration policies. […]
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                        USell: Renewed Growth Model Provides A Probable 100% Return Opportunity

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 Note from TM editors: This article discusses a microcap and/or penny stock. Such stocks are easily manipulated; please do your own due diligence. uSell (USEL) is a growing online re-commerce marketplace that sports superior features over websites like Ebay (EBAY) and Gazelle uSell appears to be on the verge of major expansion  uSell’s Q3 filing revealed positive prospects and a cleaned up balance sheet; ample cash and no debt New partnerships with well established companies like Staples (SPLS) and Tracfone should translate to substantial shareholder value Continuous and significant insider buying validates the bull thesis I invest primarily in undervalued small caps and there are always a handful of […]
Financial Repression Authority With Doug Casey

Financial Repression Authority With Doug Casey

This is a PODCAST from the back provinces of Argentina. The audio quality is the best the technology would allow. The content of Doug Casey’s views and understanding make it worth the listen!
US Pension Insurer Needs A Bailout

US Pension Insurer Needs A Bailout

A Growing Shortfall The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is insuring the pensions of more than 40 million Americans employed in the private sector that have defined benefit pensions. We hadn’t been aware that it has run deficits for 12 years running, but it apparently has – and it is adding up. At the moment, the fund […]
One Can’t Argue With Success

One Can’t Argue With Success

Early this morning, when the ES was down double digits, an esteemed Sloper made this remark: Comments like this, for someone like me, are really, really annoying. They are also really, really correct. Which makes them doubly annoying (to be clear, I’m just ribbing pipesticks; I’m actually not annoyed). But the fact is that the BTFD crowd has been […]
Multiple Expansion Is Over, Goldman Warns, “US Stocks Will Close 2015 Only 5% Higher”

Multiple Expansion Is Over, Goldman Warns, “US Stocks Will Close 2015 Only 5% Higher”

The reason why moments ago we showed a chart demonstrating that all of the surge in the S&P500 from the October lows can be explained with multiple expansion… … Is that in a world in which there is no more multiple-expansion – which is merely hope of cheap and easy money – and where the S&P has […]
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                        Can You Handle An All-Weather Portfolio?

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The internet is buzzing this week about an article written by Tony Robbins touting an “all weather” portfolio developed by famed hedge fund investor Ray Dalio. While Tony is certainly a polarizing figure and life coach, the real meat of this story is in the structure of an investment plan to ride out any storm.   The […]
The End Of Manipulation In Precious Metals?

The End Of Manipulation In Precious Metals?

The Swiss regulator Finma confirmed that it found irregularities on the gold and silver markets by employees of the Swiss banking giant UBS, another step in the fight against the manipulation of precious metals. Earlier this year, the British Barclays was also found guilty regarding irregularities on the precious metals markets. Finma’s investigation is part […]