Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Private Equity More Boondoggle Than Brilliance
Image Source: Pexels I’ve frequently spoken and written about leverage-on-leverage contagion risks from the private equity and credit markets with feedback loops to real estate. Some of the articles are here.As interest rates slumped in the decade leading up to 2022, this space increasingly attracted yield-starved capital from institutions and individuals alike.Our capital management firm was inundated […]
3 Dividend Stocks For 10%+ Annual Returns
Image Source: Pixabay The U.S. stock market continues to climb the wall of worry, despite persistent inflation and elevated geopolitical risks. The Wilshire 5000 index (a broader gauge of the total U.S. stock market) has gained 21% in the past year, not including dividends.The stock market rally has caused dividend yields to fall. The S&P 500, […]
Fed Likely To Hold Rates Steady And Warn Of The Risk Of Delay To Cuts
Elevated inflation and strong activity and jobs numbers have pushed market expectations for the timing of the first interest rate cut to December. We still see an opportunity for a September rate cut. Nonetheless, the Federal Reserve will remain wary and signal that if inflation stays high, so will interest rates.Image source: Wikipedia Robust data forces the […]
Bitcoin maxis could shield the market from Mt. Gox sell-off effects, suggests expert
As the Mt. Gox exchange prepares to release billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC), market analysts speculate on the potential for a sell-off that could depress Bitcoin prices. Despite these concerns, industry leaders posit that Bitcoin maximalists and long-term holders might mitigate any significant market downturn.Approximately 142,000 BTC, valued at over $9 billion, and […]
Gold Miners’ Q1’24 Preview
Image Source: Pixabay The gold stocks’ latest earnings season is just getting underway and should prove fantastic. The miners are set to report their most profitable quarter in years, primarily driven by much higher gold prices. These companies have also mostly forecast holding the line on costs, helping earnings amplify gold’s breakout surge. This sector’s strong […]
Major Indexes Eyeing Weekly Wins Across The Board
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are firmly higher this afternoon, as both indexes cruise toward weekly wins, the latter’s first in five weeks and best since November 3. The tech-heavy index is also pacing for its best day since February thanks to a strong batch of Big Tech earnings.The S&P 500 […]
Intel Stock: Don’t Hold Your Breath For A Swift Recovery
Image Source: Pexels Intel Corp (Nasdaq: INTC) is down well over 35% versus its year-to-date high but a Goldman Sachs analyst still doesn’t see it as a bargain. Intel stock has limited upside from here Toshiya Hari reiterated his “sell” rating on the chipmaker this morning as “AI prioritisation continued to weigh on traditional server demand”. He […]
Q1 Updates For Visa, Chipotle, And ServiceNow
Image Source: Pixabay With Q4 / fiscal year reports always delayed, the gap between those and Q1 reports always seems really short. And here we are already, back into Q1 earnings season! We have our first batch of reports to cover today, so let’s get into it. Visa (V) Q1 Visa is a great example of […]
If 10-Year Yields Surpass 5%, Say Hello To QE (And Massive Inflation)
Image source: Pixabay The wizards at the Fed and US Treasury have been forced to acknowledge that their “transitory,” inflation is, in fact, quite “sticky”. And with the inflation elephant now acknowledged by the circus of high finance, Treasury yields keep inching up, recently reaching 4.7% — the highest since November. The Fed is stuck: It needs to raise interest rates to tame […]
Marathon Digital’s hash rate is pulling ahead of expectations a week after the halving
Marathon Digital, a Bitcoin mining firm based in Florida, has announced that it is ahead of schedule on its growth plans and may achieve its hash rate target of 50 exahash per second (EH/s) by the end of 2024, a year earlier than initially anticipated.The company’s energized hash rate stood at 27.8 EH/s on March […]
