Category Archive: Finance
E QTS Realty Trust Preferred A (QTS.PA): A Mispriced Bargain
In the world of preferred stock investing, there is no objective fair value for a particular preferred stock. The spread between the 30-year treasury yield and preferred stock yields can vary greatly depending on investor psychology, current economic strength and the perception of credit risk. When investors/traders exam a preferred stock for investment, all they […]
Be Nimble Or Be Tough
Geopolitics More than 100 diplomats have now been expelled from the UK, Europe, and the United States. Tensions between Russia and the West have been an underlying theme in the news but so far have not influenced the financial markets too much. It will be interesting to see how the markets will be impacted if and […]
Stocks To Trade: NFX, LQ, ACM
Tuesday’s stock picks Take a look at three trading ideas to prep you for the next trading session. Long Newfield Exploration (NFX) Long La Quinta (LQ) Short Aecom Technology (ACM)
FX Week Ahead: Final GDP Releases; US, UK And Canada
The week ahead will see a somewhat slower pace of economic data released accentuated by a short trading week. Most of the markets, including the U.S. and Europe, will be closed on Friday on account of the Good Friday holiday. After a busy last week, which saw the Fed hiking interest rates and monetary policy meetings from the Bank […]
Increasing Risks Call For Caution On S&P 500 Trades
S&P 500 is the world’s largest index by market capitalization. Its companies have a combined market cap of more than $24 trillion. This is bigger than the GDP of the United States which currently stands at $18 trillion. The index’s top companies by market capitalization are Apple ($831B), Amazon ($724B), and Google ($711B). As such, […]
ECB Finds €10 Billion In European Bank Loan “Miscalculations”
By now it is, or should be, well-understood that the biggest deflationary virus at the heart of the European financial system is the ~€1 trillion mountain of bad loans (of which over €230 billion is found in Germany and France) and which casts a giant shadow both over Europe and the ECB whose president is well […]
Could The Coming Wesfarmers Coles Demerger Turn Into A Train Wreck?
The Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers is demerging its largest company within its portfolio, and from the day it was purchased it has been an example of the axiom; the price you pay for an asset determines your investment return. Which is what Warren Buffett refers to when he says’ “Price is what you pay and value […]
Crude Oil Prices Eye API Data, May Turn At Chart Resistance
Crude oil prices retreated, rebuffing geopolitical risks that helped push them to a two-month high last week. An attack by Iran-backed Houthi forces on Saudi Arabia and the appointment of hawkish former UN ambassador John Bolton as National Security Advisor to President Trump were not enough to amplify supply disruption fears such that they offset overall weakness across the […]
Russian Index Breakout Failure
I last wrote about the Russian Index in my post of September 8, 2017. Since then, it has broken above one downtrend line, popped above its major resistance level of 1200, spiked briefly above its next major downtrend line, only to fall back below, as shown on the following monthly chart. Momentum is rising tepidly and is above the zero level. If this […]
E KHC Offers 13.22% Return PA For Contrarian Investors
The Kraft Heinz Company has had a difficult few months with the stock dropping from $80 to $60. This company caught my eye when running a scan for oversold stocks priced over $40 with average daily volume over 1 million. KHC is currently in the midst of a horror run and the stock is currently […]
