Category Archive: Finance
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: Regular And Premium Down
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium were up one and two cents, respectively, from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Alaska has the highest average price for Regular at $3.23 and San Francisco, CA is the most expensive city, averaging […]
What History Says For Gold Stocks In 2018-2019
It has been a while since we’ve applied historical analysis to the precious metals sector. It is something we really enjoy as history can help define and contextualize current trends and help us spot opportunities. Back in March of this year we noted that the gold stocks could be following the path of recovery of housing […]
Tech Sector: Bubble Or Not?
Seventeen and a half years ago, on April 1, 2000, we published a piece entitled “Will the Nasdaq sell-off become a crash?” We have now retrieved that piece from our archives and posted it on our website. In preparing that piece in 1999–2000, we evaluated the stock market at the time and made a theoretical […]
Selecting An Optimal Private Equity Fee Validation Methodology
These are good times to be a private equity fund investor. Returns have been strong with distributions on the rise, both in the U.S. and Europe. Limited partners, for their part, have voted with their wallets that the asset class will continue to outperform. Indeed, fundraising continues to be strong, with over $213 billion raised […]
Corporate Tax Cuts And Monetary Offset Could Mean Recession
The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress are trying to enact tax cuts, heavily geared toward large corporates in order to boost growth in the US. Without getting into the likely effectiveness of the proposals, I want to look at what impact these cuts could have on monetary policy given the flattening of the yield curve […]
Isodiol Continues To Execute And Deliver Value For Investors
TM Editors’ Note: This article discusses one or more penny stocks and/or microcaps. Such stocks are easily manipulated – do your own careful due diligence. Last week, Isodiol International (ISOL.CN) (ISOLF) was one of the top performing cannabis stocks, rallying more than 150%. We believe this rally is just getting started. Following Constellation Brands’ investment […]
Amazon Stock Picks Up 2 Price Target Increases Into Black Friday
Shoppers’ eyes will be on Amazon this week because of Black Friday, and most analysts agree that the online retailer is the one to beat. One sore area has been gross margins as the company is notorious for operating on razor-thin margins. However, one analyst has actually increased his target price for Amazon stock after analyzing […]
How To Invest In Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology
What are cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are the newest form of digital currency. Imagine a peer to peer transfer without the interaction from any 3rd party. This means you can go to any store, purchase anything and no one will know what you purchased. It is not anonymous so the amount will be shown. The seller and […]
4 Truckers To Gain From Strong Freight Transport
An improving U.S. economy, substantial surge in manufactured and retail goods, and a sharp rebound in a number of end markets are expected to fuel growth of the transportation sector. Of the various means of the U.S. transport, trucking is the largest one, servicing 70% of freight tonnage. Momentum to Continue The U.S. trucking industry […]
German Politics Weigh On The Euro’s Future
Marcon’s vision for a unified EU has led to euro strength since his victory The first dent in this vision followed German elections, today’s development is more serious Thanks to an ongoing bull market, the euro’s sell-off has been mild so far Following Macron’s significant victory in the French elections earlier in May, fears of […]
