Category Archive: Finance
5 Things Businesses Forget To Consider When Outsourcing
Much has been written about how outsourcing has changed the way business works and how it has helped many companies succeed all over the world. We also often read articles about the factors that businesses must consider before deciding to acquire outsourcing services. Unfortunately, not all those who have outsourced are successful and oftentimes it’s because […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities – July 28, 2015
Markets shake due to Chinese selloff Chinese stock markets lost over a percent during the session on Monday, as the Chinese markets continue to show signs of weakness. With this, the market looks as if the destruction will continue. With this, a lot of stock markets around the world showed weakness. Looking for value in […]
Now Is The Time – Fear Rises As Financial Markets All Over The Planet Start To Crash
Can you feel the panic in the air? CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index measures the amount of fear in the financial world on a scale from 0 to 100. The closer it is to zero, the higher the level of fear. Last Monday, the index was sitting at a reading of 36. As I write this […]
Why Greece May Want To Reconsider Reopening Its Stock Market
As The Greek government presses The ECB for ‘permission’ to reopen its stock market, it may want to reconsider. GREK, the Greek Stock Index ETF trading in US markets, was down over 3% yesterday and has plunged to its lowest since the peak of the crisis in 2012 (near its lowest since 1989). Just as in China, The […]
Staying Positive Amid The Summer Doldrums
The market this year has been split between areas of tremendous strength and sectors of depleted optimism. Nowhere is this better illustrated than the divergence between soaring growth stocks and underwhelming value names. When you add to that the mess of commodity prices and lackluster action in bonds, the picture becomes very murky indeed. Most diversified portfolios […]
Blame The Fed For The Commodities Slump
When we left you at the end of last week the world was falling apart. As you know, the economy functions on electronic credit… not cold, hard cash. Without the banks pumping more credit into the system – by way of loans – it sags. The Dow fell 163 points – or about 1% – on Friday. […]
Risk Off – Financial Review
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 6.1MB) DOW – 127 = 17,440 SPX – 12 = 2067 NAS – 48 = 5039 10 YR YLD – .04 = 2.23% OIL – .75 = 47.39 GOLD – 5.00 = 1095.50 SILV – .20 = 14.64 Chinese stocks fell sharply today. The Shanghai Composite […]
Eros International – All Time High
The Chart of the Day belongs to Eros International (NYSE:EROS). I found the Indians language film stock by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High List for the stocks having the highest Weighted Alpha, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 5/15 the stock gained 100.28%. Eros International Plc co-produces, […]
S&P Valuation Behind The Curve
Apparently, no one sent the market memo to the S&P 500 until last week when investors woke up to the prospect of “stretched” valuations after months of warnings from US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. Last Friday’s substantial losses come on the heels of global equity losses to which US benchmarks are not immune, but […]
The Secular Advisor – July 27, 2015
Economy – Additions & Updates Additions – inflation expectations, World trade, China electricity consumption & manufacturing Updates – initial jobless claims, housing, sentiment, manufacturing Asset Allocation – Additions & Updates Additions – US only allocations, currency trends Updates – none Economic Summary: Initial Jobless Claims – falling Inflation Expectations – on target Housing – existing home sales: expanding, new home sales: falling Sentiment […]
