What Is A Guaranteed Stop Loss?
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
For traders, managing risk is absolutely essential. You may think that you’re onto a winning position, but if things go the wrong way then you want to make sure that your losses are limited. Traders use stop losses to achieve this, ensuring that they exit their position if the market moves in the wrong direction. […]
Core Durable Goods Tumble For 13th Month, Longest Non-Recessionary Stretch In 70 Years
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Durable Goods New Orders (Ex-Transports) or so-called “Core” durable goods dropped 0.5% YoY, extending its losing streak to 13 months. This is the longest streak in the history of the series with no recession. All segments of the durable goods report saw negative MoM moves with headline down 2.8% (small beat) but prior data was revised dramatically lower, Capital […]
Is That Buzzing Sound Helicopter Money?
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Helicopter money is the rage. Central banks are talking about it. Economists are debating it. The media is rife with coverage. While it sounds important, it is not precisely clear what helicopter money means. It appears to have originated with Milton Friedman. In 1969, he wrote: “Let us suppose now that one day a helicopter flies […]
The Value Of Transparency: Why Methodology Matters
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Disagreement makes markets. Every time you buy a stock, someone on the other side has to be selling it. You’re making a bet that the stock is going to outperform in the future; the other person is betting that it will underperform. This point seems obvious, but it’s one that investors forget time and time […]
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Cyber Security Is Only Just Getting Started
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
It looks like the cyber security sector is about to take off like a rocket once again. There could be another 25%-50% in it this year. The near destruction of Sony (SNE) by North Korean hackers last November has certainly put the fear of God into corporate America. Apparently, they have no sense of humor […]
UK Unemployment Falls Further
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Whilst pro- and anti-EU membership campaigns continue to debate (no, argue is closer to the truth) the effect of a Brexit on the UK economy and employment prospects thereafter, unemployment currently, at least, declined further with the roll dropping by 28000 in the three month period from November 2015 to January 2016. This takes the […]
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Strongest And Weakest Small Cap Stocks
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
· The strongest small cap sectors are utilities and consumer goods. · The best small cap industry is business software. The average small cap score is 53.67 and that’s above the four week moving average score of 52.29. The average small cap stock in our universe is trading -34.98% below its 52 week high, -2.93% below its […]
PayPal Takes A Blow From Apple Pay
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
PayPal (PYPL) was down 2% on Wednesday on news that Apple (AAPL) Pay will be coming to mobile websites later this year. In an attempt to steal a page from PayPal’s book, Apple’s looking to expand the usefulness of its payment service, letting online shoppers checkout easily in its Safari browser on iPhone and iPad models that […]
Market Closing For The Week Today
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Today will be the close for the week and this will be an important indicator. A closing in gold below 1237.50 will warn of weakness. We have important technical resistance at 1245 level and a closing back below that Breakout Line will also warn that the upward momentum is starting to decline. Gold bounced off […]
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In Bottom Fishing For Value, Ambarella And AMD Are Tops
Mar 24, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
A favorable reversal for momentum stocks helped the Bottom Fishing for Value continue its positive ROI. Ambarella (AMBA) may move and hold above the $40 level, as markets rewarded the stock for its value through multi-year contracts and a moat in automotive safety solutions. In the semiconductor space, Intel (INTC) said it would slow the […]