The World’s Largest 50 Companies By Revenue
Today’s data visualization comes from Datashown, and it compares the world’s largest companies by their 2016 revenues to really help put the size and scale of these companies into perspective. As just one example, despite being worth more than the majority of brick and mortar retailers combined, Amazon ranks just #44 in terms of global revenue to […]
Qualcomm: 4.3% Dividend Yield, With NXP Acquisition A Major Growth Catalyst
A 4%+ dividend yield is hard to find in the technology sector, which makes Qualcomm (QCOM) that much more appealing. Qualcomm stock possesses the rare combination of a high dividend yield, along with high dividend growth as well. It recently raised its dividend by 7.5%, which pushed its dividend yield up to 4.3%. Qualcomm is a Dividend Achiever, […]
NAV Premiums Of Certain Precious Metals Trusts And Funds – Tuesday, April 25
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Silver Prices Testing Key Support Hurdle
Silver Daily Technical Outlook: Earlier in the month we highlighted the threat of a near-term turnover in silver prices with key support noted at 17.50. Since then, prices are down nearly 3% with today’s low (so far) Registering at 17.53. Note that the decline will have marked its 7th consecutive daily decline if we were to close at […]
BioSig Provides Shareholder Letter – April 2017
BioSig Technologies, Inc. (BSGM) provided an update for investors via a Shareholder Letter posted on the company’s website this morning. The letter highlights some of the recent positive developments for the company, including the collaboration with Mayo Clinic and the recent $5.0 million financing. I am optimistic about the future of BioSig and PURE EP™, a […]
Want A Reason To “Sell In May”? Here’s One
Remember China? It’s a big country that’s somewhere near Sweden I think. No but seriously, people have seemingly forgotten those tense mornings in the dog days of summer 2015 when the authorities in Beijing were forced to suspend trading in some stocks and buy others via the now infamous “national team” as a truly epic unwind […]
Dividend Aristocrat Grainger Is Down 24% Since February: Buying Opportunity Or Amazon Victim?
Grainger (GWW) has seen its stock price slide by more than 20% since early February, catching the attention of many value-focused dividend growth investors. After all, it’s rare to see such a high quality business tumble so quickly, and one of the most effective habits of dividend investing is to let market volatility work for you. With […]
NAFTA Trade Update
The Trump Administration has switched gears. During the campaign through the inauguration, Trump picked on Mexico. The rhetoric and threats drove the peso to record lows. By the OECD’s calculation the peso more than 150% undervalued. The re-opening of NAFTA negotiations was supposed to be aimed more at Mexico than Canada. Sentiment turned about the peso. The central bank […]
Is Trump’s Tax Plan Feasible?
The stock market roared higher on Monday because Macron appears to have locked up the French presidential election. He beats Le Pen in all the polls by at least twenty points. This makes me wonder what it takes for stocks to fall. Stocks rallied after the populist wins which were Brexit and Trump. They then […]
EUR/CAD – Runaway To 1.5000?
The gap open in the euro that blasted the pair through the 1.0900 level continues to exert its force higher even into what is likely to be a generally dovish ECB meeting this Thursday. In the meantime, the loonie has been hammered by the double whammy of weaker oil prices and a new set of […]
