What Is Asset Allocation For Everybody Else?

What Is Asset Allocation For Everybody Else?

Charts of combined asset allocation and aggregate asset allocation. (Click on image to enlarge
Daily Trading Opportunities For Thursday, April 20

Daily Trading Opportunities For Thursday, April 20

With the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index coming out during the session, as well as the Initial Jobless Claims, it’s likely that we will see a lot of focus on the United States today. With this, we are paying attention to several different markets, with a particular interest in America. USD/CAD The US dollar rallied again […]
Market Talk- April 19th, 2017

Market Talk- April 19th, 2017

Most of the talk yesterday concerned Europe and specifically the UK’s snap election decision by the PM, Theresa May. In Asia, we saw the reaction to the news which resulted in most core indices closing lower on the day; with the only positive from core being the Nikkei, but even then only just! The Yen […]
3 Small Cap Breakout Stocks For May 2017

3 Small Cap Breakout Stocks For May 2017

TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. For May 2017, we see some candidates to become breakout stocks. Coincidentally, our selection is focused on Canada, specifically the Toronto Ventures stock exchange so these are small cap stocks. The first small […]
Qualcomm, Inc. Shares Rise After Earnings, Ebay Inc. Shares Fall

Qualcomm, Inc. Shares Rise After Earnings, Ebay Inc. Shares Fall

Qualcomm (QCOM) and eBay (EBAY) released their latest earnings reports after closing bell tonight. Qualcomm posted adjusted earnings of $1.34 per share on $6 billion in adjusted revenue. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $1.19 per share on $5.89 billion in revenue. In the same quarter a year ago, the chipmaker reported $5.5 billion […]
It Will Restart All Over Again In The Small Things

It Will Restart All Over Again In The Small Things

Six months ago back in October, IBM reported what seemed to be encouraging results. Though revenues at the company were down for the eighteenth consecutive quarter, they were so by the slimmest of margins, just -0.3%. For Big Blue, that had been the best revenue comparison since the first quarter of 2012 back when global […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – All Is Well

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – All Is Well

Fed Vice Chair  Stanley Fischer sought to reassure markets just after the close. “On Wednesday, he [Stanley Fischer] said that spillovers from [rate] tightening ‘will be manageable.’ It’s possible that U.S. and foreign economic growth can align, Fischer said.  He added that downside risks from overseas are noticeably smaller and that foreign growth appears more entrenched. Fischer said […]
April 2017 Beige Book: Reading Between The Lines – About The Same Rate Of Economic Expansion

April 2017 Beige Book: Reading Between The Lines – About The Same Rate Of Economic Expansion

The consolidated economic report from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts (Beige Book) stated “the pace of expansion equally split between modest and moderate“. The previous report stated “the economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace from early January through mid-February“. Analyst Opinion of this month’s Beige Book Seems like the rate of growth is […]
Europe Small-Cap Dividend ETF (DFE) Hits New 52-Week High

Europe Small-Cap Dividend ETF (DFE) Hits New 52-Week High

For investors looking for momentum, the WisdomTree Europe Small-Cap Dividend Fund (DFE – Free Report) is probably on your radar now. The fund just hit a 52-week high. Shares of DFE are up roughly 26.9% from their 52-week low price of $47.4/share. But could more gains be ahead for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at […]
Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day – April 19, 2017

Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day – April 19, 2017

Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day April 19, 2017