Is It Time To Buy This Oracle Ahead Of Earnings?
Photo Credit:Peter Kaminski Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Information Technology – Software | Reports September 15, After Market Closes Oracle is scheduled to report first quarter earnings and kick off its fiscal 2017 today after the opening bell. The tech giant is typically one of the earlier reports in the season that doesn’t officially kick off until Alcoa’s […]
I’m Not Worried About This Round Of Oil Price Volatility
I’ve been forecasting low-$60 oil by the first quarter of 2017 since earlier this summer. As I mentioned last week, the signals I saw in New York and London recently, which essentially telegraphed an end to the supply glut and a firming “floor” of price support, only strengthen the case. In the meantime, a bit […]
Bank Of England Keeps Rate, QE Unchanged As Expected, Hints May Cut More
As was expected by the consensus of economists, and facilitated by the recent surge of positive economic data out of the UK, moments ago the BOE did not surprise, when it kept its interest rate at 0.25% after a unanimous 9-0 vote, which also included keeping the BOE’s government bond and corporate bond purchases unchanged […]
US Retail Sales Disappoint – Forget About A Hike – USD On The Back Foot
US retail sales disappoint with a drop of 0.3%, worse than expected. The small downwards revision does not help. The control group is down 0.1%, much worse than +0.3% expected and with a downwards revision. Other figures are poor as well. The USD is falling. US retail sales were expected to rise by 0.1% m/m […]
Morning Call For September 15, 2016
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.24%) are up +0.45% and European stocks are up +0.20% ahead of a batch of U.S. economic data today on retail sales, producer prices and regional manufacturing surveys that may give clues as to the health of the economy. The BOE, as expected, voted 9-0 to keep […]
Yield Curve Breakout, Weekly View
A look at the yield curve by weekly chart. Sooner or later one of these breakouts will be real and it will signal the end of the era of confidence (that began with Bernanke’s heavy handed Operation Twist, a macro manipulation that was very boldly set in motion to “sanitize” inflation) in all-powerful central monetary policy planning. […]
The Mid-Cap Equity Premium Is Still King
Mid-cap stocks are often called the “sweet spot” in the market-capitalization spectrum for equity investing. History agrees. Mid-cap performance has delivered a solid premium over large-caps and small-caps over the last two decades. This is a bit of conundrum for financial economics. The academy’s models, after all, insist that small caps are destined for stellar […]
3 Things: Latest NFIB Survey Trips Economic Alarms
NFIB Survey Suggests Weak Economic Prospects Earlier this week, the National Federation of Independent Businesses released their monthly Small Business Survey. While this data is much overlooked by the mainstream media, it really shouldn’t be. Out of the 26 million businesses registered in the United States, only 6 million have active employment and generate revenue. Of that total, […]
Base-Line Solutions For Managing Interest Rate Risks
Just as the railroad barons of the 19th century came to realize that their business was “transportation” rather than “railroads,” most financial professionals involved with futures and options trading have come to appreciate the fact that our business is not “futures and options,” but rather “risk management.” Futures and options are just one set market […]
Ford Announces Plan To Shift All Small-Car Production To Mexico
Earlier today Ford (F) announced that it expects operating income to decline in 2017 as the automaker increases investment in electric and autonomous vehicles, before rising again in 2018.This news came after Ford had just lowered its expectations for FY 2016 EBIT to $10.2BN from $10.8BN due to increasing costs associated with an expanded recall […]
