Short Lamar Advertising
Not much happening right now (since the market seems to be struggling with just how to interpret all the economic data that just came in), so I’ll share one particular short I like a lot: Lamar Advertising (LAMR). Looking closely, you can see the nice little top it has made, and my hope is that […]
EC Revisiting An Old ETF Income Theme – Bank Loans
There is no doubt that 2016 has been a good year for ETF investors directing their capital towards income-generating asset classes. The combination of a rising stock market and falling interest rates have helped push prices higher across virtually every segment of the economy. This of course has depressed current yields. But on a total […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Aiwujiwu Rides High On Chinese Real Estate Sector
The residential real estate market is a high growth industry in China. According to an Ibisworld report, the industry grew 9% annually over the last five years to be worth $949 billion in 2015. The industry is also not immune to the advancement of Internet in the country. There is an increasing presence of an […]
Apple Iphone 7 Is Selling Well & Other Stock Updates
STOCK NEWS Merk (MRK) / Pfizer (PFE): announced positive results from a Phase clinical trial for VERTIX SITA2. The trial evaluated ertugliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes on a background of sitagliptin and stable metformin. The two companies will file New Drug Applications for ertugliflozen and two fixed doses by the end of the year and […]
Saudi Aramco To Expand Presence In U.S.
The Motiva refinery is the leading contender to purchase the Lyondell Basell Industries refinery in Houston. Motiva is the largest refinery in the U.S. and was, until recently, co-owned by Saudi Aramco and Shell. By April 2017, Motiva will be fully controlled by Saudi interests as will any properties it acquires. Bidding for a Refinery in Houston The […]
USD/JPY Another Higher Low Is Printed Out
The USD/JPY aka “ninja” has been printing out higher highs and higher lows on intra-day charts. If 101.75 holds we might see another push towards 102.70 and 103.05 as we can see a T89 on H4 chart. POC comes withing 102.05-102.18 (trend line/steep trend line, L3, X-Cross ™,historical buyers). Although I am not a fan […]
E Small Cap Best And Worst – September 15, 2016
The strongest small cap sector is financials. The best small cap industry is specialized semi. The average small cap score this week is 51.79. For perspective, the average small cap score over the past four weeks is 54.14. The average small cap stock in our universe is trading -26.16% below its 52 week high, 3.19% […]
The ‘Nightmare Scenario’ Eurodollar: Even When Things Go Right They Go Wrong
In many ways it is surprising the bond sell-off hasn’t been bigger. After all, the recovery narrative of the unemployment rate has had almost everything going for it since February, at least in terms of perceptions playing into expectations. There was the usual spring rebound in economic data that aided in the “worst is past” […]
Silver: Price Action Contraction Points To Explosive Move, Again
On Monday silver prices broke below the fairly important support level we had penciled in at 19.20, and we said this old support is now new resistance. So far, it has proven to be a difficult hurdle for the metal to climb back over, reinforcing its legitimacy as resistance. Silver sits in a zone of support in […]
