Quiet, Almost Too Quiet
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:15 — 7.6MB) DOW + 2 = 20,858 SPX + 1 = 2364 NAS + 1 = 5838 RUT – 5 = 1360 10 Y + .05 = 2.60% OIL – .53 = 49.75 GOLD – 7.20 = 1201.80 Stocks dipped in afternoon trade but held on for […]
Fossil Fuels Are Toast – But Real Assets Are Still The Place To Be
With all the oil-related headlines we’re exposed to each day, you might assume that “black gold,” along with other fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, matter to humanity’s future. You’d be wrong. Like Keynesian economics and fiat currencies, fossil fuels are near the end of their run. From here on out, solar is the […]
Get Ready – Employment Report Shows Risk Ahead
The indexes finished the day massively unchanged. However, Oil and Bonds continues to move lower ahead of the job report on Friday. All eyes on the job report as this seems to be the most important one to come out in a while. It’s the last major economic report before the Fed decides a potential […]
Finisar Corporation Q3 Earnings And Outlook Fall Short
Finisar Corporation (Nasdaq: FNSR) posted worse than expected earnings and guidance, sending its shares plummeting as much as 14% in aftermarket trading.
In And Out Of The Market’s Bulls-Eye
“You sit on the bulls-eye and I will wrap my neck around yours to keep you there,” one Brontosaurus says to another Brontosaurus. If you can imagine the Brontosaurus outside the bulls-eye as the indices and the one sitting on the bullseye the Modern Family, you’ll have a pretty good idea of the market battle […]
Trend Reversal Indicator: Sell Signal Confirmed
The SharePlanner Trend Reversal Indicator is flashing all sorts of bearishness And it is worth noting that there hasn’t been a bearish reversal signal on the indicator since August of last year, which led to a 100-point reversal in the markets over the course a three month period. Obviously that came to an end when […]
Newtek Business Services – Chart Of The Day
The Chart of the Day belongs to Newtek Business Services (NEWT). I found the business development company stock by using Barchart to sort today Top Stocks to Own list first for the most frequent nee highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 2/23 the stock gained […]
Buyers Come Back To 20-Day MAs
With indices experiencing small changes, 20-day MAs are starting to look like a defensive point for bulls to work the next rally. The Nasdaq finished higher after a defensive push off its 20-day MA. This didn’t make any significant changes to the technical picture, but it does suggest the possibility a new swing low is […]
E Facebook’s Management Team Gets Stronger
Facebook’s (FB) management team continues to get stronger with the recent addition of Susan Taylor as the chief accounting officer. Ms. Taylor comes over from LinkedIn (LNKD) where the company was focused on the white-hot social and mobile side of the economy, so this seems to be a brilliant pickup as she fits in well […]
EC Here Comes “The Fed Is Meeting!” Folly, Right On Schedule
If the past is prologue to the future, a 0.25% rate increase will send thousands of issues tumbling 3, 4, 5% and more. Is it possible the portfolios of the income stocks and mutual funds (ETF, CEF or open-end) you own will be yielding 3, 4 or 5% less the day or month after the […]
