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Apple Stock Targets Upped For Ultra-Pricey iPhone 8
Apple stock picked up yet another series of price target increases from bullish analysts who predict that consumers can’t wait to drop more than $1,000 on the iPhone 8. UBS, RBC Capital Markets....
Fannie Mae: Watt Stands Up to Bob Corker
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt today told the Senate Finance Committee he thinks it would be better to use his authority as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservator to suspend....
This Bubble Will Pop Soon
So far as I can tell, President Donald Trump has done little to change the circumstances that led him to declare in April 2016 that the U.S. was headed for “a very massive recession.” His promise....
100 High-Yield Equities Were Down Big Last Week: These 10 Are Worth A Look
Last week was volatile and painful for many higher-yielding securities. For example, REITs, BDCs and MLPs (all known for high-yield) sold off significantly (see charts below). We are in no way....
Australia: The Best Place For You Money For The Next Decade?
Australia has long been touted as the perfect way to play a Chinese economic boom (or collapse) thanks to the region’s dependence on its much larger Asian neighbor. However, even though hedge fund....
The Fed’s Caution Is A Boost For Gold
The Federal Open Market Committee met today, and the Federal Reserve has stayed its hand once again. With U.S. economic readings beginning to fluctuate, and signs of slowing growth beginning to....
Why Dodd-Frank – or its repeal – won’t save us from the next crippling Wall Street crash
Jena Martin, West Virginia University and Karen Kunz, West Virginia University
Photo by George Eastman House
Republicans appear poised to roll back Wall Street regulations passed after the....
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Beats Earnings Estimates, Misses On Revenue
Apple Inc. (AAPL) released its latest earnings report after closing bell, posting earnings of $2.10 per share on $52.9 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting earnings of $2.02 per share....
Why You Should Consider Global Small Caps
Because the American equity markets have enjoyed an abnormally long period, – historically speaking, – of relative outperformance versus the rest of the global marketplace, a common plea among....
Tesla Inc (TSLA) Stock Hits Another Record High Riding On Earnings
Tesla Inc (TSLA) stock surged by another 4% on Monday as investors anticipated the company’s next earnings report, which is set for Wednesday after the bell. CEO Elon Musk’s TED Talk probably also....
Stock Valuation and Occam’s Razor
Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
William of Occam
Andreas Cellarius [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The use of this....
The Stock Market Is Cyclical But Not in the Way That You Think
Valuation-Informed Indexing #340
by Rob Bennett
I was recently at a dinner party at which the subject of the high valuations in the stock market came up. A fellow explained why he is not too....
How to profit from insider trading (legally)
What comes to mind when you think of the term “insider trading”? Many people think of financial crime, fraud, scandal… maybe even American home-decorating mogul Martha Stewart (indicted by a U.S.....
Investing vs. Gambling – Managing the Chaos
How does one invest amid the slew of palm sweating, teeth grinding headlines of Syria, North Korea, Brexit, expanding populism, Trumpcare, French candidate Marine Le Pen, and a potential....
Hedging by market-makers doing big-volume trades & More News
As some market worries have been put to rest, there is a growing appetite for new ones. Pundits who say that things look OK are not very exciting. Last week we saw a shift in attention. Despite....
Market Moves Have Very Little to do with Trump
The following is a summary of our recent interview with Matthew Kerkhoff, which can be accessed on our site here or on iTunes here.
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Because of the US stock market’s....
Is the Market at a Major Inflection Point?
The following is a summary of our recent interview with market technician Jonathan Krinsky, which can be accessed on our site here or on iTunes here.
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A powerful reality....
Auto Loans: The Next Debt Bubble?
After nearly a decade of being able to borrow money for next to nothing, interest rates are finally beginning to creep higher. Even the relatively small increases seen so far have caused....
Procter & Gamble Raises Dividends for 61st Consecutive Year in a Row
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin....
Buy-and-Holders Base Their Investing Decisions on Flawed Forecasts, Just Like All Other Investors
Valuation-Informed Indexing #339
by Rob Bennett
Shiller cites the 145 years of historical return data showing that valuations affect long-term returns as support for his claim that the....
Netflix Misses Subscriber Consensus, Beats On Earnings
Netflix released its first quarter earnings report after closing bell tonight, posting earnings of 40 cents per share on $2.64 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 37 cents....
Which asset class performs when everyone else is in crisis?
We’ve always been a fan of Kathryn Kaminsky’s work, and she’s got an interesting piece out in Pensions and Investments deconstructing what has become a bit of an overused buzz word – crisis alpha.....
Is a Looming Market Crash Reality?
When it was finally announced during the wee morning hours of November 8, 2016, that Donald Trump would become Mr. President Donald Trump, it would be an understatement to say that the majority of....
Delta Air Lines Shares Rise After Earnings Beat, Revenue Misses
Delta Air Lines released its latest earnings report before opening bell this morning, posting adjusted earnings of 77 cents per share on $9.15 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting....
Horseman Says Forget French Election, Europe Is A Buy!
Forget about Marine Le Pen or any ramifications of her election in Europe, Horseman Capital Management’s Stephen Roberts says. Europe is a bargain based on old school fundamentals as economic....