Let’s start with several developments in Japan. 1. The BOJ’s core CPI measure disappoints, as the 2% inflation target remains elusive. The situation is further exacerbated by the recent strengthening of the yen. Source: @business 2. The 10yr JGB yield
February 26, 2016
Before the US market opened, while global equities were in rally mode, an avalanche of economic data surprised to the upside. Instead of the expected downward revision to Q4 GDP, it was revised upward. The BEA’s Personal Consumption and Outlays report,
The advance estimate for Q4 GDP was not appreciably different than the preliminary figures, changing +0.6% into +1.00033%. It wasn’t anywhere close to enough of a revision to meaningfully alter the picture of the 2015 economy. The average growth in
I was looking through some charts and when I saw the daily 30yr-5yr yield ratio it seemed familiar. Hmmm… Oh yeah, that’ it! It looked a lot like a GLD chart I had checked out earlier. Here are the two
There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I’ve selected the five undervalued companies reviewed by ModernGraham trading closest to their 52 week low. Each of these companies has been determined to
If there’s any equities ETF segment that can be called a true star this year, then that is dividend. Among investors, this space has acted as a drawing card in the volatile stretches of 2016 as yields on the benchmark
If you cap the volcano, eventually the pressure beneath rises to the point that the cap gets blown off in spectacular fashion. That the dramatic upheavals of war, pestilence and environmental collapse can trigger social disorder and revolution is well-established.
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. With the gold-mining sector’s market-dominating outperformance this year, investors are searching for the best-of-breed gold miners. The elite
Legendary speculator Bernard Baruch once quipped: “Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.” Baruch was on to something. And since reams have been written and said about tops
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) is having one heck of a day. First, it confirms the massive inverse head and shoulders pattern and secondly it breaks cleanly above the 50-day moving average. Some very nice action there no doubt. No position for me as
