EDITOR'S CHOICE
When Rare Market Data Screams, Listen
Article By:
Doug Wakefield
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Thursday, May 19, 2016 5:14 PM EDT
Are US stocks going up or down next week? Is the euro or pound trending up or down? What trends do we see in corporate earnings, employment numbers, trade deficits, and GDP numbers?
New Jobless Claims: Down 16K, 63rd Week Under 300K
Article By:
Doug Short
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Thursday, May 19, 2016 2:18 PM EDT
Today's seasonally adjusted 278K new claims, down 16K from last week's 294K. As the report notes, this the 63rd consecutive week of claims below 300K.
The New Asset Allocation Standard?
Article By:
Roger Nusbaum
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:41 AM EDT
Equities struggled in the 2000’s and gold did well. For most of this decade equities rocketed higher and gold did poorly. This year equities have traded sideways and gold has gone up...
When You Exit The Stock Market, Don’t Let The Door Hit You On Your Way Out
Article By:
Gary Gordon
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:11 PM EDT
You cannot make this stuff up. The median stock in the S&P 500 has never been more overvalued on price-to-earnings growth (PEG) and price-to-sales (P/S).
A Flatter Treasury Curve… And Slower Growth?
Article By:
James Picerno
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:09 AM EDT
The spread between long and short Treasury yields has been narrowing lately, a change that some analysts see as a warning sign for US economic growth.
Insider Trading Report Edition 308: Notable Buys And Sales
Article By:
Asif Suria
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Sunday, May 15, 2016 3:39 PM EDT
Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $79 million of stock compared to $43.91 million in the week prior. Selling decreased with insiders selling $1.84 billion of stock last week compared to $2.43 billion in the week prior.
Weighing The Week Ahead: Springtime For Housing?
Article By:
Jeff Miller
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Sunday, May 15, 2016 5:43 AM EDT
Attention focuses on housing with some frequency since it is important to the economy. Wells Fargo notes that residential investment rose 14.8% in the past year, contributing 0.5% to the Q1 GDP growth (which coincidentally was 0.5%).
Retired Investors Should Give This Blue-Chip Technology Stalwart A Close Look
Article By:
Chuck Carnevale
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31 AM EDT
Technology bellwether Cisco looks more like a growth stock than a cyclical stock. Just because a business operates in the Technology Sector does not automatically suggest that it is a highly cyclical business.
In this article: CSCO
The Most Crowded Trade
Article By:
Michael Ashton
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Friday, May 13, 2016 2:09 AM EDT
Wise investors hate crowded trades. Good, high-alpha trades tend to be out-of-consensus and uncomfortable. Bad trades tend to be ones that everyone wants to talk about at the cocktail party.
Just. One. Trade
Article By:
Boris Schlossberg
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:44 AM EDT
As a day trader I interact with the market a lot. In fact you can easily say that I am the poster child for "all you can eat" trading since I stare at my screens 20 hours each day.
Is The Market Cheap? Three Things You Need To Know About Valuation, But Don’t
Article By:
Jeff Miller
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 3:00 AM EDT
There is a general consensus that valuation indicators are not very useful for market timing. Despite this, the financial media and the blogosphere feature an avalanche of articles warning that the market is seriously overvalued.
What Do Apple, Facebook, Alphabet And Hedge Funds Have In Common?
Article By:
Insider Monkey
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:25 PM EDT
Inan Dogan explains why infinite growth is unsustainable, but expected nonetheless.
Bull Market In Oil Ahead?
Article By:
Brad Zigler
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 3:19 PM EDT
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Well, there’s a plan afoot to push crude oil prices higher. And you needn’t look for dark conspiracies for evidence of this. There’s a trail—in fact, two trails —in plain sight.