The Week Ahead | 08/27/2018
Global Spotlight Get Ready for More China Tariffs. Low-level U.S.-China trade talks ended again in stalemate, paving the way for another round of U.S. tariffs to go into effect, this time…
AMD Responding to a viewer regarding reporting and recommending.
Viewer “Craig,” writes csmythe44@hotmail.com I bet that idiot Michael Khouw is running for cover after shooting his mouth off on CNBC the other day in betting against AMD. It’s up another 5%…
The Week Ahead | 08/20/2018
Most S&P 500 sectors finished last week in positive territory, with less-risky, countercyclical groups — including consumer staples (+3.2%), utilities (+2.5%), and telecom services (+3.7%) — leading the charge. The…
The Week Ahead | 08/13/2018
Global Spotlight Trump vs. Turkey. U.S. President Donald Trump may have met his match when it comes to stubborn populists on the world stage. As evidenced by the Turkish lira’s Black…
Will Tesla Go Private?
We did a quick survey of our Twitter followers concerning their thoughts on the viability of Elon Musk taking Tesla private. We wanted to know if people thought the transaction had legs.…
Crypto Crashing
The price of Crypto continues to move from the upper left to the lower right, the very definition of a bearish move. One might want to say that cryptos are…
The Week Ahead | 08/06/2018
Global Spotlight
Announcement: Mark is now a Professor of Financial Practice at Rutgers University
For those who know something about Mark’s career, he has been a big proponent of education at all levels. He has been a volunteer at the CFA Institute helping out…
The Week Ahead | 7/30/2018
Welcome to Fed week. This week the FOMC will annouce the rate decision on August 1st, at 2:00 pm EST. During the week of Jul. 30, 141 S&P 500 companies…
The Week Ahead | 07/23/2018
Share buybacks are still going strong. It’s really quite remarkable when you think about it. Payment to shareholders (Dividends and share buybacks) are running at an annual pace of $760…