After 20 years in the retail and consumer goods sector, I became a research analyst and market strategist for Capital Ladder Advisory Group. Since 2011, I have published some 400+ articles surrounding mainstream retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Costco and more. I've covered consumer goods corporations such as Apple, Keurig Green Mountain, SodaStream, Skullcandy, Fitbit and more. To date, I've garnered over a hundred media references to my analytics including Forbes. Presently, I am a contracted consultant to many retail and consumer goods companies in North America and manufacturing entities in China and Korea.
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Yesterday’s market activity was moving right along, swimmingly, with the Dow & S&P 500 slightly negative and the Nasdaq positive up until 2:00 p.m. EST. It was then that the major averages all took a sharp leg lower on reports from Bloomberg that President Trump was prepared and readying his administration to go forward with…
After another record setting day on Wall Street Wednesday, equity futures are in the red. Asian markets finished largely in the red and European equity markets are sharply lower in the early morning hours. Before we get into what’s possibly ailing global equities in a moment, let’s take a few seconds to wax nostalgic about…
Remember the daily record advances in the S&P 500 back in January of this year. Remember the VIX rising alongside such advances as the RSI hit record levels during this time period. Investors enjoy or appreciate when the S&P 500 breaks out and to the upside with strength and breadth, as it did back then…
Wall Street rallied sharply on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closing at records for a second straight session and the Dow Jones Industrial Average exiting its longest stint in correction territory since 1961. Before Monday, the benchmark index had failed to trade 10% above the closing low of 23,533.20 hit on March 23, but could…
August is typically a lesser performing month for the S&P 500, only to be outdone by September. September is historically the worst performing month of the year for the stock market. August is also, historically, the most volatile month of the year with September following suit to a lesser degree. For the aforementioned reasons, the…...
As U.S./China talks were being held during the day in Washington, investors were found less optimistic about these talks and with the major averages all falling on the trading day. The Dow lost .3% on the day while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost .17% and .13% respectively. Volatility was slightly higher in a back…
It’s August 23rd, which means its tariff implementation day between the U.S. and China. A fresh bout of U.S. tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese imports commenced on Thursday, prompting Beijing to retaliate with its own tariffs on American goods worth the equivalent. The latest trade escalation comes as officials from the world’s two largest economies meet for…
Bear with us…! Asian equity markets had the first opportunity to react to headlines from the United States whereby two of President Donald Trump’s confidants and one-time employees will be sentenced for crimes. While most major Asian markets finished higher overnight and European markets are flat to slightly higher in the early hours on Wednesday,…
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