Banks May Be the Key To Market Direction Going Forward
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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.
The Bears Beating Recession Drums as Q2 2018 Earnings Season Kicks Off
In this week’s research report we are going to cover a few topics. The first topic centers on the all-too important economic data. The next topic will focus on the coming week’s data. We’ll conclude with an overview of S&P 500 earnings as we kick off earnings season at the end of the coming week.…...
FOMC Finds A New Recession Indicator As Tariffs Go Into Effect
It was a strong showing for Wall Street yesterday and ahead of what is being called the launch of the largest economic trade war in history. The characterization was spirited overnight as tariffs went into place from both the United States and China on respective exports. Investors largely ignored the long since telegraphed tariff implementation…
Dumb Things Chart Gurus Say!!
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Economic Data, Tariff Implementation and FOMC Minutes…Oh My!
Although it was only a one-day layoff with the markets closed for the 4th of July, it seems like headlines continued to roll in regarding global trade. The most significant or positive headline may have come out of the European Union. European officials are considering holding talks on a tariff-cutting deal between the world’s largest…
Corporate Buybacks, Margin Debt & Digging Deeper
Let’s keep this short, but sweet and hopefully the market will perform in kind today. Yesterday was quite the roller coaster ride as the Dow opened sharply lower by roughly 200 points, carrying its peer indices lower. But as the day progressed, the market achieved the most probable outcome, which would be to finish in…
Tariffs May Set Off Fireworks In a Holiday Shortened Trading Week
In the latest week, the Dow fell 0.6%, the S&P lost 0.7% and the Nasdaq fell 2 percent. For the month of June, the Dow rose 0.1% while the S&P added 1.1% and the Nasdaq rose 1.3 percent. In the second quarter, the Dow gained 1.4%, the S&P was up 3.6%, and the Nasdaq gained…
Geopolitical Concerns Weigh Heavily Ahead of Holiday Shortened Trading Week
In the latest week, the Dow fell 0.6%, the S&P lost 0.7% and the Nasdaq fell 2 percent. For the month of June, the Dow rose 0.1% while the S&P added 1.1% and the Nasdaq rose 1.3 percent. In the second quarter, the Dow gained 1.4%, the S&P was up 3.6%, and the Nasdaq gained…...
Predicting the Market Is Easy?
We’ve reached the end of the week and what a week it has been. A couple of overextended streaks came to an end during the trading week, including a Dow and Financials Select Spiders ETF (XLF) losing streak. In our daily market dispatch yesterday morning, we discussed the potential for XLF going forward. “While the…
Technically Bad, Geopolitically Bad, Sentimentally Bad… Buying Opportunity?
Wall Street was looking dicey prior to the market’s open yesterday until the White House validated its trading approach with China. Oddly, the details surrounding the Trump administration’s approach were released on Tuesday, but with no positive market reaction like that in the pre-market hours Wednesday. The following details were released Tuesday afternoon and as…
