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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As has been the case for much of the year, what goes down, must bounce upward. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday with the major averages dropping sharply and bouncing higher on Thursday. The rollercoaster ride has been nothing short of spectacular with investors along for the ride. One might think the various ups and…
What Makes A Great Investor? Posted on July 12, 2018 by Andrew Thrasher, CMT There are many ideas to what makes a “great” investor. Different qualities exemplify themselves in different market climates as we’re always being tested from different angles. Whether it’s our Commander and Chief firing up his Twitter app one morning, a break…...
Investors bore the brunt of President Trump’s announced $200bn trade tariffs on China, set to go into affect as early as September and after a review period. All three major indices fell on the day, but outperformed their global equity market peers by falling less than 1% across the board. Although China has vowed to…
Here we go again with tariff headlines front and center. The Trump administration on Tuesday evening released a list of 10% tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, broadening trade war conditions with Beijing. The tariffs will not go into effect immediately but will undergo a two-month review process, with hearings Aug. 20-23. Immediately after the news…
Investor Sentiment This year has been a year unlike more recent and years whereby the markets trended steadily higher and were somewhat predictable. No, 2018 has been found with lesser investor confidence and enthusiasm post the January period where the tax cuts/fiscal stimulus was otherwise priced into the market. A recent read on institutional-investor confidence…...
As we learned last week, the health of the labor market remains very strong. There are more job openings than job seekers, which is a first since 1970. The prime-age employment-to-population ratio, probably the best indicator of the health of the job market, is back to 2005 levels. How long will it be very strong is…
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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.…...
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…