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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.
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…
Are you Working Harder, Smarter, Better: Kevin Ann Focus on Due Diligence
by Kevin Ann: Finom Group Contributing Member Is working harder or more necessarily better? It’s been about 5 months since I started on this options path, internalized options theory via all forms of media (podcasts, youTube videos, blog posts, news articles, academic articles, forums, StockTwits/Twitter, writing in this blog, etc.), and applied the principles in…
The New Volatility Landscape
By Stuart Barton, CFA Following the events of Feb. 5th, several volatility-linked products have been delisted or deleveraged. We thought now was a good time to take a step back and survey the volatility landscape as it exists today. If you’d like to read a brief summary of the causes of Feb. 5th I recommend…...
When China Sneezes… Global Equity Markets Follow?
When China sneezes, the global markets may catch a cold! The benchmark Shanghai composite closed officially in bear market territory on Tuesday. The smaller Shenzhen composite moved into bear market territory in February this year. The Shanghai and Shenzhen composites were down around 22% and 26%, respectively, from their 52-week highs. Among the factors weighing on the…
