admin Markets Open with a Positive Tone this Week, with more happy talk over trade negotiations. Oil is up 1%, as are US stocks and the Chinese yen. Expect a dead market until we get an outcome. Find Out More Thomas Cook Collapses, stranding 150,000 British travelers overseas. In the longer term, it could also hit … Read more
China Backs Off, withdrawing Hong Kong’s extradition bill. It may bring the violence in the former British colony to an end by assuring continued semi autonomy. This downplays the risk of a Tiananmen Square type massacre, no end to the trade war, and a sudden 1,000-point plunge in the Dow Average. Stocks like it, up … Read more
THE TWEET THAT SANK WALL STREET. THIS TRADE DEAL IS GETTING EXPENSIVE, WITH THE DOW DOWN OVER 1,000 POINTS FROM LAST WEEK’S HIGH GIVING UP ONE-THIRD OF ALL 2019 GAINS. AS YOUR RETIREMENT FUNDS DISAPPEAR UP THEIR OWN EXHAUST PIPE, WRITE A PROTEST LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH TOLD A DEAL WOULD BE SIGNED … Read more
CHINA CRISIS DEEPENS. IF THE SENIOR CHINESE NEGOTIATOR FAILS TO SHOW AND THE NEW TARIFFS GO INTO PLACE, WATCH THE DOW AVERAGE DROP 1,000. I WENT 100% CASH YESTERDAY. Find Out More US RETAILERS PANIC. WILL CUSTOMERS EAT THE 25% JUMP IN PRICES IN AN AMAZON-DOMINATED WORLD? UNLIKELY. MASS BANKRUPTCIES TO FOLLOW. Find Out More … Read more
THE CHINA TRADE WAR RATCHETS UP, WITH TRUMP IMPOSING 25% TARIFFS ON $200 BILLION MORE IN IMPORTS. IT SEEMS THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT GOING AS WELL AS ADVERTISED. THE STOCK MARKET WON’T LIKE THIS ONE BIT. THE HEAT IN THE KITCHEN IS GETTING TOO HOT. THE HEADLINE SHOULD READ “25% TAX TO HIT US … Read more
APRIL NONFARM PAYROLL REPORT WILL BLOW IT AWAY, AT 263,000. THE HEADLINE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PLUNGES TO A NEW 49-YEAR LOW AT 3.6%. THIS IS WHAT OVERHEATING LOOKS LIKE, FUELED BY MASSIVE BORROWING. PLAY NOW, PAY LATTER. Find Out More TESLA BUMPS UP CAPITAL RAISE TO $2.7 BILLION, AND IT’S LOOKING LIKE THE BOTTOM MAY BE … Read more
APPLE BLOWS IT AWAY, WITH A MAJOR EARNINGS UPSIDE SURPRISE. THE SERVICES PLAY IS FINALLY FEEDING INTO PROFITS. STOCK BACKS BUMPED UP FROM $100 BILLION TO $150 BILLION. DON’T TOUCH (AAPL) UP HERE WITH THE STOCK UP $10 IN THE AFTERMARKET. Find Out More FED MEETS TODAY, TO DECIDE ON INTEREST RATES, WHICH WILL DO … Read more
ALPHABET GETS SLAUGHTERED, WITH THE STOCK DOWN 7% ON WEAK EARNINGS. THE STRONG US DOLLAR GETS THE BLAME, DECIMATING FOREIGN EARNINGS FOR THE LAST FANG TO REPORT. WAIT TWO MORE DAYS AND THEN BUY THE DIP IN (GOOGL). Find Out More SPOTIFY HITS 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS, ON BIG INTERNATIONAL PUSH. THERE’S NO TRADE HERE, BUT … Read more
CONSUMER SPENDING HITS A DECADE HIGH, UP 0.9% IN MARCH, WHILE INFLATION BARELY MOVES. SO WHY IS THE STOCK MARKET BARELY MOVING? IS GOLDILOCKS ABOUT TO BECOME A SENIOR CITIZEN? Find Out More BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY MAY BUY $100 BILLION OF OWN STOCK, SAYS WARREN BUFFET, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS TOO EXPENSIVE. IF THE ORACLE OF … Read more
1) More Headaches for Boeing. What can go wrong with a company that has grounded its largest selling product? Answer: they get criminally prosecuted. That was the unhappy news that hit Boeing (BA) this morning, knocking another $7 off the shares. It can’t get any worse than this, can it? Buy this dip in (BA). Click here. 2) Lyft … Read more