Have we seen the bulk of the move forward in 2019 already, just one month into the year, or are we instead poised to have a better year than this and end up higher? After stock markets experienced a pretty tumultuous ride over the last 4 months, starting with a precipitous drop in late 2018, […]
Whether the current bull market is over is on the minds of everyone these days. Some believe that the fun is over, and that this current upward move is a false one, a bull trap. Many investors spent much of 2018 wondering whether the current bull market will soon come to an end, and toward […]
This current earnings season is shaping up to be a fine one, with most companies surpassing expectations. The outlook for the current quarter is not so encouraging. With a little less than half of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported their quarterly earnings, we’re starting to get a very good picture of how […]
The number for the non-farm payroll report is in for January, and even after adjustments from last month, it was up nicely and exceeded expectations. This is good news. A much better January new jobs report than anyone expected helped drive stock markets forward again on Friday. The gains were made more modest by a […]
Alphabet, parent company of Google, is already one of the world’s profitable companies. If they tap into the huge revenue that app licensing could add, they are set to really take off. Large companies usually don’t get to where they are by holding back, and generally will attack the marketplace very aggressively when the opportunity […]
The numbers for the last quarter for online retail giant Amazon is in, and the numbers are very impressive indeed. In spite of the company breaking all-time earnings records, the stock has dropped almost 5% in after-market trading since this seemingly very good news was released. Some may pass this off to the sheer fickleness […]
2018 did bring a lot of controversy to Facebook, with many people being concerned the company may be going the wrong way financially. No one is wondering this today. An old investing adage tells us to buy on the rumors and sell on the news. This advice isn’t all that great, although it is still […]
Apple’s after-market earnings call did not paint a very rosy picture, and more disappointment is expected. How could its stock rise by 5% in after-market trading then? Apple’s shrinking revenues are no secret, both among analysts and even among many individual investors, who generally do not watch such things very closely. They may be aware […]
When Caterpillar misses its earnings projections by as much as they did today, hearing $2.55 per share and expecting $2.98 per share, investors are going to be concerned. Disappointing earnings announcements from Dow component Caterpillar helped drive the DJIA lower on Monday, although markets did recover a fair bit before the end of trading. Caterpillar […]
With the March 29 deadline looming, and he U.K. and the European Union far from reaching an agreement, the unthinkable no-deal might actually happen. The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, which is now only 60 days out. While this has been seen by many as a step […]