Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Let's take a closer look at recent activity in US Treasuries. The yield on the 10-year note ended Friday at 2.64% and the 30-year bond closed at 2.91%. The2-10 yield spread is now at 0.58%. Here is a...

S&P 500 Earnings Data by the numbers: (Source TR I/B/E/S “This Week in Earnings” dated 1/19/2018) Fwd 4-qtr est: $151.95 P.E ratio:18.5x PEG ratio: 1.29x S&P 500 earnings yield:...

CAT Bouncing after JPM Upgrade Caterpillar’s (NYSE:CAT) stock price touched an all-time high of $172.99 on Jan 16 and has drifted lower since. This price action took place after an upgrade from...

Index Futures Net Changes and Settlements:Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume:In Asia 9 out of 11 markets closed higher: Shanghai Comp +0.41%, Hang Seng +0.41%, Nikkei +0.19% In Europe 11 out of...

IntroductionFor many years now, investing in healthcare related stocks has presented me with a conundrum of sorts. Demographic forces, primarily the graying of America (and the world for that matter),...

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) fell sharply on Friday after reporting earnings that were not as robust as the market expected. American Express Company was trading at all-time highs and due for a...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted heading into the 3 day weekend for Martin Luther King Day the equity markets continued to fire on all cylinders. Elsewhere looked for...

The 2018 IPO market has gotten off to an eventful start. There was the announcement that Spotify would not launch an IPO, but rather use a direct listing which could set a major precedent for other...

Australia’s unemployment rose in December. Will the FTSE RAFI Australia 200 stock index continue declining?Australia’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.5% in December from 5.4% in the...

It’s a record.As of Wednesday's market close, the Dow crushed its previous record milestone time frame by adding 1000 points to the index in just 8-trading days. The S&P also rose to 2800 at...

EUR/CHFToday’s support: - 1.1723(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.1700, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.1789. Break of the latter would result 1.1678. If a...

The Consumer Staples space looks quite well placed for this year, given a stable U.S. economy. With unemployment rate at its 17- year low, favorable consumer spending, healthy consumer confidence and...

Among the top news for last week (other than CES) were senators calling for a probe into Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) CEO Krazanich’s stock sale, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) making material changes to its...

Gilead Sciences’ (NASDAQ:GILD) subsidiary Kite announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE) to evaluate a combination of its newly approved CAR-T therapy...