Saudi Struggles For Gulf Oil Producers’ Support Ahead of OPEC Meeting China Tells Farmers To Grow More Soybeans Amid Trade Fight With U.S. Cryptocurrencies Fall as Korean Exchange Says $32 Million of Coins Stolen U.S. Growth Is ‘Close to a…
GE Kicked out the Dow
Dow Jones announced this afternoon that General Electric (GE) is being removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average for Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). This isn’t completely unexpected. Here’s me three years ago: I have to wonder how much longer GE…
Too Big To Be Simple?
A reader asks: An acquaintance of mine has just sold his company for a huge sum, in the hundreds of millions, in cash. He tells me he is setting up a whole management office, with all kinds of investment professionals,…
Best Homeowners Insurance Companies | Our Top Picks for This Year
Ah, dreams. It’s easy to forget we build them with some very real materials. Take the dream of homeownership. Your home could be the cornerstone of your financial future, a large asset whose value will grow as time passes. Owning…
The Best Drug Distributor Stock Today: Cardinal Health vs McKesson vs AmerisourceBergen
Published on June 19th, 2018 by Bob Ciura The Pharmaceutical distribution industry is in a period of transition. Competitive threats are heightened with the rumored entry of Amazon (AMZN) into the drug distribution business. In addition, rising demand for generics…
This Week’s Divergence
It’s still early, but this is an arresting chart: This shows us that High Beta stocks are falling hard while the Low Volatility sector is barely scratched. This is a big divergence. It generally signals that investors are less willing…
Morning News: June 19, 2018
What Will OPEC Let Slip for Crude Oil? 5 Reasons The Drop In Gold Prices Shouldn’t Worry Investors Wealthy Asians Are Getting Rich Faster Than Anyone Else What Can Beijing Do If China-U.S. Trade Row Worsens? Why Would the Fed…
The Best US Auto Parts Retailer Stock: Ranking The Big 4
Published on June 18th, 2018 by Aristofanis Papadatos Auto parts retailers have outperformed the market in the last decade, by a wide margin. To be sure, during this period, AutoZone (AZO), O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Advance Auto Parts (AAP) and Genuine…
Alliance Data Rebounds
Shares of Alliance Data Systems (ADS) got off to a terrible start this year. On January 12, ADS got as high as $278.33. By May 3, it was down to $193.87. Since then, it’s recovered a lot of lost ground.…
Morning News: June 18, 2018
Brent Bounces on Muted Production- Increase Reports Xi to Counter Trump Blow for Blow in Unwanted Trade War U.S.-China Trade Standoff Weighs on Global Shares Bitcoin Could Break the Internet, Central Bank Overseer Says Is the Gig Economy a Myth?…