With its earnings release around the corner, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is among the companies with shares that have been taking a beating from the escalating tariff issue between the U.S. and China. Last week, as U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports officially kicked in, shares of BABA continued to deflate. If its Q4 results […]

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Key Takeaways Consensus estimates from third-party analysts point to expected EPS of $1.07 for the quarter, compared to $0.99 in the prior-year period Q4 revenue is expected to come in at $10.95 billion, according to third-party analyst consensus   Declining revenue for a second-straight quarter in an increasingly competitive cloud-computing environment could loom for Technology firm […]

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Key Takeaways Nike shares are up about 15% so far this year, even amid concerns about tariffs Nike reports as President Trump and President Xi plan to meet  Results could show whether NKE’s Asian business has continued to soar The U.S.-China trade dispute is likely to be in the foreground when Nike Inc. (NKE) reports […]

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There’s more to reading the economy than sifting through data in the hard-hitting monthly reports that push the Federal Reserve and corporate purchasing managers into action. Analysis of off-the-grid economic indicators is about reading between the lines. After all, the interest-rate-setting Fed looks off-radar too sometimes, such as in its Beige Book report that polls […]

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Global financial market volatility remains high in the new post-Brexit world and investors continue to rotate into more “conservative” positions, including Treasuries, gold and the U.S. dollar.  Longer-dated U.S. Treasury securities slid to within five to seven basis points of all-time yield lows on Monday and the move may have farther to run, says Craig […]

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Industrials make, transports take – it’s one of the foundational components to the technical analysis system known as Dow Theory, and to our economy in general. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) continues to hog financial media headlines as it scales all-time high after all-time high this year. However, the Dow’s big-wheeled cohort, the Dow […]

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Ebenezer who? Consumers have been on a buying binge and appear to be ready to swing their wallets open wide by the time the jolly old fellow wedges his way down any chimneys this holiday season, according to a bevy of economic and industry spending reports. “There’s no question consumers are out there spending when […]

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The origin of the term Black Friday has been somewhat obscured over time. It was originally used to mark the gold crash that happened on September 29 in 1869—and other dark days of steep declines in financial markets. Then in the early 1950’s, M.J. Murphy used the term in Factory Management and Maintenance to describe […]

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2017 ended up being a banner year for many housing-related stocks including homebuilders and home improvement retailers. There were several different macroeconomic factors at play in the U.S. housing market that contributed to the outperformance of housing-related companies last year.  So far for 2018, many economists and analysts have said they are expecting more of […]

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Global economies are constantly in flux and, regardless of whether these changes are positive or negative, overseas developments can have a large impact here in the U.S. Most investors don’t feel the need to monitor macroeconomic factors, but understanding the major aspects at play around the world can help potentially identify risks and as well […]

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