Corporate stock buybacks are the dominant source of stock-market demand, but not for long according the Goldman Sachs

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US equity market activity by foreign investors, households, mutual funds, and pension funds ended 2019 as net sellers while corporation’s buybacks are estimated to exceed $480 billion – just in the S&P 500 companies. This source of market growth cannot be counted on to prop up the equity markets in the future. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buybacks-are-the-dominant-source-of-stock-market-demand-and-they-are-fading-fast-goldman-sachs-2019-11-06 As for … Read more

Why Should You Buy MSFT Calls?

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by UnhandledPromise Let’s break it down based on some research I did while the market was closed yesterday: Let’s look at profitability: with a current Operating Margin for Microsoft Corporation [MSFT] sitting at +33.96 and its Gross Margin at +65.81, this company’s Net Margin is now 31.70%. These measurements indicate that Microsoft Corporation [MSFT] is … Read more

Outside of the big 5 tech companies, earnings growth is zero

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/outside-of-the-big-5-tech-companies-earnings-growth-is-zero.html Just five stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet — account for the S&P 500′s year-over-year EPS growth, according to Goldman Sachs. “Mega-cap earnings strength contrasts with small-cap earnings weakness,” the firm’s analysts led by David Kostin said. The “FAAMG” basket accounts for 18% of the total S&P 500 value. The last time … Read more

Kaitlin Bennett Attacked By Mob At Ohio University

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcP4X-kI8vw I cannot believe a state university behaves this way. I left over a decade ago and it was never this charged but changing. Obama presidency made universities different permanently. It was like no one could tell students no anymore. So the craziness just expanded 10 fold.   AC

2019-nCoV: They say that there’s 73k confirmed, but this puts estimates at 983,006

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They say that there’s around 73k confirmed with Coronavirus, but this assesment puts estimates at 983,006   Abstract Background: Since the first cluster of cases was identified in Wuhan City, China, in December, 2019, 2019-nCoV has rapidly spread across China as well as caused multiple introductions in 25 countries as of February, 2020. Despite the … Read more

China Could Grant Tariff Exemptions On U.S. Oil And LNG

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By Irina Slav China has opened for applications for tariff exemptions on a number of U.S. products and commodities including crude oil and liquefied natural gas, Reuters reported today. Tariffs were blamed for the slump in U.S. oil and LNG exports to China, which is one of the biggest importers for both commodities. They also interfered with … Read more

Where to Get Income in a Low-Yield World

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by Shaun Richards So far in 2020, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has averaged an anemic 0.01 percent when adjusted for inflation. Since the end of January, it’s actually dipped below 0 percent, trading as low as negative 0.14 percent on January 31. What this means is that investors are guaranteed to lose money … Read more

Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits

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Via Marketwatch Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the hallowed, 110-year-old organization to carry on. The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could … Read more

Twitter Locks WikiLeaks Official Account With 5.4 Million Followers, Days Before Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing

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We’ve all watched as WikiLeaks aired the world’s dirty laundry, by leaking evidence of corruptions and crimes. The US came together with the EU to retaliate against Julian Assanage for pioneering this WikiLeaks whistleblower websystem. Now at a critical time in the questionable legal proceedings against Assange, which already include accusations of torture, Twitter has … Read more

China’s Drinkers get Happy Hour Margaritas Delivered to their Door as Coronavirus Lockdown Continues

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Not in Wuhan but other major cities Guangzhou and Beijing. Break open the kids’ piggy banks! Bars in major Chinese cities are delivering their happy hour drinks deals to customers’ places of residence as a large number of people remain stuck indoors because of the outbreak of the new coronavirus. But with people staying at … Read more

Pritzker ‘Fair Tax’ Would Hit Over 4 Million Illinoisans With Marriage Penalty, Potentially Give Wealthy Couples A Marriage Bonus

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While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent the past two years campaigning for a progressive income tax that he claims will only hit the rich, the plan also comes with a rare marriage penalty that subjects joint filers to higher income tax rates than single people. The marriage penalty would average more than $2,500 for those … Read more

Want To See How Bad It Really Is?

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    Baltic Exchange Dry Index Forecast Chart Ready to receive a wake up slap in the face ? First quarter will be a disaster – there are no car sales happening in #China 🇨🇳 right now. Europe is weak as well: European car sales -7.4%– France 🇫🇷 : -13.4%– Germany 🇩🇪 : -7.3%– Spain 🇪🇸 … Read more

The Real ‘Tragicomedy’ – Who’s Ready To Buy The ‘Dip’ Again Now?

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Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, We’re all frogs getting our perception of reality boiled in the pot of price perversion central banks have unleashed on the world. A tragicomedy of epic proportions continues to unfold in front of our own eyes. On Friday global markets again closed at record highs and this week everybody is … Read more

Mapped: U.S. Trading Partners Around the World

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by howmuch The U.S. has run a trade deficit since the 1970s. That means that as a whole, for the past five decades the U.S. has imported more goods from other countries than it has exported to other countries. However, at a more granular level, the U.S. has a trade surplus with some trading partners and a … Read more

“This will eventually end badly. I have never in my career seen anything as crazy as what’s going on right now.”

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Interesting comments from the CIO of major investment firm not known as a permabear: “We are either moving into a completely new paradigm, or the speculative energy in the market is incredibly out of control. I think it is the latter. I have said before that we have entered the silly season, but I stand … Read more

Anyone Catch Tucker Carlson on the China Threat Tonight? THIS IS HUGE: Democrats Divert Largest State Pension Fund Into Chinese Military.

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53 min in Congressman Calls on California to Fire Pension Official Tied to Chinese Spy Program Fund manager has poured millions into regime-linked companies “A Republican lawmaker urged California to fire a top pension fund official because he participated in a Chinese program that the FBI has called “non-traditional espionage against the United States.” Rep. … Read more

Market is taking coronavirus in relative stride because, if things get marketedly worse, “We’re gonna have more QE before you can blink.” – Jefferies’

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Market is taking coronavirus in relative stride because, if things get marketedly worse, "We're gonna have more QE before you can blink." – Jefferies' @jefmacrostrat, on @CNBC — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 18, 2020 #Equity #markets looking pricier by the minute Via ⁦@GoldmanSachs⁩ ⁦@SoberLook⁩ pic.twitter.com/PAvYSRIvw7 — Gregory Daco (@GregDaco) February 18, 2020 This is asinine. … Read more