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    The Best Asset Price To Know 20 Years Out

    Tyler Cowen asks a fun question here: “You are an investor with $10 million planning to cash out in 20 years. A genie appears and offers to send you the price of one but only one asset 20 years from now to inform your investment decisions (a stock, currency pair, commodity, equity index, etc.). What do you want to know? The genie also gives you 20 year cumulative inflation (or exchange rate change for non USD assets) so you won’t need to worry about price/value disentangling. I said the price of Bitcoin but also considered the IBOVESPA or Shanghai composite index prices.” Tyler’s answer is a little surprising to me. Bitcoin (BITCOMP)...
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    Coca-Cola Is Poised For Flat Earnings: Here’s What To Watch

    Photo Credit: Asta Adamonyte The Coca-Cola Company (KO) Consumer Staples – Beverages | Reports February 9, Before Market Opens Coca-Cola (KO) is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings February 9, before the market opens. Despite its iconic stature in American history, the cola giant has struggled with weaker sales as consumers become more health conscious. The last two quarters the company reported weaker YoY growth and expectations suggest that will be the case again this Tuesday. The Estimize community is calling for EPS of $0.38 and revenue of $9.924 billion, slightly higher than the Wall Street consensus. Compared to Q4 2014,...
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    SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Banking Troubles Worry Stocks

    U.S. equities hits new lows today, but managed to bounce back on some technical dip buying and short covering in the afternoon. If they are going to put in a bottom, there are going to need some help from Europe where the bank stocks in particular look like they have been run through a threshing machine, several times. Deutsche Bank (DB) is appearing very troubled, and Barclays trading was halted for a time today. Have a pleasant evening....
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    A Dividend Aristocrat Painting High Returns

    Sherwin-Williams (SHW) has annually increased dividends since 1979 and outperformed the market by nearly 14% per year over the last decade. Watching paint dry has been quite rewarding with coatings producer SHW, but past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. As we review SHW for potential inclusion in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio, we will be paying close attention to the factors that have contributed to the company’s historical success and assess the likelihood of these factors persisting far into the future. Business Overview SHW has been in business since 1866 and is the largest producer of paints and...
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    After Crashing, Deutsche Bank Is Forced To Issue Statement Defending Its Liquidity

    The echoes of both Bear and Lehman are growing louder with every passing day. Just hours after Deutsche Bank stock crashed by 10% to levels not seen since the financial crisis, the German behemoth with over $50 trillion in gross notional derivative found itself in the very deja vuish, not to mention unpleasant, situation of having to defend its liquidity and specifically assuring investors that it has enough cash (about €1 billion in 2016 payment capacity), to pay the €350 million in maturing Tier 1 coupons due in April, which among many other reasons have seen billions in value wiped out from both DB’s stock price and its continge...
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    Edge Vs. Risk Management

    Some traders think having good risk management in place is an edge, but there is a distinction to be made here. Today is a good day in financial markets to discuss this topic in depth. Video Length: 00:10:38...
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    European Share Price Bloodbath: Deutsche Bank CoCo Bonds Collapse, Shares At Record Low

    European Bloodbath A bloodbath that started in Europe quickly spilled over into the US markets today. European bank shares were especially hard hit with Deutsche Bank leading the way. Deutsche Bank Co-Co bond yields hit 12%. Two-year German government bonds now yield -0.50%. In the US, yield on the 10-year note sank to 1.74%. US markets are still open, with the S&P 500 down 50 points and the DOW down nearly 400. Deutsche Bank CoCo Bonds Collapse A Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo) is a debt instrument that is convertible into equity if a pre-specified trigger event occurs. Sometimes these bonds are labeled Enhanced Capital Note (ECN). ...
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    E ADRs Best & Worst Report – February 8, 2016

    The best sector across ADRs is healthcare. The top regions are Sub-Saharan Africa, No. America, & No. Asia. The average ADR score is 39.62 and that’s below the four week average score of 40.07 and above the eight week average score of 39.37. The average ADR in our universe is trading -35.38% below its 52 week high, -11.61% below its 200 dma, has 3.73 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 11.01% in the coming year. Average scores have slipped below 40 again. Historically, scores below 40 have coincided with solid entry points to buy. Overall, the best sector across ADRs is healthcare (MR, SVA, NVO, LUX). Uti...
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    S&P 500 In The Process Of Confirming The Long-Term Head And Shoulders Pattern

    This is the bad for the bulls, and I mean really bad! Unless you have been living in a cave for the past year, you’ll see that a quick glimpse of the S&P 500 weekly chart shows a massive head and shoulders pattern that has formed over the past two years of trading.  Today the market is confirming this, or at least attempting to, depending on where the market closes the day at. This is a massive, no scratch that, this is a ginormous topping pattern for the the bull market that has lasted over the past 6 years and today, it is actually trying to break the neckline of the pattern and start a push lower that could ultimately take SP...
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    OTG EXP IPO Could Take Off: Consider A Modest Allocation

    OTG EXP Incorporated (NASDAQ: OTG) expects to raise $584 million in its upcoming IPO. Based in New York, New York, OTG EXP operates food and beverage facilities within airports in North America. We previewed OTG on our IPO Insights platform, a weekly highlight of deals on deck, along with unique real-time alerts as they develop. We also highlight opportunities to buy and short newly public companies at their IPO quiet period and lockup period expirations. This week OTG will offer 32.5 million shares at an expected price range of $16 to $18. OTG filed for the IPO on January 7, 2016. Lead Underwriters: Credit Suisse Securities and Morgan St...
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