Market Scorecard The US employment data released on Friday showed that the US unemployment rate dropped from 4.1% to 3.9%, the lowest in 18-years, with a forecast of it dropping to 3.6% over the next 12-months. The number of jobs added for April were 164 000, lower than the 189 000 expected but growth … Continue reading Everywhere You Go
Market Scorecard Yesterday morning, there was very little market driving news. Then as the US woke up and Trump reached for his phone, to start tweeting, things got interesting. He kicked things off with the following tweet "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they … Continue reading The Trump Tweet Trade
To market to market to buy a fat pig. Last week the IEA (International Energy Agency) released a forecast showing that the US will be the biggest producer of oil by 2023. Having read The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters (very interesting book), you get a good idea of … Continue reading Yellow, we’re back
To market to market to buy a fat pig. Listening to the Animal Spirits Podcast on Friday, Michael and Ben were talking about how most people don't know what their financial advisors investments look like. I have always wondered what some of the more prominent market commentators hold. When on TV, it is very … Continue reading Peering into the Portfolio
To market to market to buy a fat pig. Yesterday the S&P 500 hit another record. No not another record high but the most number of days without a 3% drawdown. The previous record was 241 days and was set in 1996. It is amazing how calm markets have been this year. In years … Continue reading
To market to market to buy a fat pig. Just as you think all the scandals and messy sideshows are over then another thing pops up. I'm talking MTN, who were named among some other big South African companies in an investigation into the legitimacy of their BEE structures (Major names in BEE investigation). … Continue reading Steady as she goes
To market to market to buy a fat pig. Dow 22 000! It was only in January that Dow 20 000 was the talking point for financial journalists, it is just a number but marking these milestones creates excitement around the market and hopefully results in more "average Joe's" investigating using equities to create long … Continue reading A Car That Smells Like Apples
"If consumer confidence is at a 15 year high, then perhaps it is time for the Fed to raise rates and make credit a little more expensive. To take away the proverbial punchbowl before the disco gets out of control." To market to market to buy a fat pig There is a saying that my … Continue reading Fed Hawks fly
"... essentially going out and finding out as much as you can about how people feel about the products that they ... it's just asking questions, basically. And Apple strikes me as having quite a sticky product and enormously useful product that people would use, and not that I do." To market to market … Continue reading Buffett piles into sticky Apple
"The big news is that the company is suspending the dividend for the time being, with all likelihood that they will resume in the next financial year. Whilst this may be a bummer for those who like the yield, they have traditionally been very generous with 1.3 to 1.35 times dividend cover, this is still … Continue reading Swapping Dividends for Burgers
