The Money Runner
North Korea Launches 4 Missiles – Investors Put to the Test
By David Nelson, CFA Early Monday morning Asian markets woke up to news that North Korea had launched four ballistic missiles 620 miles off its east coast. With over 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea tensions are high as officials monitor the North who say they are responding to joint military exercises hosted by […]
U.S. Market at Record Highs But Trouble is Brewing in Europe
By David Nelson, CFA Right out of the gate stocks marched higher this month picking up where January left off. The broadcast and print media both point to the animal spirits unleashed following the election and to be fair some of the rhetoric is true. However, when you dig deep that’s not the entire story. […]
Why are utilities making a comeback?
By David Nelson, CFA In a recent note Goldman (GS) Strategist David Kostin points out that; “Fund managers are currently caught between a long list of risks and a market climbing steadily to new record levels.” It’s early in the year but the cost of being under invested or even worse short, already is producing casualties. U.S. markets had […]
I’m getting worried because I’m running out of things to worry about
By David Nelson, CFA “Markets climb a wall of worry.” It’s a phrase used to describe market rallies in the face of rising investor concern. Wall Street and the media have hundreds of these phrases to put into a few words complex interrelationships that ask the near impossible of investors. Make a binary decision based […]
Trumped Up Market
By David Nelson, CFA Equity markets are in the short run a barometer of investor perception and emotion. Over the long term they are a discounting mechanism for growth and future earnings. There’s an old saying that markets hate uncertainty. The reality, is that it’s investors that hate it and often react emotionally to every […]
Amazon wants to rule the world
How can anyone compete. Jeff Bezos has convinced the investment community that they don’t need earnings as long as they can keep growing. An enormous advantage over just about any company on the planet with the ability to plow back earnings into R&D and CAPEX. David joins the Yahoo team to discuss Amazon’s move into […]
U.S. Investors Need to Watch Europe
By David Nelson, CFA We’re coming into the heart of earnings season so now we get down to the blocking and tackling of market behavior. 10% of the S&P 500 (SPY) reports this week but the bulk comes in the last 2 weeks of the month. The 3 Musketeers of Banking JP Morgan (JPM) Wells […]
Where are the bears?
By David Nelson, CFA The battle between Bulls & Bears was raging long before the Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 brokers in 1792 looking to establish a commission rate to charge clients. Some consider the event the early beginnings of the New York Stock Exchange. Most investors know the long term prevailing trend for […]
