Image Source: UnsplashIn its upcoming report, Adobe Systems (ADBE) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $4.13 per share, reflecting an increase of 14.7% compared to the same period last year. Revenues are forecasted to be $5.01 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.7%.The current level reflects no revision in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter over the past 30 days. This demonstrates how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reappraised their initial projections over this period.Before a company announces its earnings, it is essential to take into account any changes made to e...
Image Source: UnsplashThe popular real estate fund IYR spent the past two months blasting higher, but it seems to have pooped out this week just beneath its Fibonacci retracement as of Wednesday.As explosive as the market has felt lately, the cold fact of the matter is that IYR has spent years hammering out nothing more than a series of lower highs.More By This Author:Long-Term Economic Peak Resistance Emerges For Interest-Sensitive Instruments After A Soaring Rally Crypto’s Triumph And Precious Metals’ Plunge: A Tale Of Contrasting Fortunes...
Biotech stocks are still in the process of repairing the damage from recent months — and recent years. Indeed, as of a month ago, the SPDR Biotech Fund (XBI) had been dead money for an unbelievable eight and a half years.Image Source: UnsplashWhile we never anticipate a change in trend, logic tells us that at some point biotech in particular is going to get moving — and if that happens soon, it should even produce some real growth stock leadership to feast on.Granted, the biotech/medical sector as a whole still has to confirm that the trend has changed, but given some of the exciting stories among firms with legitimate drugs on the mar...
Image Source: PexelsIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Friday, December 8.Video Length: 00:14:37More By This Author:Metals Report For Friday, December 8SPDR ETF Report For Wednesday, December 6Financial Markets Report For Wednesday, December 6...
Image Source: PexelsFlowers Foods Inc (FLO) is an American company producing bakery food for retail and food service across the United States.The product portfolio includes fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas. The company distributes to supermarkets, convenience stores, and restaurants.The key brands are Nature’s Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Bread, Wonder, Dave’s Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley’s, and Tastykake.Flowers Foods operates 47 bakeries around the US and is headquartered in Thomasville, GA.Three key data points gauge Flowers Floods or any dividend-paying firm.The key three are:(1) P...
Michigan Sentiment (Prel) Surprises on the upside. But the disjuncture between (inverted) misery and sentiment (and confidence) continues.Figure 1: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (blue, left scale), and Conference Board Consumer Confidence (tan, left scale), both normalized to 2021M01=0; and inverted Misery Index (green, right inverted scale). November Misery Index uses nowcast for CPI as of 12/8/2023. NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: University of Michigan via FRED, Conference Board, BLS, NBER, and author’s calculations. Note that while the Conference Board confidence index has risen since Biden’s inaugura...
Image Source: UnsplashDuring a year like 2023, when many stocks are acting well, it can be easy to miss some top performers. However, for discerning investors, this can be an advantage because fishing where others aren’t make for rich waters.While many investors are focused on big tech stocks, and the magnificent seven, less exciting companies still offer compelling returns. In this article I will discuss two such stocks that enjoy top Zacks Ranks.Image Source: Zacks Investment ResearchToyota MotorWhile a legacy auto manufacturer like Toyota Motor (TM) may not be as exciting as the newest EV startup, TM stock offers a compelling investme...
Image Source: PixabayLast month the BLS padded unadjusted jobs by 412,000. Curiously, not even the BLS can tell us how that impacted the headline-reported job gains.Understanding the Birth-Death ModelEvery month, for 10 years, I added this caution in my jobs report Birth Death Model Starting January 2014, I dropped the Birth/Death Model charts from this report. The birth-death model pertains to the birth and death of corporations not individuals except by implication. For those who follow the numbers, I retain this caution: Do not subtract the reported Birth-Death number from the reported headline number. That approach is statistically inv...
Image Source: PixabayInterest-sensitive instruments have been on a rocket ship from October 23rd until this week. It looks like, at last, we discovered a point of resistance that actually mattered: the price gap I’ve highlighted below.More By This Author:Crypto’s Triumph And Precious Metals’ Plunge: A Tale Of Contrasting Fortunes Perfect Fibonacci TagPictures Of Lilly...
Image Source: UnsplashIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in the gold and other relevant metal markets.Video Length: 00:11:05More By This Author:SPDR ETF Report For Wednesday, December 6Financial Markets Report For Wednesday, December 6Metals Report For Wednesday, December 6...