$FCAU, $RNLSY Fiat Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU) crafted and presented a balanced merger of equals to Renault (NASDAQ:RNLSY) Monday to tackle the costs of far-reaching technological and regulatory changes by creating the world’s 3rd-biggest automaker. If it goes ahead, the $37-B tie-up would alter the landscape for rivals including General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Peugeot maker PSA Group […]
S&P 500 Looks Undervalued in Here $SPY According to FactSet, the 5-year average for the forward 12-month P/E multiple for the S&P 500 is 16.3. Today, the forward 12-month P/E multiple is 15.9 Vs 16.8 at the start of Q-4. On the surface, the S&P 500 appears to be undervalued. Why, then, hasn’t there been […]
US ‘Taking a Look’ at Regulating Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Searches $GOOGL, $GOOGL, $TWTR Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, says the administration is “taking a look” at the possibility of regulating Google searches. Mr. Kudlow’s statement came just hours after President Trump fired off 2 Tweets early Tuesday complaining about Google search results for the […]
The Humanitarian Hoax of Illegal Immigrant Family Separation at the US Border $GOOG, $FB, $TWTR Opening Comment: “If the humanitarian hoax of illegal immigrant family separation at the border is successful then leftist Democrats will have duped America into blaming President Trump for the abusive policies of Bill Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama.” The Humanitarian […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Senior Management Team Ankling $TSLA, $GOOG Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk declared he is “flattening the management structure to improve communication, combining functions where sensible and trimming activities that are not vital to the success of our mission” as part of a sweeping reorganization of his flagging EV manufacturing company. The revelation came […]
Big Tech’s FAANGs Leading the Market Higher $FB, $AAPL, $AMZN, $NFLX, $GOOG The FAANG stocks have set another record. As earnings season comes to a close, the big technology stocks are making up a bigger piece of the action than ever before. The FAANG block of Facebook Inc.(NASDAQ:FB), Amazon.com Inc.(NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) […]
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Not an ‘Attractive’ Partner for the Pentagon $GOOG, $AMZN, $MSFT, $ORCL Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is competing with several tech giants for a $10-B Pentagon program that will move the military’s data onto the cloud, but wary and ambivalent company employees could scuttle the company’s bid US Defense Secretary James Mattis met last August with […]
Blockchain, “No One Can Own of Control It, Everyone Can Use It” $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD, $IBM, $GOOG, $JPM, $USB, $WMT, $SPOT Blockchain is a technology that no one can own or control but anyone can use, it is the platform for Cryptocurrency. Blockchain as applications for just about any enterprise involved in record-keeping, documentation, registrations and […]
Bitcoin is Bouncing Around Searching for a Bottom $BTCUSD, $CBOE, $CME, $GOOG After a challenging Q-1, cryptocurrency investors are hopeful that the Death Cross sell signal has not crashed their market. Recall, that Sunday, Bitcoin fell below $7,000, which saw the 50-Day MA cross below the 200-Day MA, forming a Death Cross that some technical […]
Alphabet Inc (GOOG) Downward Trend Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are moving. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 1,174.51. The projected lower bound is: 1,065.18. The projected closing price is: 1,119.84. Candlesticks A big black candle occurred. This is bearish, as prices closed significantly lower than […]
Stress and Anxiety in The Digital Age $GOOG, $AAPL, $FB, $SNAP In this Digital Age the Internet has put connecting with friends, colleagues, partners associates, partners, and lots of other good stuff at our fingertips.. However, while digital connections have a clear advantages, “digital dependence” does not. Dependence on digital communication presents several physical and […]
The Tech Sector is Hot, People Want Exposure, Money Flows $QQQ, $SPY, $FB, $AAPL, $AMZN, $NFLX, $GOOG Friday. the top-weighted technology sector (-3.4%) pushed the major averages down Friday afternoon but the S&P 500 show a loss of just 0.1%. Technology shares have led US stocks to record highs and are expected to continue to […]
The US Entitlement State is Not Sustainable $AAPL, $AMZN, $FB, $GOOG The US government’s entitlement programs: Social Security and Medicare, down to food stamps and spending on the arts are closing in on 70% of our spending. Add in interest our increasing debt, and very little of what the government spends money on goes to […]
US Technology Companies Outperformed Since June $AAPL, $GOOG, $MSFT, $DB US technology companies have outperformed since June, beating the S&P 500 Index by the biggest margin since the Bull Market began on 9 March 2009. Their influence lifted the broad market to the 4h straight Quarterly gainer and its biggest of Y 2016, with the […]
Alphabet Inc(NASDAQ:GOOG) Downward Trend Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are trending. The projected upper bound is: 778.86. The projected lower bound is: 742.94. The projected closing price is: 760.90. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During the past 10 […]