EDITOR'S CHOICE
Why “Buy Low And Sell High” Is So Difficult To Implement
Article By:
Cullen Roche
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:28 AM EDT
Warren Buffett once said: “investing is simple, but not easy”. One of the simple things we always hear about is how the key to good investing is “buying low and selling high”. But It’s actually very hard to buy low and sell high.
The 10 Highest Yielding MLPs Analyzed For Income Investors
Article By:
SureDividend
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:15 AM EDT
Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs, are fairly popular investment choices among income investors. It is easy to see why—MLPs pass through the bulk of their cash flow to investors.
The Threat Of The Mini-BoT
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Monday, May 21, 2018 1:38 PM EDT
Italy's deficit this year was projected to be near 1.8% of GDP. If the cost of the initiatives were paid in full this year, it would likely bring the deficit toward 3% of GDP.
In this article: EWI
Seeking Future Results, Not Past Returns
Article By:
David Fabian
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Saturday, May 19, 2018 5:47 PM EDT
Those who constantly seek out strategies based on short-term performance are going to experience weaker long-term results. The ability to understand this dynamic and turn it on its head is what separates mediocre investors from successful investors.
Semiconductor Canaries: Chirp, Warble ... Soon A Croak And Silence?
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Friday, May 18, 2018 1:08 PM EDT
The canary is no longer chirping in a healthy manner and the economy’s coal mine has a toxic gas leak.
Crude Oil Prices And Current Market Dynamics
Article By:
Dennis U. Atuanya
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10:43 AM EDT
Crude oil prices have risen by more than 150% since Nov. 2016, reaching near four-year highs over the past few days. Even Saudi Arabia and Russia have been talking up a rollover of the production cuts.
The 3 Types Of Factors
Article By:
Yuval Taylor
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Monday, May 14, 2018 10:14 AM EDT
Investors have been looking at factors like the price-to-earnings ratio and the price-to-book ratio for a hundred years. But what most investors overlook is that factors don’t all work the same way. I classify factors into roughly three categories...
Thoughts On Bank Debt
Article By:
David Merkel
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 6:00 AM EDT
Underwriters of the loans have become less choosy, and as such have allowed loans to be made with weak covenants. As a result, more loans have been made, increasing their size versus bonds at junk-rated corporations.
In this article: BKLN
Are You Still Earning Nothing On Your Cash?
Article By:
Charlie Bilello
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:57 PM EDT
Why are yields moving higher? The Federal Reserve controls short-term interest rates, and at long last they are moving toward a more normal monetary policy.
The Fed Is About To Kill The Credit Boom
Article By:
Gary Gordon
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 2:48 PM EDT
Did seven years of zero percent rate policy, three rounds of quantitative easing (QE) and “Operation Twist” provide a consequence-free credit boom?
Bank Reserves Part 2; If QE Was Really QT, Then Why Hasn’t QT Been QE?
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 3:03 PM EDT
QT, in theory, hasn’t led to QE in practice. Removing less usable collateral hasn’t alleviated the tightness that may have arisen from collateral strain owing to misguided policy.
Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Oil, Interest Rates & Economic Growth
Article By:
Joseph Calhoun
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 4:24 AM EDT
The yield on the 10 year Treasury note briefly surpassed the supposedly important 3% barrier and then….nothing.
In this article: OIL
Energy Infrastructure Earnings Rise With Volumes
Article By:
Simon Lack
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:31 AM EDT
Growing energy sector profitability is feeding through to higher returns to investors. Over the past month the XLE has outperformed the S&P by over 9%
The Great Contagion
Article By:
Danielle DiMartino Booth
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Thursday, May 3, 2018 5:04 AM EDT
As we know, when distortions stunt the price discovery mechanism and obfuscate the consequences of risk-taking for protracted periods of time, bubbles burst, and outbreaks of contagion ensue.