By Gary Kaltbaum October 24,2016 Thoughts on the AT&T/Time Warner deal as well as the other rumored or proposed deals: It’s all about EASY MONEY. It cannot happen without easy money. Easy money keeps rates low so borrowing costs stay low and easy money buoys stock prices so higher stock prices can be used as currency….
Before Thursday’s open, the European Central Bank (ECB) did nothing at its latest meeting which disappointed some investors (who wanted more easy money). Economic data was mixed. Jobless claims came in at 260k, missing estimates for 250k. The Philly Fed Index came in at 9.7, beating estimates for 7.0. Existing home sales came in at…
Market Update: Stock futures are down ahead of Friday’s open as investors digest a busy week of economic and earnings data. Gary’s Thoughts: Futures worsening as we get near open. MSFT big gap off of flat sales…go figure. MCD beats and rallies…been a terrible stock. Very interested to see if as usual, buyers stop any bleeding preventing indices from…
Stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, helped by a huge rally in crude oil. Crude oil broke out to a 15-month high after the Energy Information Administration reported a 5.3 million draw-down in inventory. Tighter supply concerns helped crude oil breakout and hit a fresh high for the year ahead of OPEC’s meeting next month (where they…
Market Update: Stock futures are flat ahead of Thursday’s open as investors digested the final Presidential Debate, the latest ECB meeting (they did not add more easy money), and the latest round of earnings data. Gary’s Thoughts: Futures down a wee bit after being up most of the night. Earnings have been blah but many companies smart enough…
Market Update: Stock futures are higher ahead of Tuesday’s open as investors wait for a slew of earnings to be announced this week. Gary’s Thoughts: Not just higher…very much higher. As you know, markets have edged down to vital support…and this morning, that support holds as markets up almost 1% BEFORE THE OPEN. NFLX nice gap up…
On Monday, stocks were mostly lower as investors digested the latest round of economic and earnings data. Before the open, Bank of America (BAC) reported earnings and beat estimates but the stock didn’t rally. Around mid-day, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer warned investors that if rates stay low for a long time it could lead to a deeper…
We love how the media describes the gargantuan printing of money, the gargantuan monetizing, the gargantuan creation of debt out of thin air. They describe it as assets. Let’s be clear. It is not an asset. It is a big, gargantuan ass that is causing major bubbles, major distortions and who knows what else. These…
“THE FLIM FLAM ADMINISTRATION!” By Gary Kaltbaum -10/16/2016 President, Kaltbaum Capital Management Fox News Business Contributor While everyone is talking about the election…whether it is the sleaze coming out of one side or the corrupt, influence peddling, criminal enterprise coming from the other side, we have news for you. There is something much more important that is…
Market Update: Stock futures are lower ahead of Monday’s open as investors digest wait a slew of earnings to be announced this week. Gary’s Thoughts: Will have our weekend report tonight as we were traveling. Futures basically flat but after reversing up Thursday, we reversed down Friday with more deterioration. But indices have not broken support yet….
