Facebook ‘s privacy policies are under the microscope once again. Personal e-mails uncovered during an FTC investigation reveal Mark Zuckerberg knew of the company’s problematic privacy practices. Facebook stock still hasn’t been able to fully recover from the crash in the second half of 2018, which dragged the price from $218.62 down to $123.02. How…
USDCHF Bears in Charge. Time for a New Key Level
On May 30th USDCHF was trading near 1.0100 in an attempt to recover from a decline from 1.0238 to 1.0009. The bulls had managed to add more than 90 pips and seemed determined to get the job done. Unfortunately for them, there was an Elliott Wave pattern suggesting their efforts were most likely going to…
JPMorgan: Risk is High After 10 Years of Bull Market
Between March 2000 and March 2009, JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors saw their holdings’ value decline by almost 78% as the stock fell from over $67 to less than $15 a share. The next ten years, on the other hand, have been a wonder to behold. JPM stock rose like a phoenix from its ashes,…
EURUSD Bulls Needed a Catalyst. Mr. Powell Obliged
EURUSD was trading near 1.1170 at the start of last week. The pair was close to levels last seen two years ago and most expected the slide to continue. But then, on June 4th, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell implied the Central Bank is considering interest rate cuts in response to trade issues. By Friday, June…
Crude Oil Shows Why Alternative Counts Matter
Trade war fears are officially back, causing indiscriminate selling of stocks and commodities alike. Crude oil has been hit especially hard as supply glut worries are also beginning to reemerge. Crude oil closed at $53.34 a barrel last week, but this selloff was triggered by the breach of a key level in the week before…
SERV Stock Sets the Stage for a 40% Tumble
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, founded in 1929, is a cleaning and pest control company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The company went public in 2014 and has delivered very generous returns for its shareholders since. SERV stock took off from $11.54 in August 2014 and climbed to as high as $56.50 earlier this month. A 390% total…
USDCHF Elliott Wave Pattern and a Key Level to Watch
The Swiss franc was among the very few currencies that managed to stand their ground against the U.S dollar in May. USDCHF reached 1.0238 in late-April. The last time the pair traded this high was in January 2017, two and a half years ago. Unfortunately for the bulls, a 230-pip decline dragged the rate back…
IAC Stock ‘s Future May Not Resemble its Past
InterActiveCorp. or IAC for short, is a $19 billion media and internet services company. It is the controlling shareholder of Match Group, which in turn operates Tinder – the online dating app. IAC stock was beaten down heavily during the Financial Crisis. In March 2009, IAC stock fell to $13.23 a share, down 92.3% from…
USDTRY – Is 8.0000 the Bulls’ Ultimate Target?
The U.S. dollar has been on a tear since the Financial crisis, rising against rivals both big and small. One currency that was hit especially hard is the Turkish lira. USDTRY was down to less than 1.1500 in 2008. Ten years later, in August 2018, it slightly breached 7.1500. Political and macroeconomic factors have certainly…
Humana Stock Bulls Haven’t Lost the Battle Yet
Humana (NYSE:HUM) climbed to an all-time high of $356 in early November 2018, following a rally from as low as $18.57 in March 2009. In less than ten years, the company rewarded the patience of its investors with a total return of over 1820%, not counting dividends. Unfortunately, the last six months were nothing like…
T Rowe Price Vulnerable After Fibonacci Encounter
Founded in 1937 and based in Baltimore, Maryland, T Rowe Price is one of the largest asset management companies in the world. At the end of Q1 2019 its assets under management stood at $1.11T. That is T for trillion. Besides, T Rowe Price is also a public company which is why it is of…
Momo Inc. – The Tinder of China Looks Promising
Based in Beijing, China, Momo Inc. operates a mobile-based social and entertainment platform. The company was founded in 2011 and became public in late-2014. The Tinder of China, as Momo is often referred to, first turned a profit in 2015 and has been enjoying strong earnings and revenue growth in the last three years. Momo…
Copper Bulls Ready to Attack the $3 Mark?
A little over a months ago the price of copper was hovering above $2.92/lb., following a recovery from under $2.53/lb. For better or worse, trend-following has never been our favorite strategy. So instead of joining the bulls in anticipation of more strength ahead, we examined copper’s 2-hour price chart through the prism of the Elliott…
TTD Stock: Don’t Let that 8-fold Surge Seduce You
The Trade Desk Inc. provides a self-service omni-channel software platform enabling clients to purchase and manage data-driven digital advertising campaigns. TTD stock is trading on NASDAQ since September 2016. In less than three years, the shares have surged from the IPO price of $28.75 to over $232 earlier this month. Early investors have managed to…
USDCNH Before and After Trump’s Tariff Threat
The negotiations between the two biggest economies are not going as well as investors hoped. Stock market indices are down across the board following President Trump’s new China tariff threat. Another side-effect was the sharp rally to over 6.82 in USDCNH. And while Trump’s tweet about China did, indeed, trigger the surge, the actual reason…
