22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017
"The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017
“Thousands of new doors opened and rents soared. This created a bubble, and like housing, that bubble has now burst.”
– Richard Hayne, Urban Outfitters CEO, March 2017
The devastation in the US retail sector is accelerating in 2017, and in addition to the surging number of brick and mortar retail bankruptcies, it is perhaps nowhere more obvious than in the soaring number of store closures.
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Need Advice
Need Advice
Hey Guys,
I need your collective wisdom and advice on this. I’ve been on ET on/off for years. As some of you might know, 2015 was my breakthrough. Finally became net profitable.
While I was net profitable, the amount was very small compared to my corporate salary. It’s more like a nice yearend bonus.
This was all because I was doing it part-time while holding down a very nice corporate job in the tech industry. So no pressure to make money all the time and all the associated benefits(both…
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What to Expect From Skyworks Solutions’ Q2 Earnings
What to Expect From Skyworks Solutions’ Q2 Earnings
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) will look to extend its momentum when it releases its second-quarter fiscal 2017 results on April 27. Shares of the semiconductor specialist have risen over 30% this year, thanks to a terrific first-quarter performance back in January and a bright outlook driven by potential gains at its largest customer, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).
Here’s what investors should expect from Skyworks’ upcoming earnings.
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cheat Or Chump? – You Are Not An Investor
Cheat Or Chump? – You Are Not An Investor
Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,
You are not an investor. One can only be an investor in functioning markets. There have been no functioning markets since at least 2008, and probably much longer. That’s when central banks started purchasing financial assets, for real, which means that is also the point when price discovery died. And without price discovery no market can function.
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Despite Mounting Losses, Mystery Trader "50 Cent" Doubles Down With Massive VIX Spike Bet
Despite Mounting Losses, Mystery Trader "50 Cent" Doubles Down With Massive VIX Spike Bet
Three weeks ago we introduced the real “50 Cent” – the mystery trader whose pattern of huge, near-daily trades on the VIX is turning heads in the options market.
Not him..
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on As a Hong Kong IB customer, do I have/can I buy any protection for US stock at all?
As a Hong Kong IB customer, do I have/can I buy any protection for US stock at all?
Because IB has moved all his Hong Kong customers to Hong Kong IB which is a HK local brokerage firm, there is only production for HK stock but nothing outside of HK. Can I even buy insurance or some production product from IB for US stock?
22 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Should You Follow This Wall Street Firm’s Lead in Swapping NVIDIA for Skyworks Solutions?
Should You Follow This Wall Street Firm’s Lead in Swapping NVIDIA for Skyworks Solutions?
Shares of Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) have shot up over 34% in 2017, thanks to a terrific earnings report earlier in the year and the possibility of substantial revenue gains with the next iPhone.