Higher 10-year yields are leading the markets direction

by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 28, 2018 | alerts, archive, Crashes, Markets/Economy

Interest rates are going up, with treasuries leading the way. This week the 10-year Treasury bond has risen to over 3%, a milestone in the long road to recovery from the bottom of the crash. The US economy is strong enough to support such an advance, but there are...

The Decline of the US Public Company?

by Michael Markowski | Apr 27, 2018 | alerts, archive, Non-Public Markets

1st in a series discussing the decline of US public companies According to a 2017 Report by the Department of the Treasury, the number of domestic public companies in the US has declined by nearly 50% over the last two decades. This trend is 100% opposite the trend in...

Amazon’s share price action a good bell weather for market sentiment

by Michael Markowski | Apr 27, 2018 | alerts, archive, Secular Bulls/Bears

Amazon reported its best quarterly earnings in its history for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018.  Its share price spiked to $1638 on its open and to an all-time intraday high.  The share price trended lower throughout the day and closed at $1572 which was just...

Share prices of three DJ members going over the cliff is 12th nail in Bull’s Coffin

by Michael Markowski | Apr 23, 2018 | alerts, archive, Extra Cat, Secular Bulls/Bears

The share prices of three members of the Dow Jones 30 composite, IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble performed cliff dives after announcing their first quarter 2018 earnings during the week ended April 20, 2018.   Based on the performance the three...

The world economy is growing slowly but comfortably.

by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 20, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy

The world economy is showing modest signs of growth. Europe is finally coming out of its long slump as the ECB is considering ending its massive monthly money injections. The ECB’s president Mario Draghi has indicated that much recently. He seems to feel that there...

Dodd-Frank Makes it Extraordinarily Difficult for Micro-Cap Companies to Raise $$$

by Ronald Woessner | Mar 14, 2018 | archive, Startups/Micro-caps

The chart below, excerpted from an article by noted financial analyst Michael Markowski, who predicted the demise of Lehman, Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch, illustrates that the Dodd-Frank legislation crushed the values of micro-cap companies. The crushing of their...