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Day: March 9, 2019

Are Emerging Markets Reversing???

March 9, 2019 Published by

Emerging markets and the US dollar are inversely correlated.  The US dollar helps drive emerging market performance in part because commodities and commodities are major exports in the developing world. When the dollar strengthens, commodities become more expensive in dollar terms, thus less demand and when the dollar weakens, commodities become less expensive in dollar terms, thus more demand.

With US interest rates now on hold, logically the dollar should fall in price in 2019.  And because China accounts for about a quarter of the ETF, EEM and trade deal between the US and China should only cause the EEM to

Home Renovation Realities

March 9, 2019 Published by

Here’s the thing – a home renovation will always end up being more work than you plan when getting started on it.
Yes, I’ll just break that reality to you right now.  The amount of that extra work is probably linked to how much of a perfectionist you are, but more often than not there will be items you did not plan for from the jump start.
The Little Things Add Up
In all the renovations that have been done on my properties it actually wasn’t any big thing that threw a large amount of extra work on us.  For that I am

Urban Outfitters Is A $20 Stock

March 9, 2019 Published by

Urban Outfitters posted stronger-than-expected fourth quarter earnings Tuesday, with sales over the holiday period.  Urban Outfitters brand sales increased 4% from the same period last year, the group said, while Free People sales rose 4% and Anthropolgie Group sales edged 2% higher. Gross margin also improved for the period of 33.3%.  However, guidance for the upcoming quarter was dismal where the company is forecasting first-quarter comps to be flat to down a low-single-digit.

Urban Outfitters’ slow start to the first quarter could “swing positive” in the second quarter due to the company’s ability to “pivot intra-season” and correct any inventory or

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