Foreign Stocks To Watch: Money-Laundering Danske and Declining Deutsche Bank

Foreign stocks in the news and to watch for the following week are listed below. Additional links for items of interest are also included. Denmark’s Danske Bank(DNKEY) is involved in a massive money-laundering fraud at its Estonian branch. The CEO quit and the stock may suffer for months to come. The German government is in …

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U.S. Stocks Are Overvalued based on Price to Sales Ratio: Chart

U.S. equities are reaching record highs and some investors are wondering how long the current bull market will last. The S&P 500 is up by over 9% on price basis YTD. Currently the P/E ratio of the index is 25.38. Based on the price to sales ratio stocks are reaching the levels last reached during …

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Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Better Jobs

FT Alphaville published an interesting analysis on why manufacturing jobs in the US are better than other jobs. The article basically debunks Gary Cohn, ex-head of the President’s National Economic Council simplistic and lack of critical thinking views on why one would prefer a nice cushy office job in an air-conditioned office than working in mine …

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e-Commerce Bubble Compared to Other Bubbles: Chart

FAANG stocks have soared in recent months like there is no tomorrow. In fact, Amazon, Apple, etc. have shot up nearly eight times since March 2010 according to a recent article by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors. The bubble in the e-commerce sector is the second largest bubble in the past four decades as …

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