Hello my friend
Here are my wishes for you in the New Year ahead.
H Ours of happy times with friends. family and loved ones.
A Bundant time for rest and relaxation
P Ride in yourself
P Lenty of love when you need it most
**Y **Outhful excitement at life's simple pleasures
N Ew challenges for you to conquer
E Ducation that makes you smarter
W Isdom that makes you stronger
Y Ears and years of good health
E Mpathy and compassion for other's
A **Ngels to watch over you
**R Elentless passion and determination for the pursuit of achieving all of your goals and dreams
As we head into a New Year my message to you today is brief, but powerful.
The story below was found at http://www.moral-stories.org/knowledge and I have reprinted it below. The author is unknown.
A giant ship engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
“What?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”
So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer…… …….. ……… $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap……… …….. …….. $ 9, 998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference! Said another way:
Knowledge is power.
Apply knowledge in the right manner, and you can achieve massive success.
Knowing what steps to take and when to take them as you navigate the markets and the investments you put your hard-earned money into is the most important factor to your success. ** Educating yourself constantly is key. It is "your hammer." **
Just remember, everyone out there in the market carries a hammer. There are a lot of amateur traders/ investors who think they know how to swing it, but history shows most lose because of the lack of knowing where to strike with that hammer.
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I appreciate your input, welcome your comments and as a team, we'll find 2018 to be a great investment/trading year.
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This weeks stocks to watch
$PFE $SMG $TRTC $PSEC $TMQ and one bonus stock
IPO watch: No IPO filings are expected to be announced next week, but there are plenty of interesting names in the hopper for 2018. The list of IPO candidates includes Dropbox (Private:DROPB), Lyft (Private:LYFT), DocuSign (Private:ESIGN), Fanatics (Private:FANA), Xiaomo, 23andMe (Private:DNA), Coinbase (Private:COINB), SpaceX (Private:SPACE), Pinterest (Private:PINIT), Zscalar (Private:SCALE), Apttus, Zuora and Acquia.
Analyst quiet period expiration: **Quanterix (Pending:QTRX), Curo Group (Pending:CURO), Odonate Therapeutics (Pending:ODT), Denali Therapeutics (Pending:DNLI), Luther Burbank (Pending:LBC) on Jan. 2.
**IPO/secondary share lockup period expirations: Sage Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SAGE),Paramount Gold Nevada (NYSEMKT:PZG), Zogenix (NASDAQ:ZGNX), Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NTLA), NewLink Genetics (NASDAQ:NLNK) and Strongbridge Biopharma (NASDAQ:SBBP) on Jan. 2; CareDX (NASDAQ:CDNA), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RIGL), Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and US Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) on Jan. 3; Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT), ImmunoGen (NASDAQ:IMGN), Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE:OEC) and Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) on Jan. 4; Editas Medicine (NASDAQ:EDIT) and Black Knight (NYSE:BKI) on Jan. 5.
**Notable earnings reports: **Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD), Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN), MISTRAS Group (NYSE:MG) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) on Jan. 3; Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA), Sonic (NASDAQ:SONC), Monsanto (NYSE:MON) and Pricesmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) on Jan. 4; Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ), Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Greenbrier (NYSE:GBX) on Jan. 5.
Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted Conference: Due to speak at the healthcare event in Boston on Jan. 4 are execs from Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), Humana (NYSE:HUM), Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL), AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN).
Monthly sales reports/updates: Costco (NASDAQ:COST) and perhaps Macy's (NYSE:M) on Jan. 3; Buckle (NYSE:BKE), Cato (NYSE:CATO) and L Brands (NYSE:LB) on Jan. 4; perhaps J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) on Jan. 5.
Annual revenue gains return to Macau
Gaming revenue in Macau rose for the first time in three years in 2017 as appetite for gambling recovers following a protracted government campaign against public shows of wealth by officials and slowing economic growth.
Figures from Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination bureau showed revenues climbing 19% in 2017 to 265.7B patacas ($33B).
Revenue is still far off the highs hit ahead of 2014, hovering only around monthly tolls seen in 2011.
Macau casino stocks: Wynn Macau (OTCPK:WYNMF, OTCPK:WYNMY, WYNN), Sands China (OTCPK:SCHYY, OTCPK:SCHYF, LVS), MGM China (OTCPK:MCHVF, OTCPK:MCHVY, MGM), Galaxy Entertainment (OTCPK:GXYEF), SJM Holdings (OTCPK:SJMHF, OTCPK:SJMHY), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO). Related ETF: BJK.
Auto sales reports: **Kelley Blue Book expects U.S. auto sales to fall 7% in December to 1.57M units as the industry bumps up against a tough incentives-driven comparable from a year ago. Forecast by automaker - General Motors (NYSE:GM) -7.9% to 294K, Ford (NYSE:F) -2.4% to 232K, Toyota (NYSE:TM) -9.6% to 220K, Fiat Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU) -11.7% to 170K, Honda (NYSE:HMC) -5.3% to 152K, Nissan (OTCPK:NSANY) -5.7% to 144K, Hyundai (OTCPK:HYMLF) -9.1% to 106K, Subaru (OTCPK:FUJHY) -6.6% to 59K, Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY) -10.8% to 57.5K. An update from Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) on Q4 deliveries is also due next week. The consensus estimate stands at 5.2K Model 3 deliveries and 26.6K Model S/X deliveries.
**Barron's mentions: **GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) is tapped for a "speedy recovery" and bitcoin is said to be "here to stay" in case you were worried. Meanwhile, there's a prediction that Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) could be the first FANG stock to pay a dividend and that investors may need to deal with inflation in 2018.
**Sources: CNBC, EDGAR, Bloomberg and Nasdaq.com. Seeking Alpha
