Category Archive for: ‘Articles’
Water Cooler Conversations
Carl Noble+ | October 8, 2012
The investment team members at Pinnacle are connoisseurs of investment research. We read a vast variety of analysts and money managers, each having their own opinion about the economic cycle or their particular area of expertise. We have spent a decade finding those analysts who are clear in presenting their point of view, are well-known in the buy-side investment community, [...]
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Protecting Yourself Against Financial Email Fraud
Kristin Tucker+ | October 3, 2012
Email fraud is on the rise in the financial world. We’ve noticed the phenomenon ourselves: Over the past several months we’ve seen an increase in computer hackers targeting client email with the intention of committing wire fraud. These scammers hack into the client’s personal email account and either create a cloned account using a similar email address, or they comb [...]
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Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Multipliers
Rick Vollaro+ | September 27, 2012
Right now we sit in an unusual place in financial history: World fundamentals are taking a back seat to policy makers who are defending the current system with new monetary tools. As market analysts, we’ve watched the perpetual bull and bear debate grow as divisive as ever, and while both camps have impressive arguments, neither camp has enough history to [...]
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Blocking and Tackling
Ken Solow+ | September 25, 2012
We’re three weeks into the football season so it’s time to break out the tired sports metaphors. Today’s column is titled, “Blocking and Tackling,” which I’m using as a new and interesting way to announce that this is a good time to review the fundamentals of Pinnacle’s investment philosophy. With luck, we’ll soon have an opportunity to write about how [...]
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What Intermarket Analysis is Saying About Equities
Sean Dillon+ | September 19, 2012
The chart below shows two ‘safe haven’ investments over the last few years: treasuries in green and the dollar in red. During periods of risk off, these positions benefited from fear as investors rushed to them for safety as they exited risky assets. But I think these two markets are sending signals that risk is the place to be right [...]
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Mojo Rising on More Fed Juice
Rick Vollaro+ | September 13, 2012
Mr. Mojo Risin’, got to keep on risin’. The Doors, “L.A. Woman” Today the Federal Open Market committee met and as many anticipated, they delivered more juice to the markets. Not to outdone by the ECB, the committee used weakness in labor markets as their cover to begin purchasing $40 billion in mortgage backed securities per month, along with their [...]
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