Image courtesy of  In a hyper consumerist culture like the US, branding is king. And the annual Super Bowl ad extravaganza serves as the platform to show which company has the best vibes on offer. In turn, these companies, showcasing their zeitgeist mastery, tend to receive stock price boosts.One  from 2010 concluded that “two to four days before and after there is a significant positive stock price effect”. This stands to reason as companies that deploy well-conceived and received ads are more likely to increase their standing in the minds of consumers.Some researchers,  from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, believe that Super Bowl ads are not the primary drivers for the stock boost effect, but as the latest and more visible carryovers of wider marketing campaigns.Nonetheless, the existence of the effect is enough of a  to pay attention. In particular, to these stocks that have seen prior Super Bowl boosts, as other companies move to The Sphere for more consistent gains. Anheuser Busch Inbev NV (NYSE: BUD) In early April 2023, this beer conglomerate picked transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney as the brand ambassador for Bud Light. The public reception was expectedly negative, followed by protracted backlash and boycott calls.Nonetheless, the impact of this incident on BUD performance was short-lived, dropping from $65 range to $53 per share by June. At that time, the company launched Easy to Summer commercials, in stark thematic contrast to the controversial trans push. Although the stock has been more volatile, it recovered by January 2024. Anheuser’s shares reached a 52-week peak […]

Image Source:  Maybe you have seen Mr. Mom? There was a scene in there where Howard Humphries (President?) is doing a commercial for their product Schooner Tuna. The tuna with a heart. So,  decreases the price during bad economic times. All of us here at Schooner Tuna sympathize with all of you hit so hard by these trying economic times. In order to help you, we are reducing the price of Schooner Tuna by 50 cents a can. When this crisis is over, we will go back to our regular prices. Until then, remember, we’re all in this together. Schooner Tuna. The tuna with a heart. I understand that maybe the same may not hold true for eggs. But as usual, a 10-cent additional acquisition cost can turn out to be a quarter by the time it hits the consumer. Doubtful the additional cost is 50 cents. And then there is Trump . . .The Breaking Point for Eggs, The  One sign that the egg-cost crisis has gotten dire came in the form of a bright-yellow sticker on a laminated breakfast menu: On Monday, Waffle House  that it would be adding a temporary 50-cent surcharge to each egg ordered.Egg prices have risen dramatically as of late.First, inflation pushed up their .Then the ongoing  led to shortages.On the campaign trail, Donald Trump assured Americans that he would get food costs under control: He  last summer that he would bring food prices down “on day one”—a promise he did not fulfill. As egg prices have kept ticking up in […]

ADANI GREEN ENERGY – ADANIGREEN (1D Chart) Elliott Wave Technical AnalysisFunction: Counter Trend (Intermediate degree, orange)Mode: CorrectiveStructure: FlatPosition: Minor Wave C GreyDetails: Minor Wave C Grey could be underway against 2190, to terminate Intermediate Wave (4) Orange. Further it is subdividing as an impulse with Minute Wave ((iii)) in progress.Invalidation point: 2190ADANI GREEN ENERGY Daily Chart Technical Analysis and potential Elliott Wave Counts:ADANI GREEN ENERGY daily chart indicates the stock is carving a corrective wave at Intermediate degree after hitting 3060 high in April 2022. Minor Waves A and B seem to be in place around 440 and 2190 levels respectively as bears are poised to unfold Wave C lower.Alternatively, if prices push higher through 1550 mark, the above bearish view would be nullified and we shall re-look into the wave structure. For now, the immediate level to watch is 875 for a break out on the south side.ADANI GREEN ENERGY – ADANIGREEN (4H Chart) Elliott Wave Technical AnalysisFunction: Counter Trend (Intermediate degree, orange)Mode: CorrectiveStructure: FlatPosition: Minor Wave C GreyDetails: Minor Wave C Grey could be underway against 2190, to terminate Intermediate Wave (4) Orange. Further it is subdividing as an impulse with Minute Wave ((iii)) in progress. The Minuette waves (not labelled) are unfolding to terminate Minute Wave ((iii)) towards 566 levels.Invalidation point: 2190ADANI GREEN ENERGY 4H Chart Technical Analysis and potential Elliott Wave Counts:ADANI GREEN ENERGY 4H chart is highlighting the sub waves after post Minor Wave B termination around 2190 in May 2024. Minute Waves ((i)) and ((ii)) are […]

AMD reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $1.09, slightly better than street expectations of $1.08. Over the last 8 quarters now, AMD has beaten street estimates 5 times and 3 have come in exactly as expected.Earnings came in 0.9% above expectations, which was below the 8 quarter average of 1.8% (orange line). Although results are skewed by the outsized beat of Q1 2023.Earnings growth is heating up again, with Q4 making the 3rd straight quarter of accelerating earnings.Sales beat street estimates as the company reported Q4 revenue of $7.658 billion. AMD has now beaten sales estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters.Sales came in 1.7% above estimates, better than the 8 quarter average (orange line) of 1.2%.Sales growth is also heating up again, as the company reported 3 straight quarters of accelerating sales growth.(Click on image to enlarge)So we have accelerating sales and earnings growth; with street expectations of 41% EPS growth and 23% sales growth over the next 4 quarters. However the stock has seemed to fall out of favor recently, with AMD falling 22% over the last 200 trading days compared to a gain of 22% in the S&P 500.(Click on image to enlarge)The stock is down over 50% from its record high. Not at all unusual for a high growth stock, but it is unusual to lag this far behind against the backdrop of rising market averages. However the pullback in the stock may now lead to value opportunity for investors. The forward price to earnings ratio […]

Gold has been massively outperforming the rest of the PM complex for quite some time, but that all began to change since the first of January this year. I know how frustrating it has been for precious metals stock investors to see gold going up while the precious metals stocks were languishing, showing very little desire to move up with gold.If you’ve been trading in the PM complex for many years, then you know that eventually the PM stocks will have their day to shine, which is now beginning to take place to the disbelief of many. Is this current rally just another flash in the pan, or is there something much more powerful underlying this current rally in the PM stocks? The Chartology is strongly suggesting that the PM stocks are only in the opening stage of what could be a very long and powerful bull move.Let’s start with an area that has been lagging the rest of the PM complex: the small and micro-cap PM stocks, where many are traded on the CDNX, Canadian Venture Composite Index. After following this inverse H&S bottom for some time, this week we are finally seeing the CDNX breaking out from the 2 1/2 year inverse H&S bottom. For small and micro-cap lovers, this is a big deal.(Click on image to enlarge)To put that H&S bottom on the weekly chart above into perspective, below is the history chart for the CDNX, which shows how the current inverse H&S reversal pattern fits into […]