My Indicator To Distinguish The Signal From The Noise
[View Online](=)|[Unsubscribe](
[Street Authority Daily]
-[]Recommended Link
[Ted C. just quadrupled his money with a single stock (& 1 trade)](
They're not day traders, finance whizzes, or CEOs. They're regular Americans with a simple strategy⦠that pays off BIG time:
- Ted C. just bagged a +322% profit on a single trade...
- David. R. scored a quick 180% - nearly 3X his money!
On August 18 ⦠discover how you could join them [for a potential $50,296 profit ride](. Attendance is free but seating is limited - click here to [reserve your seat NOW.](
August 13, 2020
My Indicator To Distinguish The Signal From The Noise
By Brad Briggs
[Brad Briggs]
If you have kids, I'm sure you remember what it's like taking them to the park to play. (I know this might feel like a distant memory depending on where you live, but give it a shot.)
From the perspective of an adult, it's often loud. But the noise serves a purpose. The kids are making noise to attract attention.
It could be an effort to get another child to throw a ball, or an effort to keep a child from jumping off the swing into a crowd. Noise is part of playing.
-[]Recommended Link
[North Carolina Woman Makes $3,564 a day on THIS "boring" stock?](
Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling a small number of companies are showering their investors with cash. One in North Carolina is paying 60-year-old Lisa Gibbons $3,564 a day -- from this one company. That's $25k a month. And she's not the only one who's raking it in... The same company is sending 60-year-old Sam Yates $975 a day⦠and 55-year-old Jane Joiner $269 a day. [Get in on this yourself right here.](
As a parent, we often try to tune out the noise so we can respond to the rare but important signal of distress that happens when kids play. (With my boys, it's not as rare as I'd like it to be.)
Noise is the way a child attracts attention when they are distressed. Maybe they're hurt or need help because their head went into the monkey bars just fine but is more difficult to get out. As a parent, the noise is unavoidable, but it's our job to quickly respond to this important noise⦠what an engineer would call the "signal."
Stock market analysts face a similar challenge. Part of being an analyst involves seeing through the noise that can be described as hype. I read corporate press releases all the time, and many don't say anything important. They are just an attempt to attract attention. That's especially true now when a virus has created an unprecedented series of changes in the economy.
Press releases generally say that the company is navigating through the uncertainty but isn't sure when the environment will return to normal. In other words, they sound like the background noise of kids on the playground.
Introducing My New Indicator
To spot the signal, I've been trying to create an index that captures the current state of the economy. In doing so, I've realized that office buildings are an important indicator right now. When the shutdown started, offices closed and Zoom meetings replaced conference rooms. The economy won't fully recover until offices do. But many of us are afraid to return to the office.
A recent [New York Post]( article noted, "Employees have been allowed back to work in their offices if they want since the June 22 start of Phase Two reopening. But they're not coming. Occupancy in Midtown is barely 10 percent, even though tenants are obliged to pay 100 percent of the rent."
Without people in offices, restaurants in Manhattan are struggling. In smaller communities, coffee shops near office buildings are struggling. A full economic recovery can't take hold until office workers are supporting the businesses that opened near their buildings to support them.
This observation led to the chart below. It's the relationship between Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) and Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), the largest office real estate investment trust (REIT).
When investors expect workers to return to offices, we will see BXP outpace ZM. Although there are signs of a possible peak in the ratio, it hasn't given a signal that life is returning to normal yet.
How I'm Trading Right Now
Offices aren't the only part of life that's changed. Another big change has come from how we pay for things on those rare occasions when we leave the house. That has boosted the outlook for PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL).
In a recent earnings announcement, PYPL delivered some hype. "Simply put, our business has never been more relevant and important in the midst of the Covid pandemic. We have seen substantial macro changes that we believe will have a lasting and profoundly positive impact on our business."
More importantly, the numbers support the hype.
Total payment volume - a typical performance measure for payment companies like PYPL or Visa - was up 30% from a year ago. It was also 5.7% better than analysts expected.
Net new active accounts - the number of new accounts it added in the quarter - was 21.3 million. That was larger than the total number of new PayPal accounts added in entire 2016.
PayPal added 1.7 million new merchant users in the quarter, gaining momentum from the shift to online commerce through the lockdown period.
On the consumer side, PayPal's digital wallet app, Venmo, processed $37 billion in payments. PayPal also unveiled a new partnership with CVS Health to implement the in-store QR-code payment feature it launched in 28 markets around the world in May.
PayPal also issued guidance. For the current quarter, the company expects earnings per share (EPS) of $0.95, forcing analysts to up their estimates, which had averaged $0.86. For the full year, management expects EPS of $3.70, well above analysts' expectations of $3.38.
Action To Take
Now, most investors would be satisfied to simply buy PYPL and hold the stock. But as I've mentioned several times before, I'm happy to make quick income trades that allow me to line my pockets and move on to the next idea.
And given the factors I've noted above, I think PYPL is the perfect candidate for a low-risk income trade. To get the exact details of this trade, however, you need to be a member of my premium [Income Trader]( service.
I'm on a mission to put smart investors on the path to generating the income they need in any market. We've made successful trades more than 90% of the time, through bull markets and bear markets... without skipping a beat. And our readers have generated instant payouts of $330... $675... $720... and even $1,155...
[If you'd like to get my next trades sent straight to your inbox, go here now.](
-[]Recommended Link
[If you walked by this guy on the street, you would not think ](
[If you walked by this guy on the street, you would not think "millionaire"](
You would probably think "accountant" or "average cubicle guy." Actually, he was a lawyer until he unlocked this secret that made him $5 million. How does he do it? We'll warn you⦠it's about as exciting as a ham sandwich. But it's turning regular readers into 6-figure income machines. [Details here.](
To ensure that you receive these emails, [please add us to your address book.](
Disclosure: StreetAuthority doesn't own shares of any securities mentioned in this article. Members of our staff are restricted from buying or selling any securities for three days after being featured in our advisories or on our website.
StreetAuthority is a publisher of financial news and opinions. StreetAuthority is not a securities broker/dealer or an investment advisor and we do not recommend or endorse any brokers, dealers or investment advisors. This work is based on SEC filings, current events, interviews, corporate press releases and publicly available information which may contain errors. All information contained in our newsletters and/or on our website(s) should be independently verified with the companies or sources mentioned. You are responsible for your own investment decisions and should always conduct your own research and due diligence and consider obtaining professional advice before making any investment decision.
This message was sent by an automated message delivery platform. Please do not reply to this email address. Any messages sent to this address will be automatically deleted. We sincerely hope that you benefit from your subscription to this complimentary newsletter, and we're willing to do whatever it takes to keep you as a satisfied subscriber. You may contact our customer service department by [visiting this link](.
To update your subscription or unsubscribe, please [click here](.
Copyright (c) 2020 StreetAuthority, 7600A Leesburg Pike, Suite 300 Falls Church, VA 22043. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution, in whole or in part, is prohibited.
[Terms]( | [Privacy]( | [Unsubscribe](