By Skyler Greene:
For us, it’s unreasonable that we’re fighting over rectangles, that that’s being considered as an infringement, which is why we’re defending ourselves. […] it’s defying common sense. We’re all scratching our heads and saying, “How is…
By Rajiv Tarigopula:
In after-hours trading Tuesday, Facebook (FB) shares hit a new all-time low of $21.61. After second quarter earnings were reported recently, a <a href="http://money.cn…
By Skyler Greene:
Even as a long time user of Microsoft (MSFT) software, I must admit that I’ve always been a little underwhelmed by Microsoft Outlook. It’s the one progra…
Anthony Freda/Daniel Zollinger What Would Jesus – Or the Rabbis of Old – Do? Preface: If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some 85% of the American population identifies itself as Christian and millions more identify themselves as Jewish. Very few Americans are atheists … and the […]
Today 40 year veteran, Robert Fitzwilson, wrote the following piece exclusively for King World News. Fitzwilson, who is founder of The Portola Group, put together a fascinating look at the gold bull market of the 1970s and contrasted that with what investors should look for in this bull market. Below is Fitzwilson’s piece.
Things are weird when you write the second part of an article five years later. I don’t have a strong opinion on some of the arguments between Felix Salmon and “Dutch_Book,” or maybe I have too many opinions, and they conflict. But I wanted to offer some data on PIMCO that I have gathered, as […]
By Todd Johnson:
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (ETE) offers income investors a
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Since I always seem to put myself out on a limb, why stop now when my favorite mREIT is about to report its quarterly earnings. Today, after the close of trading, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/nly" tit…
We are increasingly living in a macro world. What I mean by that is that the world is becoming a smaller and smaller place due to technological change and the increasingly interconnectedness of globalization. The result is that the macro occurrences in other parts of the world influence the domestic economy like never before. And […]
We can still learn much from Milton Friedman, who was born 100 years ago today. Here I focus on his role in the macroeconomic debates of the 1960s and 1970s, because they are so similar to the debates raging again today.Friedman, Samuelson, and Rules Versus DiscretionFirst, go back to the early 1960s. The Keynesian school was coming to Washington led…
The most probable outcome of the FOMC meeting currently under way is the continuation of “Operation Twist” and possibly the extension of the current “exceptionally low… through late 2014” rate guidance to “mid 2015.”
By Kapitall:
Interested in the high-growth prospects of the biotech industry? For a closer look at some interesting biotech stocks, we ran a screen.
We began by screening the biotech industry for stocks with strong liquidity, with current ratios above 3. The current ratio…
By Valuentum:
Ford (F) reported another mixed quarter last week. For the second quarter, the firm saw adjusted earnings fall 39% to $0.30 per share, $0.01 greater than the consensus estimate. Revenue fell 6…
A historic drought across the middle of the U.S. is shriveling crops—but not many farmers’ incomes, as widespread use of crop insurance and record corn and soybean prices cushion the blow to growers.
By Bondsquawk August 1,2012 According to Goldman Sachs US Economics Analyst, equity markets have become increasingly responsive to macroeconomic news releases ever since the financial crisis took place in 2008. The bond markets on the […]
By Bondsquawk August 1,2012 According to Goldman Sachs US Economics Analyst, equity markets have become increasingly responsive to macroeconomic news releases ever since the financial crisis took place in 2008. The bond markets on the […]
“The Olympics are a giant exercise in sports socialism—or crony capitalism, if you prefer—where the profits are privatized and the costs socialized. The games never pay for themselves because they are designed not to. That’s because the International Olympic Committee (an opaque “nongovernmental” bureaucracy made up of fat cats from various…
The blunt trauma that JPMorgan was implicated in the missing millions from segregated accounts in Jon Corzine’s bankrupt MF Global may have passed but the memory lingers, especially for all those whose cash is still locked up somewhere in vapor space. Yet one event that may tear the scab that patiently was healing, courtesy of a Copperfield market fu…
The Department of Energy released its monthly update today on natural gas production and prices through May, and the chart above displays inflation-adjusted natural gas prices for commercial and industrial users. By end user in May, industrial customers represented about 32% of natural gas consumption and electric power companies used almost ha…
When might the government roll out another stimulus? Have local governments already announced major stimulus? Will the economy grow at a much slower pace than targeted by the government if no new stimulus is adopted soon? Could the country/industries/companies survive without another stimulus? These are some of the recent more frequently asked questi…
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