Disaggregation of credit is the understanding that there are good forms of credit and bad forms of credit. A good form of credit is something like a standard business loan in which a company obtains access to a line of credit in order to make investments in the firm. It pays employees, invests in equipment, etc. This form of credit, […]
What can you say about a market where one of the biggest permabears of the last 5 years is now feeling sorry for the bears? I’ve tracked Russell’s work very closely over the years and I have to start wondering about the contrarian side of the cyclical view when I start reading commentary like this (via Russell’s Dow Theory Letters…
Many people who inherit IRAs are unfamiliar with the rules that apply to them. My article for Forbes magazine, “Five Rules For Inherited IRAs,” gives a broad overview of the subject. In this post I answer questions from two readers with concerns that affect other people, too.
An inherited retirement account can provide decades of tax breaks. But only if you handle it carefully.
By Lou Basenese:
If repetition breeds retention, it’s time for an annual warning. Especially since it’s the first day of May. At this time of year, countless media outlets can’t help b…
randomness means that even the best process will include periods of poor performance and sleepless nights. This kind of uncertainty is hardly “a joy to follow.” We may want luck to be a lady tonight and every night — but it ain’t gonna happen.
By Jacob Steinberg:
Finally Microsoft (MSFT) is putting some of its $75 billion to a good use. The company is using its money to help Nokia (
By Ian Wyatt:
In theory, today is the last day you should buy stocks for a while.
Tomorrow is the first day of May, kicking off the worst six months on the investment calendar. You should sell all your stocks now and go into hibernation until November – or “
By Nate Sterling: The “sell in May” seasonal pattern, as famously celebrated by the Stock Trader’s Almanac and academic research papers such as Sandro Andrade et al.’s “Sell in May and go away just won’t go away” and Bouman and Jacobsen’s “The Halloween indica…What Are The Causes Of The ‘Sell In May’ Seasonal Market Phenomenon?
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On Tuesday, April 30th, Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) reported the results of what I believe to be a very strong first quarter. The company’s Q1 EPS of $1.18/share beat S…
Four months into 2013, the S&P 500 Index TR (including dividends) is up 12.74%. A chart of sector returns (price only, not including dividends) is below. It seems to be beyond S&P to provide the sector data with dividends unfortunately…… Below, we …
Markets recently reacted well to GDP growth numbers — over the last year, real GDP increased by 2%. Looked at over the past 5 years, however, the annual increase in real GDP is a miserable 0.7%. Are the recent numbers implying a trend upward…Bull Market Predicted By GDP Growth?
High-speed traders are using a hidden facet of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s computer system to trade on the direction of the futures market before other investors get the same information.
By EXPstocktrader:
In this article, I would like to touch on two tech companies worth reviewing as we evolve into more technological advancements involving wireless, as well as, secure Internet communications. They are Microsoft (
MELA Sciences, Inc. (MELA)
Q1 2013 Earnings Call
April 30, 2013 4:30 pm ET
Executives
Joseph V. Gulfo – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard I. Steinhart – Senior Vice President…
Today John Embry asked the question, why should gold and silver investors worry? He then told King World News about a key situation which may create a massive upside breakout in gold. Embry also commented on the massive global physical demand for the metals. Below is what Embry, who is chief investment strategist at Sprott Asset Management, had to…
May 01, 2013 Doug Short Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? Without crystal ball, we simply don’t know. One thing we can do is examine the past to broaden our understanding of the range of possibilities. An obvious feature of this inflation-adjusted is the pattern of long-ter…
Apr 30, 2013 Doug Short Note from dshort: I’ve updated the accompanying charts with the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures price index from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, released yesterday. The annualized rate of change is calculated to two decimal places for more precision in the side-by-side comparison with the Consumer …
Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years.
Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years.
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