Industrial Production Fell 0.6% Last Month
From CNBC: Industrial output decreased 0.6 percent last month after a downwardly revised 0.6 percent drop in February, the Federal Reserve said on Friday. Industrial […]
60 Straight Quarters of Sales Growth
MarketWatch has an interesting article where it lists 12 companies that have grown their sales every quarter for the last 15 years. But what truly […]
CWS Market Review – April 15, 2016
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – Voltaire Earnings season has begun, and so far, the market seems quite pleased. On […]
Morning News: April 15, 2016
China Averts a Hard Landing With a Credit-Powered Trampoline Obama to Back Anti-Brexit Campaign on Trip to U.K. Next Week Obama to Help Push for […]
Will oil crack the S&P 500?
Wells Fargo Earns 99 Cents Per Share
Wells Fargo (WFC) kicked off Q1 earnings season for our Buy List. The big bank earned 99 cents per share which beat estimates by two […]
Jobless Claims Fall to 42-Year Low
This week’s initial jobless claims report fell to 253,000. That’s the lowest since November 1973.
Core Inflation Cools Off
The government reported on March consumer inflation this morning. It appears that core inflation is cooling off. For March, core consumer prices rose by 0.069%. […]
Morning News: April 14, 2016
Pound Falls After BOE Considered Brexit Risks in Policy Decision Draghi’s German Baggage Follows Him to Washington After ECB Spat Japan Stocks Continue Their Roll—at […]
Stocks Against Bonds — Who Will Win?
Here’s a chart I look to look at every so often. It’s stocks versus bonds which is the classic Wall Street grudge match. For my […]
15-Week High
The S&P 500 touched a fresh 15-week intra-day high this morning. The index got as high as 2,076.45 which is the highest since December 30, […]
Retail Sales and PPI
This morning’s retail sales report was a dud. The Street had been expecting an increase of 0.1%. Instead, retail sales fell 0.3% last month. This […]
Nathan’s Famous
Did you know that Nathan’s Famous, the hot dog place, is publicly traded? It is. Their symbol is NATH. Here are some numbers: The stock […]
Morning News: April 13, 2016
China Imports Record Oil as Higher Margins Boosts Purchases Eurozone Industrial Output Fell in February Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis in Seven Questions Panama Leak Spurs […]
AFLAC Closes Over $65 per Share
Shares of AFLAC (AFL) have been quacking up lately, and they’re getting near the price level that’s been a tough ceiling for them. First, some […]
Q1 2016 Earnings Calendar
Sixteen of our 20 Buy List stocks are due to report Q1 earnings over the next few weeks. Here’s a list of reporting dates, Wall […]
BBBY’s Delayed Reaction
It seems like some stocks have a delayed reaction to important news. After the last earnings report from Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), which I […]
Morning News: April 12, 2016
Saudi Arabia Rating Cut at Fitch; Outlook Remains Negative Why Low Oil Prices Are A Threat To Saudi Arabia: Investment Plan Doesn’t Work China First […]
Crossing Wall Street 2016-04-11 08:05:55
Earnings season kicks off today. Here are some bullet points I saw in this morning’s news: From Bloomberg: Analysts are projecting profits for S&P 500 […]
Morning News: April 11, 2016
How Panama Ended Up in the Middle of a Financial Scandal Hit by Panama Row, UK’s Cameron Announces New Tax Evasion Law in 2016 Q&A […]
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- Re: Whatever happened to the BRICS? September 29, 2021Nathan Drake wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:58 pm Well they did boom, and continue to boom, but valuations got too high after climbing 5X in the early 2000s. Again, I hear similar arguments about the FAAMGs and other high flying tech stocks with huge run ups and extremely high valuations...why would you not concentrate […]randomguy
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- Re: Buying out a sibling's share of an inherited property? September 29, 2021Zillow has a feature that allows you to see what homes actually sold for. (As distinguished from the Zestimate which I do not have as much faith in) You should be able to get a good idea of what similar properties actually sold for and hopefully you can then agree on an educated number.Edify