Stocks Should Withstand Tepid Earnings
Wall Street expects first-quarter earnings to be ugly. Yet many money managers, brokers and financial advisers are urging clients to disregard the reports and buy stocks anyhow.
6 Key Earnings Previews This Week: GE, Kinder Morgan, Honeywell, UnitedHealth, Schlumberger, J&J
A new earnings season has just kicked off and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the larger companies reporting their financial results in the week…
Schedule for Week of April 12, 2015
The key economic reports this week are March Retail sales on Tuesday, and March Housing Starts on Thursday.For manufacturing, the March Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report, and the April…
Hunting for Perks in Proxy Season
Proxy season is heating up, and every year we come across perks that don’t quite fit the mold. Once upon a time, we used to write about these sorts of…
Friday links: squandering your edge
StrategyHow to invest in a low-return environment. (awealthofcommonsense.com)Think about your investment expenses in dollars not percentages. (wsj.com)The many ways in which investment related-fees are hidden. (pragcap.com)CompaniesGE ($GE) is getting rid…
Hong Kong And H-Share Small Caps: More Assets, More Diversification, Less Competition
Despite the post Ching Ming rally to levels last seen in 2007, the Hong Kong listed stock returns have been dispersed with small caps underperforming large caps by 25{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6}. Much…
Average US rate on 30-year mortgage barely moves at 3.7 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates barely moved this week, remaining close to historically low levels as the spring home-buying season gets underway.
Spain may not be Greece, but it is Not the Opposite Either
The important point is that returning to growth after the crisis may not be sufficient to facilitate political stability. The damage to the middle class is serious and Rajoy does…
Join Me Live in Las Vegas! Trader Bootcamp Invitation
Start planning your travel now! I’m excited to present live in Las Vegas May 11 and 12th and I wanted to invite you personally to join us. I’ll be revealing…
Which Company Is More Valuable: Shake Shack or Red Robin?
I wanted to follow-up my post about the Shake Shack (SHAK) IPO because I think the stock is presenting an interesting opportunity on the short side (finding shares to borrow…
April 6th Blogger Sentiment Poll
Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (N) BullBear Trading Carl Futia (-) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives…
Flattening Yield Curve Latest Complication for Fed
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News A flattening “yield curve” is the latest sign of the tricky global cross-currents the Federal Reserve must navigate following years of ultraeasy policy. The curve, reflecting the…
Low Crude Oil Prices Leave Thousands of U.S. Wells Uncompleted
There are roughly 2,500 to 3,500 drilled, but uncompleted oil wells in the U.S. according to analysts at IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). As many as 1,400 of those wells are…
An update on oil prices
Demand for gasoline has picked up significantly recently. In January, U.S. vehicle miles driven hit a new all time high. However inventories are still at record levels (see first graph)…
An inverse relationship at J.C. Penney
Earlier this week, beleaguered retailer JC Penney Co, filed its proxy statement. Given some of the high-profile comings and goings at the company over the past few years, we’ve paid…
Saturday links: teaching leadership
EngineeringCommercial pilots fly their planes on average for only a few minutes. (nytimes.com)Why driverless cars might give many of us motion sickness. (washingtonpost.com)Solar power is getting the asset-backed security treatment.…
Have Short Sellers Given Up On Solar Stocks?
Short sellers shied away again from many of the leading U.S. solar-related stocks between the March 13 and March 31 settlement dates. The most significant downswings in short interest in…
Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.66 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, approaching historically low levels with the spring home-buying season underway.
The ‘Perfect Storm’
Going forward, equity markets are likely to have a much bigger impact on the economy than has been the case in the past. This is a simple conclusion derived from…
Strong jobs market to spur U.S. housing in 2015: Reuters poll
U.S. housing is set to gain steam this year as a strengthening jobs market offsets the drag from an expected increase in mortgage rates, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.…