The Anti-Scientific Foundation Of Macroeconomics
By Cullen Roche : Interesting post here by Paul Krugman . He discusses some of the rather illuminating lessons from the crisis and how some people have simply refused to alter their perceptions of the world despite these lessons. For instance: QE doesn't cause hyperinflation or high inflation. …
The Long Case For Groupon And The Future Of Flash Sales
By GRPN ) primary competitor is left without its leader while Amazon ( AMZN ), the largest single holder of Living Social with a 35% holding, is once again looking for a way to break into Flash Sales. According to Bloomberg, Amazon has continuously been writing down the value of its holding. Now at…
The Real Reason Big Businesses Fail
By atmabus : Inspired by holiday reading, i've decided to address a complex issue in a relatively short script (in the vein of Malcom Gladwell's latest opus). For leaders at large conglomerates, the risk of failure should turn heads. Only one of the original 12 Dow members still remain, as…
U.S. Jobs Report Pushes Australian Dollar Into Target, Australian Jobs Up Next
By Dr. Duru : I started this year with a bullish bias on the Australian dollar ( FXA ) with a short-term target set at the 50-day moving average (DMA) (see Australian Dollar Starts The Year With A Bias For Bottoming ). The target was not far away, yet the Australian dollar drifted downward for over…
Review And Outlook Of S&P 500 Earnings, Dividends, And Balance Sheets
by Robert J. Martorana, Portfolio Manager at Right Blend Investing. Consensus expectations for 2014 earnings for the S&P 500 ( SPY ) appear reasonable at 10%, but an analysis by sector shows that earnings growth is narrow , relying heavily on Financials and Consumer Discretionary (mainly catalog…
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Wolves of Wall Street to report earnings
It's earnings time! Can Bank of America and Citigroup live up to the hype?
3 Reasonably Priced Stocks For January 2014
By Dividend Mantra: Some investors may cite the S&P 500's monstrous run in 2013 - up some 29.6% - as a reason to build up cash right now and stop deploying fresh capital in the stock market. The reasoning here is that because of the index's best run since 1997, surely stocks have nowhere…
New Acer CEO disappoints with lack of detail on future plans
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Investors looking for specifics as to the future of Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, came away disappointed when the new CEO spent more time delivering a history of the company's past mistakes than on where it was headed.
Goldcorp: Why I'm Staying Long Shares Of This Particular Gold Mining Play
By Heather Ingrassia: When it comes to the gold mining sector and the way some of the larger names have been beaten up over the past year, any hint of positivity is certainly a good thing. With that said, Goldcorp ( GG ) recently announced that it expects a 13%-18% increase in gold production (FY14…
Treasury makes Scottish debt pledge
The UK Treasury says it will honour all UK government debt issued up to the date of the referendum on Scottish independence.
A 2014 Correction Survival Guide: 3 Trades To Make
By Charles Lewis Sizemore : After a fantastic 2013, the new year is getting off to a slow start. The first three trading days saw the S&P 500 in the red, and, at time of writing, it looks to be five out of the first seven. I expect 2014 to be a good year for investors, and particularly those…
Gas To Liquids In The U.S. Appears Attractive, Despite Shell's Recent Decision
By James Williams : In September 2013 - and in close coordination with the Governor of Louisiana - Shell ( RDS.A ) ( RDS.B ) announced its intent to potentially develop a world-scale Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) facility, to be located near Baton Rouge. Shell committed to spending at least $12.5B on the on…
Amec in $3.2bn bid for rival Foster Wheeler
Amec agrees to buy Swiss engineering group Foster Wheeler for $3.2bn as the UK group accelerates its expansion into emerging markets
The real low-wage issue: Not enough hours
Advocates say many employers don't give workers like Naquasia LeGrand sufficient hours to avoid paying benefits.
Is Duke Energy A Buy ?
By Investing Insight : Duke Energy ( DUK ) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.78 per share. The dividend is payable on March 17th, 2014 to shareholders of record by February 14th, 2014. This marks the 88th consecutive year that Duke Energy has paid a quarterly dividend on its common stock.…
Greene King has 'strong' Christmas
Pub and brewery group Greene King sees strong trading over Christmas, with sales hitting a company record.
Sprint Bonds: Dramatic Progress, But More To Do
By Donald van Deventer : Since our first analysis of Sprint Corporation ( S ) posted September 9, 2013, there have been a number of encouraging developments for the bond holders of the company. Sprint Corporation is one of the most complex credits in the world. Sprint Communications, Inc., the…
Global stocks rise, dollar falls as Fed rate path reassessed
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks rose towards a six-year high on Monday and the dollar and bond yields slipped as last week's weak U.S. jobs data strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for longer.
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