In the 19th century,downstairs (the servants) used to complain if they were forced to dine on salmon the master had fished from the nearby rivers of Devonshire more than once a week. Salmon was cheap but boring and tasteless at least
November 30, 2015
If you asked every single vacationer in America to hand over $22 dollars, and placed that money in a pile, you’d be looking at the amount of interest alone that is accrued by American holiday-goers. While we’re happy as a
To hike or not to hike? That is the question. Indeed, that has been the question for what seems like an eternity. But the question of whether or not the Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates in December
Today I wanted to use Barchart to find the 5 largest stocks by market capital and found that 2 in the top 5 had 2 classes of shares. The stocks featured today are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Alphabet Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Berkshire Hathaway B (NYSE:BRK-B) and Berkshire Hathaway
Not long ago I walked into a local branch of my bank – the 13th largest bank in the United States based on consolidated banking assets, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) second-quarter 2015 data. I wanted to
The initial estimates for Black Friday spending are pretty grim; you can make that interpretation based only on the press releases themselves as neither of the words “strong” or “robust” appear in them. According to ShopperTrak, actual sales (mall sales)
Last night’s Asian action brought another warning that the global deflation cycle is accelerating. Iron ore broke below $40 per ton for the first time since the central banks kicked off the world’s credit based growth binge two decades ago;
You probably think of eBay (EBAY) as a good place to snag a deal on electronic gadgets, musical instruments, or sporting goods. But increasingly people are logging onto the auction site to buy gold and silver. eBay officials told CNBC the company is
Markets fell Monday to start what will be a busy week for economic data. Monday’s economic news was awful to put it directly. Chicago PMI Mfg Survey imploded to only 48.7 vs 54 expected & prior 56.2; Pending Home Sales
The Chart of the Day belongs to Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB). I found the integrated circuit stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for the highest number of new highs in the last month, then for technical buy signals of 80% or
