Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:15 — 6.1MB) DOW -117 = 17,730 SPX – 14 = 2077 NAS – 40 = 5101 10 YR YLD – .07 = 2.20% OIL – 2.37 = 37.60 GOLD – 15.10 =
December 7, 2015
This morning, Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) announced that they’re being acquired for $92/share in cash. Amazingly, their CEO, Brian Kelley, filed a form 4 on Friday evening referencing some trades from Thursday Dec 3rd. Ignore the cutesy “33 Coffee Ln” address…What we want
by Robert Huebscher, AdvisorPerspectives.com Financial pundits routinely claim that inflation is much higher than the reported statistics. We hear, for example, that food prices have risen much faster than the roughly 1.5% increase in the consumer price index (CPI) over the past several years. Viewed
Asia saw a mixed session with prices marginally lower but not too much to write home about. It was not until Europe opened did we start to see a pick-up in volatility providing dealers with something to talk about. The
“Davidson” submits: One of the often mentioned ‘negatives’ is that of the perception of weak hourly wage growth. But is it that weak historically? Pessimism continues unrelenting. I thought it would have shifted at least a little towards optimism by
I am late putting up a post tonight, because I attended an absolutely amazing lecture by Jaron Lanier on the Stanford campus. I’ve known about Jaron’s work since I first got into computers 35 years ago, but I had never heard him
Stock Futures Today Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Monday) were down nine points ahead of a busy week of economic data that includes an update on inflation, November retail sales, and consumer sentiment. These major economic data points will
While some are shocked that China may have “used” a huge amount of “reserves” in November, that is only because so many myths and anachronisms continue to abound in the mainstream and beyond. Any conversation about forex in the context
The Stocks One Considers Contrary to what many believe, examining a stock and deciding whether to be bullish or bearish is not a major determinant of investment success. No matter what one does, it’s hard for even the best of
Global equity markets, as measured by the MSCI Developed World index, are above the lows hit in early October but remain on a downtrend that began after markets peaked at the end of May this year. As SocGen’s Andrew Lapthorne notes, the
