If there’s one thing that defines modern-day France, it’s stringent labor laws that make it hard to lay workers off. A “job for life” might be exaggerating, but such laws — “once hired, hard to fire” — have been a
July 20, 2017
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin No summer doldrums as we move well through earnings. We’re seeing some super, super moves and more look to be ready to
The Microsoft Q4 2017 earnings were released after closing bell tonight. For its fourth fiscal quarter, the technology firm reported non-GAAP earnings of 98 cents per share on $23.3 billion in GAAP revenue or $24.7 billion in non-GAAP revenue, compared
The S&P opened near its daily high and oscillated around a 9 point range, closing in the middle, just below yesterday’s all-time high. The index saw a fractional daily loss of 0.02% and a YTD gain of 10.48%. The U.S.
Just last week we noted that the one entity that could ‘out-Amazon’ Amazon – the US government – was beginning to ask if Bezos’ company was too big? Tonight we got our first glimpse as the FTC sent a shot across the
Well, that clears that up. In case you missed it, back on June 27 Mario Draghi triggered the latest declared BOND ROUT!!! with what was characterized as a very upbeat economic assessment for Europe. And if things are moving forward there,
From what I’ve gathered there are 3 types of Bitcoin investors. Their strategies and mantras vary and there are two things they have in common. The first is simply being bullish on Bitcoin. Type 1 is the most common and in
Spreads Tighten But Retail Is Weak Many investors are focused on the record highs in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq and the VIX staying below 10 for another day, but I think the biggest story of Wednesday’s trading session
Our last Stock Exchange took a deep dive into the earnings season. If you missed it, a glance at your news will show that the key points remain relevant. This Week — Consumer Discretionary Spending Heats Up Our experts are picking up
Mario Draghi tried. He really did. But the market would just not buy his dovish talk. The fact of the matter is that the Eurozone recovery is in full bloom and the ECB is definitely heading for a taper as
