A NYT article on the seemingly healthy state of the world economy carries the headline, “The economy is humming. Banks are cheering. What can go wrong?” The piece is written as though we need to fear the possibility that another
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Twelve companies from the S&P 500 are reporting earnings this week. The results will start coming faster next week which is why I said that was the beginning of earnings season. This means FactSet’s chart of bottom up expectations has
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are down six cents each from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for
The overall Q3 earnings picture for the S&P 500 looks weak with projected earnings growth of 2.3% after double-digit growth in each of the first two quarters of the year. Additionally, earnings growth in the last quarter of the year is expected
Active equityfund managers are staging a comeback. After years of underperformance, during which active managers lost tens of billions of dollars in assets to passive funds, during the first half of this year, over half of all US equity mutual funds outperformed their benchmarks,
After September was declared the lowest volatility month on record, October is starting auspiciously, if only for the vol sellers. After last week stocks rose again on renewed hopes of a Trump tax deal and following a payrolls report which showed the hottest
One of the world’s fast-growing mining trends has taken another twist this week. As I’ve been discussing for several months, governments in mining nations globally are obsessing about “value-added” production. Demanding that miners upgrade and refine metals in-country, instead of
Earlier today, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACBFF) (TSX:ACB) announced that the company would be raising $50 million CAD in a bought deal financing round. As of midday today, Aurora has just announced that they’re upsizing the financing round to $60 million CAD.
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