Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
January 15, 2018

We are in a relatively unique period right now. For the first time in several years, we are seeing economic growth everywhere in the global economy. No one is talking about recession. It’s just the opposite; people are raising economic

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After the Consumer Electronics Show focused on autonomous driving, Barclays analyst Brian Johnson expects the North American International Auto Show in Detroit “will get back to the here and now earnings drivers.” The focus will be on trucks, tariffs, and

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Schlumberger (SLB) reports Q4 earnings January 19th. Analysts expect revenue of $8.13 billion and eps of $0.45. The revenue estimate implies about 3% growth sequentially. Investors should focus on the following key items: North America Land Drilling May Still Have

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A delayed flight and a misplaced ticket from the airport parking lot postponed the reunion with my bed. I had woken up at 5 a.m. to catch my flight home from an exhausting and informative week at the J.P. Morgan

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Bitcoin cash prices ended much unchanged for the past week as the cancellation of trading of BCH on GDAX, though temporary, and the fact that the user experience continues to face difficulties, has added to the pressure on the prices

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The strong momentum seen in 2017 continues this year with stock markets across the globe witnessing an upside. MSCI World Index has risen in eight of the nine trading sessions so far this year. This is primarily thanks to an

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In today’s precious metals analysis, I focus on platinum-palladium prices and ratios over the past 48 years. A monthly average price chart for both metals from January 1970 to December 2017 is shown below. Note that while platinum was free-trading,

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Economic Reports Employment We received several employment related reports in the first two weeks of the year. The rate of growth in employment has been slowing for some time – slowly – and these reports continue that trend. The JOLTS

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For all the mixed economic data points we saw regarding the health of the economy, there is one segment that is alive and well and that’s luxury goods. Need any more proof than 3,815 Lamborghini’s? At $200,000 for a “base

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Chinese demand for physical gold investment surged in the first three-quarters of 2017 while Americans ditched the shiny yellow metal for increased bets in the crypto mania and stock market bubble market. Even though China’s Hang Seng Stock Market outperformed

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