Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
May 7, 2018

Despite misguided economic policies and rising geopolitical tensions, the long market expansion has prevailed. But times may be changing. With the Trump fiscal policies and rearmament, America is taking more debt than in decades, even though its sovereign debt now

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Another Disappointing ISM Report The April non-manufacturing ISM PMI was 56.8 which missed expectations for 58.4. Just like the manufacturing ISM report, it even missed the low end of the range which was 57.3. I’m starting to look for some

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After a slow start early this morning, natural gas prices attempted to rally with the June contract leading the whole strip higher from $2.7 to $2.77. The high of the day was set just after 9 AM Eastern on that

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Sysco Corporation (SYY – Free Report) reported third-quarter fiscal 2018 results, wherein both top and bottom lines grew year over year and the latter surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth consecutive quarter. In fact, Sysco’s impressive past record has helped it

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Interactive Brokers chief options strategist Steve Sosnick discusses the impact on the financial markets from the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM’s) latest downbeat manufacturing figures and disappointing auto sales numbers.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (BABA – Free Report) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2018 results before the opening bell yesterday wherein it surpassed both the earnings and revenue expectation and provided an upbeat fiscal revenue guidance. Earnings of 91 per ADS came in

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The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to CareDx (CDNA). I found the medical services stock by using Barchart to sort today’s New 52 Week High list first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend

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As you may have noticed, market volatility has begun to cool a bit in recent weeks. While we wouldn’t go as far as famed investor Jack Bogle did when he said recently that it’s the most volatile market he’s seen in his

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The markets will start the week by breaking down every word coming from the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. Inflation data is on tap for later this week, and we have a full slate of earnings reports again coming from the

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