There’s never really a dull moment in the tech sector as innovation keeps something or other brewing. Making this sector even more exciting are the mega trends such as mobile, cloud computing, cyber security and Big Data analytics, with extensive applications
October 31, 2015
We have just closed out the fourth best month for US equities in 12 years while the Dollar failed to breach new highs of an equal duration. October leveraged a lot of drive from the dominant fundamental trends of the
I was watching a little of the ECB press conference after their policy meeting and a reporter asked why inflation is such a bad thing for Europe and European consumers. Mario Draghi gave a canned response, but the real interesting moment
The US dollar was mixed last week. Consolidative technical pressure, after it spurted higher at the end of the previous week with the help of a dovish ECB and rate cuts by the PBOC, and month-end pressures dominated. There was some
It was the final week of trading to close out October, which is typically a scary month for investors. However, no blood was shed unless you got caught short in what turned out to be one of the best investment performance
Managers of public companies are under constant pressure to meet quarterly guidance and maximize profits, often at the expense of future profitability. Those pressures, driven by a number of factors, are likely to increase in the next 10 to 15
Source: NYtimes.com The Federal Reserve had a nasty surprise for the financial markets right before the Halloween weekend (the perfect timing to sweep something under the carpet and hoping the markets will have forgotten about it by Monday).
You will underperform. That’s right I said it! We will all underperform at multiple points while investing in the stock market. I hate to break it to you, but it’s an inevitable fact of life that we will underperform the
by Luke Delorme The U.S. budget deal includes a provision that seeks to end the file-and-suspend and restricted claiming strategies. I explained these strategies in recent blogs as a way to bring couples upwards of $60,000 more in total Social Security benefits. The
To start this discussion, let me put it out there that I tend to be more skeptical of companies that pay monthly dividends. After reviewing many monthly pay stocks, I have found that management teams like to use the monthly
