Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
December 10, 2015

The graph below belongs in the “what where they thinking category”. After Tuesday’s dividend massacre, it plain as day that Kinder Morgan (KMI) wasn’t the greatest thing since slice bread after all. That is, a “growth” business paying rich dividends out of rock solid profit margins

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Jeffrey Gundlach is speculating that the Fed might not raise rates next week because the markets are failing and the economy is weakening. While I tend to agree with him on the economy, and am revolted by those leaning so

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Everyone – from the suits on Wall Street and the pundits on television to individual retail investors – is talking about the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates for the first time since 2006 – and what’s going to happen to stocks,

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First time claims for unemployment compensation continued their string of record lows for the same week of the year but the improvement in the weekly number slowed radically last week in what could be the first sign of trend change. The actual number,

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With sadly ironic timing, we noted just last week that the blowback from “unequivocally good” low oil prices was set to cross the border from an increasingly suicidal Canada, and so, as AP reports, it appears Alaska is facing the toughest of times. As

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The CAC40 Index is trading slightly higher on the day, up .85%. However, prices still remain capped underneath a developing bearish trendline. The trendline depicted above, has been drawn on a Heinkin Ashi chart, by connecting a series of wicks

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Here’s one for the “actions speak louder than words” file: Massive insider selling spurs stock market concerns (CNBC) – Corporate insiders have been selling their shares at near-record levels, and according to some, this could be a sign for outside

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Today, a number of media outlets have been discussing the disappearing middle class. The report was released by the Pew Research Center and notes, in 2015 21% of households comprise the top two income tiers, with Pew defining as more than twice

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Yesterday, global Internet provider Yahoo (YHOO – Analyst Report) scrapped its year-long plan to spin-off its $32 billion stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (BABA – Analyst Report). The move came amid shareholder concerns that the transaction will result in a huge

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Moments ago, we learned courtesy of the head of Mutual Fund Research at Morningstar, Russ Kinnel, that the next leg of the junk bond crisis has officially arrived, after Third Avenue announced it has blocked investor redemptions from its high

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