I joined CNBC’s Martin Soong to chat about McDonald’s (MCD) earnings. All in all, things are looking up for Mickey D’s. The turnaround seems to be getting traction, and same-store sales are up sharply. It’s been a long time since we could say
January 26, 2016
More landmines than goldmines – that has been our view about equity markets, as well as other economic or geopolitical repercussions, for a long time. And so we’ll begin with a chat that’s primarily about Apple (AAPL) and how it’s
AmeriQuest Incorporated (Nasdaq: AMQ) expects to raise $63.6 million in its upcoming IPO. Based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, AMQ is a company that provides technology-based solutions for B2B financial processes such as procurement, accounts payable, accounts receivable and asset management. AMQ will
A short history of paper money – It Fails! Suppose you had a printing press in your basement along with a supply of perfect paper. You could slip down to your basement and print a batch of perfect $100 notes
During the day on Wednesday, we have several announcements coming out during the course of the day, including the FOMC Statement, the Crude Oil Inventories number, and of course an interest rate announcement coming out of New Zealand. Ultimately, we
Hawaiian Holdings (HA – Snapshot Report) just released their fourth quarter fiscal 2015 earnings results, posting earnings of $0.85 and revenue of $574 million. Currently, HA has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), but it is subject to change following the release of
If you have little to no exposure to the biotech sector right now, you are making a big mistake. With some of the best valuations and growth prospects in the entire stock market, your portfolio will perform much better with
Over 200,000 ounces of gold bullion were withdrawn from the registered (deliverable) category in the Comex licensed warehouses at the least. That takes the new total down to a little under 74,000 ounces of actual physical bullion registered for delivery
One popular approach to investing based on Benjamin Graham’s methods is to use the so-called “Graham Number.” There are some important differences between the Graham Number and the Graham Formula, but using the Graham Number is definitely useful even if the
The Chinese central bank has managed to instill some order in both onshore and offshore RMB markets, but at what cost? The amount of intervention that was induced severely strains only the future at those maturities. Central banks are nothing
