Silver Spring, MD-based Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA – Analyst Report) reported lackluster results in the fourth quarter of 2015, missing on earnings as well as revenues. The quarter’s earnings (on an adjusted basis) of 38 cents per share were well short of the Zacks
February 18, 2016
The PPI estimate for China was not a fifth straight -5.9%, instead the estimate for January 2016 was -5.3%; not appreciably different but at least not blatantly sticking with a single number. China’s CPI remained below 2% at just 1.8%
A great ‘moderation’ occurred – very much in-line with the intraweek forecast for a pattern that started to exhaust and even reverse, after an upward start on Thursday. Nothing dramatic, and sort of a see-saw move within a range; while
If there are limits on what we can know of the future–and clearly there are–this sets limits on our ability to quantify and mitigate risk. Longtime correspondent Lew G. submitted this thought-provoking riff on the system’s intrinsic capacity for cascading decisions
John Paulson, a billionaire a New York native, manages Paulson & Co Inc, his successful hedge fund. The $16.3 billion dollar fund generated a return of 0.45% to investors during the fourth quarter. Some of Paulson’s fourth quarter activity includes Valeant
Shares of Applied Materials (AMAT) jumped after the maker of manufacturing equipment for semiconductors reported quarterly results and issued a positive outlook for its future financial results. QUARTERLY REPORT: Applied Materials reported Q1 earnings per share of 26c against expectations
The Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM – Analyst Report) released their fourth quarter fiscal 2015 earnings results, posting earnings of $1.21 per share and revenue of $215.1 million. Currently, SAM has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), but it is subject to change following
The large short squeeze in oil prices was based on the fiction from Saudi Arabia and Russia that prices should rise as price levels would be frozen. That combined with Iran’s transparent support meant production would still increase. The entire
Rallies don’t last forever, that’s what the baseball coach used to say. The same can be said about the markets, as the Dow reversed after a three-day winning streak. Investors can blame weak earnings reports and a sluggish performance from the banking sector.
There’s probably not a lot of value in this post, since it’s primarily just me bitching, but here goes: in each of the past two days, I’ve had positions stopped out at a loss due to an earnings report that
