Over long periods, the inflation-adjusted price of homes in the U.S. has tended to increase by a little more than 1% per year. However, this doesn’t mean that owning a home is a good way to make a 1% real
October 28, 2016
Ira Epstein leads us through the day’s precious metal highlights. (Video length 00:08:39)
The ultimate lesson for learning not to rely on one-quarter of GDP growth was actually two-quarters. In the middle of 2014, GDP posted back-to-back gains that at the time seemed nothing less than fantastic. Even with residual seasonality revisions and
Honeywell (HON) announced that its board has approved a 12% increase in the company’s regular annual cash dividend rate, from $2.38 to $2.66 per common share. The increase will be effective starting with the Q4 dividend of 66.5c per common
It looks like the price target battle that was going on among Wall Street analysts is over. That is, except one firm that has raised its target so high that it’s unlikely any other firm will dare to go, at least not
A surprisingly strong Advance Estimate of Q3 GDP preceded what appeared to be a reversal of the downtrend over the previous four sessions in the S&P 500. At the opening bell index digested the economic news (which might strengthen the
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin) Chinese President Xi has strengthened his grip on power. Mozambique said it is in “debt distress” and hired advisors for a debt restructuring. South Africa revised its macro forecasts in the Finance Ministry’s Medium-Term
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL – Analyst Report) shares gained nearly 1% in after-hour trading yesterday on the back of its robust third-quarter earnings performance. Both earnings and revenues not only outpaced the estimates but also recorded healthy year-on-year gains in the
Today I deleted Store Capital (NYSE:STOR), Universal Insurance (NYSEMKT:UVE) and Heritage Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBK) from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for negative price momentum. Barchart technical indicators: 100% technical sell signals Trend Spotter sell signal Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages 14.93% off its
The 2016Q3 GDP advance figures were released today, indicating a 2.9% growth rate (SAAR). Tomorrow, Jim will report on the recession probabilities based upon the advance release (see last quarter’s analysis here). Given all the discussion of recession (e.g. [1]), it seems useful to show
