Apple stock has trailed the S&P 500 this year so far as investors have been concerned about weak iPhone sales. Most analysts continue to see its weakness as being unjustified, as their Pollyanna-esque view of the iPhone maker just won’t
December 9, 2016
Why does this… Keep making us think of this… Quite a Week: The Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq closed higher every day this week for the first time in 5 years Small Caps soared over 5% this week to record highs –
Founded in 1989, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. provides diverse investment products to its clients, including institutional and private investors. Charles Schwab Investment’s assets under management were more than $290 billion as of September 30, 2016. The company has been in
U.K. based stocks have sold off over the past few months. The British pound has declined significantly against the U.S. dollar. And, there is elevated geopolitical risk facing the U.K., in the aftermath of this year’s Brexit vote. One of
Yesterday, the European Central Bank released its most recent monetary policy statement. What does it imply for the gold market? The ECB meeting was probably the most awaited event this week. The Governing Council decided that the interest rate on main refinancing operations
There has to this point been one key element missing from “reflation.” Or maybe it hasn’t been missing, it just hasn’t been consistent with what I would consider that term to mean. The WTI price remains quite range-bound even though
FOR DIGITAL ADS, EVERYONE ELSE IS BEGGING FOR SCRAPS. Over the next couple years, digital advertising is expected to pass television to become the largest ad market in existence. One would think that this simple fact should translate to a bright future
The Census Bureau Wholesale Trade Report wholesales rose 1.4% while inventories declined 0.4%. Once again, this news had the Bloomberg Econoday parrot squawking about “lean inventories”. Highlights Inventories were looking heavy going into the fourth quarter but, given strength in demand, are turning out
Flickr Amazon.com Inc. (NSDQ:AMZN) stock has been on a tear for the better part of the last 2 decades. AMZN stock price is up from its split-adjusted IPO price of $1.5, closing the last trading session at $767.33, a whopping 511X return in
For the 25th of the last 27 weeks, Baker Hughes reports the oil rig count rose this week. With the biggest rise (+21) since April 2014 to 498, the highest since January 2016. ? Signaling US shale production set to rise dramatically… ?
