Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
February 1, 2017

Metlife, Inc. (MET – Free Report) released its fourth quarter fiscal 2016 earnings results, posting earnings of $1.28 per share and revenue of $17.2 billion.  MET was down 1.05% to $53.75 in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released. Currently,

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I want Slope to be exciting and interesting. I want people to seek it out on a daily basis to read what I’ve got to say. But, Good God in heaven almighty, just look what I have to work with

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The Chart of the Day belongs to CRH Medical (NYSEMKT: CRHM). I found the medical instrument stock by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High list first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter

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A review of the day’s trading in the agriculture markets. Video length: 00:08:08

There are a few stories I’ve been following in Europe which I will discuss in this article. I will discuss the recent European CPI report, the problems facing UniCredit, and the political risk in France. All the issues in Europe

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Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, are the best way for regular investors to gain exposure to high-quality real estate assets, including the fast growing storage space sector. Extra Space Storage (EXR) is one of the best blue chip storage

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The strong January ADP employment data before the market opened goosed the already positive futures and helped trigger a the 0.45% intraday high about five minutes into the session. The index then sold off to its -0.28% intraday low just before the

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There wasn’t a whole lot of action in terms of price movement, but what action there was came on heavier volume and reflected a lack of buyer strength as they struggled to challenge last week’s highs. Of the indices, the

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So much for worries about tech companies rolling over. After yesterday’s AAPL beat which nonetheless resulted in one of the biggest intraday jumps in its stock in history, sending it highest over 6% today, moments ago Facebook reported results which

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The Fed did nothing today, and their jawbones must have been fatigued. Stocks continued in a relatively narrow range. Gold and silver continued to hover underneath overhead resistance. There will be a Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday.  It just became

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