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April 7, 2017
Wholesale sales rose 5.3% in February 2017 year-over-year after jumping by more than 12% in January on oil effects. Like calculated inflation rates, wholesale sales are for now marginally determined by energy price comparisons as well as calendar effects. February
Is the Trump trade over or alive and well? Video Length: 00:32:24
The year 2017 has been great for the U.S. stock market so far with the major benchmarks logging in the best quarterly performance in many years. The trend is likely to continue in the months ahead though bouts of volatility
Mortgage REITs normally pay a very nice dividend. But the tax bill can be hefty. REITs are taxed at ordinary income tax rates and this puts a major dent in the after-tax rate of return. But there is a way
After trading in an exceptionally tight range for most of the week, the euro finally broke down on Friday, falling to its lowest level versus the U.S. dollar in 3 weeks. The move had nothing to do with data as
“What about investing in hard assets like diamonds?” I get asked this sometimes so figured I’d cover it here. I wrote the below piece some years ago and it answers the question about whether diamonds should be treated as a
There is an eerie calming in the precious metal markets as investors continue to pile into the broader markets. Precious metals sentiment that was at a high the same time last year when the Dow Jones Index fell 2,000 points,
Since launching in the United States in 1948, cable television quickly emerged as the media consumption method of choice for families around the world. Cable brought to us some of the most memorable and noteworthy events in history. People saw
The Chart of the Day belongs to iRobot (IRBT). I found the industrial robot stock by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High list first for the most frequent new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.
