There is a lot of discussion of how economic slack is fast disappearing, and I expect a lot of push on this view, given continued rapid growth in GDP as reported in today’s second release for 2014Q3. This view seems counter to (1) the CBO estimate of potential GDP and (2) the slow pace of…
Source: Wikipedia Dear Diary, Things are slowing down. This is Thanksgiving week. People are leaving work early, trying to beat the holiday traffic rush. US stocks and gold were flat yesterday. We’re still in New York, taking care of business. Tomorrow, we’ll get an early start and head back down to Maryland. We have a lot…
The following chart-heavy presentation from Grant Williams is among his best as he wends his way methodically from the 19th century to the present day (and into the future) examining “The Consequences of the Economic Peace.” From Keynes to Kondratieff and from Napoleon to Nixon, Williams looks at the ramifications of several decades of easy credit…
from the Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged HSBC’s Swiss-based private banking arm with violating federal securities laws by failing to register with the SEC before providing cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services to U.S. clients. HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay $12.5 million to settle…
DOW – 2 = 17,814SPX – 2 = 2067 NAS+ 3 = 4758 10 YR YLD – .05 = 2.26% OIL – 1.95 = 74.22 GOLD + 2.90 = 1202.20 SILV + .20 = 16.77 The major stock indices couldn’t close at records, but Apple reached a milestone today. Apple’s market capitalization hit a record…
The Chart of the Day belongs to VF Corp (NYSE:VFC). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks hitting the most frequent new highs in the last month then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend spotter signaled a buy on 10/21 the stock gained 11.13%. V.F. Corporation designs,…
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Tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ – Analyst Report) posted fiscal Q4 and full fiscal 2014 earnings after the bell Tuesday. While earnings per share of $1.06 topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, revenues of $28.4 billion in the quarter missed our expectations of roughly $28.9 billion. Shares had slipped about 3% in immediate after-market…
Uber at the core is nothing more than a bunch of guys who came up with a clever app for streamlining the way you call for a car. Rather than phoning or texting, you tap on the app. Rather than paying with cash or credit cards, you have an account. And rather than depending on…
Looking around the gold sector at some of those who have tried to keep ‘em bullish all the way down. The peddlers of hope are irrepressible. Huey writes that gold stocks are well supported by the enormous expansion in the global gold jewelry business. In fact, according to Huey Western mining stock shareholders stand to…
