Monthly Archives: August 2015

S&P 500 Snapshot: Selloff Day Three

The S&P 500 ended the day with a modest -0.22% decline, the third consecutive day of modest declines. Today was fairly light on economic data in advance of the big event on Friday, the July Employment Report. We did get the Census Bureau’s Preliminary Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, which gives us a…

Not All Gaming Stocks Are Winners

Let’s face it, kids aren’t playing with toys anymore these days, they are playing with mobile devices. In recent years, sales of Barbie dolls and Matchbox cars have deteriorated, leaving traditional toy companies like Mattel in the dust. Classic toys are being left on the shelf, while not only children, but adults, increasingly spend more…

Strong Buy: Toyota Impressed With Earnings This Week

Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) produces, sells, leases, and repairs passenger cars, trucks, buses, boats, airplanes and other products in Japan and most foreign countries. The Company is also involved in the businesses of real estate, civil engineering, insurance,etc. Toyota posted US sales figures this week and the numbers were rather flat with a 0.6% increase…