Volkswagen (VLKAY) has endangered the future of the world’s automobile industry. By tampering with the emission control systems on its diesel cars, it’s opened the entire sector up to restitution. Like the banking sector, which has been fined $200 billion and counting since the crash in 2008, the political system may start using the automobile sector…
When it comes to official and media opinion on Obama’s crowning trade “achievements”, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade And Investment Partnership (TTIP), the party line is united. As previously noted, Barack Obama has assured the population that this treaty is going to be wonderful for everyone: In hailing the agreement, Obama said, “Congress and the…
I recently completed a 3 part series of articles offered to assist retired investors in designing the equity portion of their retirement portfolios. In part 1 of this series found here I presented Peter Lynch’s 6 broad categories of stocks (businesses) that he wrote about in his best-selling book “One Up On Wall Street.” The primary objective…
After performing strongly through the end of last year, the real estate investment trust (REIT) space has lost ground this year, largely reflecting Fed-centric anxieties. The total return from the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index decreased 1.45% as of Oct 5, 2015 as against a 27.15% positive return in 2014. The group’s weak recent performance…
Financial Repression Insanity Purportedly the Fed is ready willing and able to go to next step of financial repression insanity: Negative Interest Rates. Federal Reserve officials now seem open to deploying negative interest rates to combat the next serious recession even though they rejected that option during the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2009…
These days, when investors hear the words “emerging market,” they immediately run in the opposite direction. The Institute of International Finance reports that investors pulled $40 billion out of emerging markets in the third quarter alone. That’s the fastest pace since the height of the financial crisis and the largest outflow of funds since…
Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) has developed an in-house solution to deliver advertisements in the form of mini games. Created by Zynga’s internal Studio E, these interactive ads are called ‘SponsoredPlay’ ads, and will be available soon to players. Zynga claims increased involvement Zynga’s vice president of Global Brand sales, Julie Shumaker, said that ‘SponsoredPLAY’ will give…
A strong rally from US equities matched the intensity of the Dollar’s slide this past week. Has the financial market turned a corner for risk and the majors? US Dollar Forecast – US Dollar Risks Major Bearish Reversal after Worst Drop in 4 Months The Dollar suffered its worst stumble in four months this past…
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) was founded in 1866. The company has steadily grown since then through consolidating the United States coatings industry.Today, Sherwin-Williams has a market cap of $22.3 billion. Sherwin-Williams operates in 4 groups. The percentage of total profit each group has generated through the first 6 months of fiscal 2015 is listed below: Paint Stores Group (68.6%…
Insider buying dropped significantly last week with insiders buying $55.32 million of stock compared to $226.99 million in the week prior. Selling also declined with insiders selling $489.91 million of stock last week compared to $594.85 million in the week prior. Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week by…
