As Matt Badiali, geologist and editor of the Stansberry Resource Report, explains, it has only been in the last few decades we have learned how to release the potential of the massive oil and gas reservoirs in the U.S. Now we are learning how to tell if a shale project will be profitable. In this Energy Report article, he…
When my children were young, one of the books we read to them was: “When You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” The point of the book is to follow a chain reaction stemming from providing a treat to a rodent. He will want a glass of milk, a napkin, have to sweep up crumbs, etc….
The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends is out today. The update for November came in at 94.8, down 1.3 from the previous month’s 96.1. The index has dropped to the 25th percentile in this series. Today’s number came in below the Investing.com forecast of an increase to 96.6. Here is an excerpt from the opening…
Martin Armstrong is a libertarian but very thought provoking. He recently came out with an article which found its way to TalkMarkets.com, as most of his articles do, that explained the power of fiat money. He gave strong evidence as to the rise of many economies that only had fiat money and not a gold standard….
Have you ever gone to bed and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars? That’s the risk you run by shorting financial assets without guaranteed balance protection. Retail trader Joe Campbell recently launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to help cover the $106,000 he owes to E*Trade, a popular online trading broker that doesn’t cover…
Just as we warned, based on credit card data, this holiday spending period is a disaster. Following disappointing sales over the Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend, there has been absolutely no follow-through momentum as is usually seen. Chain Store same-store-sales crashed 6.3% week-over-week… This should not be a surprise with a mere 1.7% YoY gain that…
The acronym FANG represents what has seemingly become the most popular investment strategy of the last few months. FANG comprises 4 stocks: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google. These companies are the market’s darlings for good reason; since June they are up on average 40%, whereas the S&P 500 is flat over the same period. Before…
Oil has been the most perplexing commodity of 2015 with big busts and occasional rises seen in a very short period of time. In particular, oil tanked to a seven-year low on Monday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) failed to address the growing supply glut. Crude plunged 6% to $37.50 and…
AutoZone, Inc. (AZO – Analyst Report) reported a 14% rise in earnings per share to $8.29 for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 (ended Nov 21, 2015) from $7.27 recorded in the year-ago quarter. Earnings also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.20. Net income increased 8.3% to $258.1 million from $238.3 million a year ago. Quarterly revenues…
