“The world’s humor, in its best and greatest sense, is perhaps the highest product of our civilization. Its basis lies in the deeper contrasts offered by life itself: the strange incongruity between our aspiration and our achievement, the eager and fretful anxieties of today that fade into nothingness tomorrow, the burning pain and the sharp…
Photo Credit: mangopulp2008 Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) Consumer Discretionary – Automobiles Reports February 10, After Market Closes All eyes will be on electric car maker, Tesla (TSLA), on Wednesday afternoon as it reports its fourth quarter earnings.The Estimize community is calling for EPS of $0.05, 2 cents higher than Wall Street while revenue estimates of $1.8B are…
Tesla Motors (TSLA) has been one of the high-profile casualties in this volatile new year. In the first few weeks of 2016, shares have fallen from $240.01 to a current price near $150. That represents a 38% decline in less than six weeks. Tesla enthusiasts may believe that today’s discount share price represents a good buying…
Many investors are worries about dividend cuts in this market as prices continue to fall and yields continue to climb. But, you can find a safe haven in these two stocks that have double-digit yields and plenty of cash flow growth to cover their dividend payments. Market averages and individual share prices continue to decline…
Too much mal-invested, Fed-fueled, hope-driven “if we build it, they will buy it” inventory… and not enough actual demand. This has never, ever, ended well in the past – so why is this time different? At 1.32x, the December inventories/sales ratio is drasticallyhigher than at year-end 2014 and is back at levels that have always coincided…
Ahead of Janet Yellen’s testimony in front of Congress tomorrow morning, I have questions I want you to ask yourself: 1. What are the chances that Yellen’s remarks will have wording in it that will create a selling frenzy for equities tomorrow? – Answer: Odds are not favorable. A lot of damage has been done,…
Earlier today German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he has ‘No Concerns’ Over Deutsche Bank. For his comment,Schaeuble wins the blue ribbon award for “lie of the day”. I side with Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man blog who says Something is Rotten in the Banking System. Here is how Italian banks and the Italian government are…
WMD” also is “Wasteful Monetary Devastation.” WASTEFUL: We all know that governments spend money in wasteful ways and compensate with higher taxes, deficits, huge debt, “printed currencies” and inflation.“Bridges to nowhere,” various wars, and “giveaways” benefit a few at the expense of many. MONETARY: Printing and digitally creating many trillions of dollars, euros, yen, or pounds may…
Introduction It would be an understatement to call the recent stock market activity turbulent. High stock price volatility makes investors anxious and some people even become downright frightened. These emotional responses are often exaggerated for people in or near retirement. Therefore, I contend that all investors need to find ways to keep their emotions in…
The wholesale level of the supply chain continued its divergence, though it seems increasingly likely that inventories have at least rolled over even if they are still building. Sales fell by 4.2% unadjusted year-over-year while inventories were up only 1.8%. That was the slowest inventory growth since the summer of 2010, but it still leaves…
