Two totally different news items have caught my eyes today: Verizon to acquire AOL: “Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) agreed to buy AOL Inc. (AOL) in a $4.4 billion deal aimed at advancing the telecom giant’s growth ambitions in mobile video and advertising.” read more at WSJ And take a look also at the following pieces here and here which…
1. Same-Shack sales take flight Shack Shake (SHAK) uses a metric it calls Same-Shack sales to describe its business at locations which have been open for at least 2 years. Most companies compare same store sales after only one year of operation, but Shake Shack says it sees so much initial demand when it opens…
The 2000s may have been a lost decade in the stock market, with the S&P 500 down 25%. The teens, however, have been terrific. The blue chips have returned about 85% since the start of 2010, and the index is now almost 45% above where it ended the 1990s. So it’s understandable to wonder if…
“Plunderers of the world, when nothing remains on the lands to which they have laid waste by wanton thievery, they search out across the seas. The wealth of another region excites their greed; and if it is weak, their lust for power as well. Nothing from the rising to the setting of the sun is…
Value stocks are stocks that tend to trade at a price that is lower than its fundamentals (i.e. earnings, book value, Debt-Equity). It is common for some investors to invest in value funds for the income or yield. However, not all value funds are comprised solely of companies that primarily use their earnings to pay…
Is this the breakout markets have been waiting for? Both the S&P and Russell 2000 edged past resistance and the Nasdaq has managed to climb above 5,000, although it’s a few days from challenging the high. The S&P needs to follow through higher (very) soon to put this consolidation from February to bed. The Russell…
The Chart of the Day belongs to DST Systems (NYSE:DST). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks with the highest technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/31 the stock gained 7.57%. DST Systems, Inc. provides sophisticated information processing and computer…
The pre-market open economic news was a mixed bag: New Jobless Claims came in better than forecast, but the Headline Producer Price Index for Final Demand hit a record low. And these reports follow up on yesterday’s Retail Sales data suggesting that the consumer is in semi-hibernation. No worries! The S&P 500 bolted from the gate with a strong morning rally…
This article is part of DBA, a series on Mashable about running a business that features insights from leaders in entrepreneurship, venture capital and management. Over the last 10 years, marketing has experienced a technology revolution. CMOs target, attract, engage and create loyalty by leveraging everything from marketing automation platforms to sophisticated big data and…
The PPI (Producer Price Index) this morning was shockingly negative. And so stocks rallied, on the basis that since we are seeing so many deflationary indications the Fed would not be raising rates anytime soon. Again I would like to reiterate the Le Café view that the Fed never had any economically based intentions of raising…
