Royal Bank of Canada (RY – Snapshot Report) reported impressive fourth-quarter and fiscal 2014 (ended Oct 31) results. Net income in the reported quarter came in at C$2.3 billion ($2.1 billion), increasing 11% year over year. For fiscal 2014, adjusted net income grew 10% from the prior year to C$9.1 billion ($8.4 billion). Moreover, after considering certain non-recurring…
Higher and higher we go! The rest of the World seems a bit tired but the S&P, Dow and Nasdaq are like the energizer bunnies of the Global Indexes as they keep going and going and going… Earnings don’t matter, Fed policy doesn’t matter, news doesn’t matter – IT just doesn’t matter! – and that’s something I…
Following 2 months of improving growth and beats after a mid-year slump, ADP Employment in November dropped to 208k (from an upward revised 233k in Oct even as September was revised lower from 225K to 213K) missing expectations of 222k by the most since August. November has historically seen a significant bump higher in employment but…
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Dan here…Gail is an actuary interested in finite world issues – oil depletion, natural gas depletion, water shortages, and climate change. Oil limits look very different from what most expect, with high prices leading to recession, and low prices leading to inadequate supply. Her blog Our Finite World offers an extensive look at these issues. Originally published at…
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.01%) this morning are down -0.02% ahead of the Nov ADP employment report, while European stocks are up +0.10% as signs of slower growth in the Eurozone bolstered the case for more stimulus after the Eurozone Nov Markit composite PMI was revised lower to its slowest pace of expansion in…
Since 2010, the best scoring names in our weekly mid cap reports have outpaced the S&P 400 by a median 4.07% in the following year. The best performers from our list from 1 year ago are ILMN up 95%, KNX up 88%, LVLT up 65%, AMED up 61%, and ALXN up 59%. The best mid…
First it was Shoppertrak, then it was the Shoppertrak, then it was IBM (IBM), and now, with its own set of internal data, here is Bank of America (BAC) slamming the door shut on U.S. retail spending as a source of Q4 growth, and proving once and for all that the extended Thanksgiving-weekend, and the start to U.S. holiday…
Black Friday weekend is just not what it used to be. Despite falling gas prices, stock prices posting records, and buoyant consumer confidence, Thanksgiving weekend sales—in stores and on-line—were down about 11 percent from last year. Five forces combined to reduce this year’s spending binge—and most will endure in the years ahead. 1. Black Friday…
All Ords Index The Australian sharemarket has rallied over the past two days but the short term trend is still bearish. The 20 and 50 day moving averages are trending down with the price trading well below the averages. I see resistance being met at 5350 points which is the horizontal support level of April…
