The focus on the European periphery is in terms of the debt overhang. Many observers see excessive lending by banks and the sovereign debt over-hang as the main cause of European woes. Yet in some ways, these problems reflect a deeper cause: the lack of competitiveness. One of the key measures of competitiveness is unit…
China is slowly learning. On a day when market participants will care about only one thing – how hawkish (or dovish) the FOMC sounds at 2:00 pm (no Yellen press conference today) – Chinese stocks provided the usual dramatic sideshow and traded unchanged or modestly negative for most of the day despite the latest $100 billion injection, the…
U.S. Steel (X – Analyst Report) logged a wider loss in the second quarter of 2015, hurt by a sizable charge to write-down its retained interest in its Canadian unit – U. S. Steel Canada (“USSC”) – and lower prices due to a torrent of cheap steel imports. U.S. Steel, once the country’s first billion-dollar corporation, continued to…
This is a guest post by Adam Hejl from simplywall.st. The article does not reflect the opinion of Sure Dividend. Finding quality high yielding stocks can be challenging – in this article we will hunt down and select a pair of potential high dividend yield candidates and compare them side-by-side. Initial selection & Business Overview We…
Aflac Inc. (AFL – Analyst Report) reported second-quarter 2015 operating earnings per share of $1.50 that missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents and also declined year over year by 9.6%. Aflac Inc. – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Bottom line underperformance stemmed from 2 cents per share of software development costs that at Aflac Japan…
Anyone who has been bearish on gold for the last 4 years has been right. They have been right in Euros and though the trend appears to have been gently changing over the last year or two, they have been right in Canada & Aussie (i.e. commodity currencies) dollars as well. Certainly, they have been…
SunPower Corp. (SPWR – Analyst Report) reported second-quarter 2015 adjusted earnings per share of 9 cents, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 14 cents by 35.7%. Reported earnings also plunged 55% from the year-ago quarter. Lower revenues, along with higher operating expenses, negatively impacted the company’s second-quarter results. GAAP earnings came in at 4 cents per share, compared…
While the markets wait for no man, the FOMC is a different story. Janet Yellen is expected to lead the Federal Reserve into taking the first step toward normalizing monetary policy in the coming months. Although the statement she crafts is unlikely to contain an overt signal of a hike at the next FOMC meeting in…
Real estate investment trusts (REIT) enjoyed a solid run during the five years after the Great Financial Crisis on aggressive high-yield hunting by income-hungry investors. Despite a significant pullback in 2015, large-cap REITs remain overvalued, and yields are still relatively unattractive. Yet, we’re seeing something of a trend here at Wall Street Daily – namely that many…
Photo Credit: BK I’m not going to argue for any particular strategy here. My main point is this: every valid strategy is going to have some periods of underperformance. Don’t give up on your strategy because of that; you are likely to give up near the point of maximum pain, and miss the great returns in…
