Finance
3 Key Steps That Take Longer Than Anticipated For Retail Startups
Photo Credit: Ingfbruno at Creative Commons When I looked at developing my own startup this year, I naturally gravitated to the bricks-and-mortar retail sector. My background before I launched my own marketing agency five years ago was in beer, and more specifically, in the retail marketing side of beer. I’ve worked for companies such as…
New Jobless Claims Again Better Than Expected
Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending December 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 280,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 289,000. The 4-week moving average was 290,250, a decrease of 8,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average of…
What Is Really Stopping The Fed From Raising Rates?
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The best scoring names in our weekly mid cap report one year ago outpaced the S&P 400 by an average 195 bps in the past year. The best performers from our list from 1 year ago are TQNT up 226%, SWKS up 161%, ILMN up 76%, SKX up 69%, and HBI up 63%. The top…
Bull Of The Day: Cross Country
With the Dow breaking on through 18,000 it’s easy to be bullish on the market. The American consumer is back, oil prices are cheap, and we’re looking forward to a year full of winners for 2015. With today’s Bull of the Day I wanted to find a stock that can benefit from a continued rebound…
Even The Algos Are Looking Forward To Today’s Early Close
Today’s early close across markets likely means that the blow-off top multiple-expansion mania phase (because forward EPS estimates over the past couple – that means 2 to Janet Yellen fanatics – weeks have in fact declined) of 2014 may be coming to an end. However with already abysmal volumes literally grinding to an early halt at 1:15…
Morning Call For December 24, 2014
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS March E-mini S&Ps (ESH15 +0.06%) this morning are up +0.04% and European stocks are down -0.24% in uninspired holiday trade with most markets closing early for Christmas Eve. U.S. and European markets will also be closed for the Christmas holiday on Thursday. European stocks fell back after France reported Nov jobless claims rose 27,400,…
EUR/USD Falls Again During Session
The EUR/USD pair fell during the course of the day on Tuesday as we broke below the 1.22 handle. This market looks as if it’s ready to continue to go lower and as a result I am a seller. I still believe that the market goes down to the 1.2050 level given enough time, and that rallies…
5 Lessons I Learned In 2014
Each year I set aside some time to reflect on the lessons learned over the past 12 months. I find this exercise to be a prudent use of my time to reflect on missed opportunities, highlight successful practices, and strive to be a better overall investor. I also enjoy looking at past year’s lessons in…