The Greek financial crisis began precisely to the day on our model for the start of the Sovereign Debt Crisis. That was truly amazing since we protected that ideal date in 1985. It is always fascinating to see how precise the world economy truly is – that strange hidden order beneath a surface of a…
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN – Analyst Report) continues to struggle as its flagship brand, Urban Outfitters, flounders in the tough teen and young adult segment of the retail market. Will this Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) be able to turn around the Urban brand? Urban Outfitters operates 236 Urban Outfitters stores, 199 Anthropologies stores and 102 Free People…
Investing Daily Article of the Week by Chad Fraser, Investing Daily Reports of solar power’s death are greatly exaggerated. That’s the thrust of two recent reports from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Taken together, they say solar could be the world’s top electricity source by 2050, beating out wind, hydro, nuclear-even fossil fuels. By the middle…
The ECB meeting or more precisely, the press conference is the main event of the day, and possibly of the week and month. ECB President Draghi and Vice President Constancio have expressed heightened urgency to boost inflation as fast as possible. This has been countered by others arguing to let the other new initiatives, including…
These are the posts that are the central reason we are part of the dividend growth community: Dividend income. November was another great month of passive income “earned” as I continue to build upon my snowball via annual dividends received. A couple months ago I reported how Iexceeded $2,000 in dividend income for the year and…
I have been looking into and communicating with some of those involved with PositiveMoney.org of late. The Princes of the Yen documentary that was featured here the other day was produced by some fellows that are also involved with this movement, although that Positive Money message did not permeate the documentary. There was no clear solution promoted, and most of the…
When a commentator says that government spending is out of control and on autopilot, today’s reader becomes bored and moves on to a different article. I’ve personally been pounding the table with this message since my commentary became a part of Wall Street Daily nearly two years ago. But it’s different this time… You see, Congress and…
The Chart of the Day is Equifax (NYSE:EFX), I found the company by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks hitting the most frequent new Highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a new buy on 10/28 the stock gained 7.43%. Equifax is one of the leaders…
Tyler Cowen’s anti-Keynesian manifesto has been ably discussed by Professor Simon Wren-Lewis at Mainly Macro. I thought what merited additional attention is Professor Cowen’s first assertion: 1. Keynesians predicted disaster following the American fiscal sequester, and the pace of the recovery accelerated. I don’t think of myself as a Keynesian (the material I teach in my courses…
