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“Panicking” Ukrainians Face Soaring Prices, Warn “Inflation Is War”
With Ukraine, according to President Poroshenko, on the verge of World War III, it appears the people of the divided nation face another all too familiar war… on their living standards. As Hyrvnia continues to collapse to record-er lows, Ukraine’s Central Bank warns of further stress and FX (think USDollar or EUR) demand because the “population is […]
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 46: Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) manufactures and markets disposable consumer products. The company owns five brands that do over $1 billion per year in sales: Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, Pull-Ups, and Scotts. The company sells its products in over 175 countries and has grown to a market cap of over $42 billion. Approximately 25% of the world’s population uses Kimberly-Clark […]
Cut This Year’s Tax Bill Dramatically With This Easy Chess Tactic
Look for what you will get when you sacrifice a piece and make sure it’s worthwhile. Sometimes taking a big loss can actually help you make a big gain. Tax-loss harvesting is a similar tactic in investing. Listen to this podcast to learn what tax-loss harvesting is and why it may be helpful. Audio Length: […]
Initial Unemployment Claims Rolling Average Worsens. We Have Been Spoiled Expecting Claims Under 300,000
Blue Line 4 Week Average The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 278,000 to 295,000 (consensus 286,000) vs the 313,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average moved from 287,750 (reported last week as 287,500) to […]
Finding Top Dividend Stocks That Beat The Stock Market
Buying and holding dividend stocks, over long periods of time, beats the market. Research proves it. First, dividend stocks as a group, outperform in bull and bear markets and beat the S&P 500, by 1.6% on average according to Ned Davis Research. But you can do even better (than a 1.6% beat) by focusing your […]
The Biggest Tech Turkeys Of 2014
Technology companies can make our lives easier and even change the world. But just as often they can mess up. Spectacularly. And 2014 delivered ample proof that even smart people do stupid things. It was a year of extreme bad-boy behavior, from former RadiumOne CEO Gurbaksh Chahal being charged with battering his girlfriend to anonymous […]
EU Announces Job Creation Scheme
According to the latest figures from Eurostat, a shade over 10% of the European workforce is idle. The figure for the 18 nations which use the Euro is slightly higher, standing at 11.5% (both figures from September 2014). This equates to 24.5 million European citizens are currently out of work. For comparison, a low of […]
Lockheed Martin Wins Three Defense Contracts Worth $626M
Defense major Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT – Analyst Report) received three contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense worth nearly $626.3 million. The largest among the three contracts is worth $492 million, awarded by the U.S. Navy to provide non-air vehicle spares, support equipment, Autonomic Logistics Information System hardware and software upgrades, supply chain management, full mission simulators and non-recurring […]
The Old Enemy: Aging
The last ten years’ progress in biotechnology and medicine has outpaced the previous ten years significantly. The same thing is true of the ten years prior to that ten years. The next ten years, it’s safe to say, will see greater progress than any other period in history. Powered by exponential advances in the biological […]
“There Will Be Blood”: Petrodollar Death Means A Liquidity And Oil-Exporting Crisis On Deck
Recently we posted the following article commenting on the impact of USD appreciation and dollar circulation among oil exporters, as well as how the collapsing price of oil is set to reverberate across the entire oil-exporting world, where sticky high oil prices were a key reason for social stability. Following today’s shocking OPEC announcement and […]
