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Retail Sales Growth Accelerating
“Davidson” submits: Retail and Food Service Sales were reported today. Retail Sales are a measure of the heart of our economic activity and the financial health of individuals. Retail and Food Service Sales are at the highest levels ever measured and trending higher. Would you believe that today’s pace is more than 35% higher than […]
Buy This Stock That Could Pop 10% Next Week On Earnings
Earnings announcements for investors are like Santa Claus and birthday parties for kids, a lot of anticipation and full of surprises. Four times a year, publicly traded companies unwrap their quarterly finances for Wall Street to admire or criticize. Each week this column will identify companies scheduled to release their quarterly report cards. The idea […]
With Honest Dollar Acquisition, Goldman Sachs Moves Into Online Retirement Investing
Goldman Sachs (GS) sees gold in them hills…retirement hills, that is. The investment bank announced earlier this week that it was acquiring Honest Dollar, a startup that offers 401(k) retirement plans for entrepreneurs and small businesses. There are approximately 45 million Americans who do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement plans and Honest Dollar set out […]
Still Waiting On The Fed
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson More resting action today as we continue to wait for the Fed to likely do nothing Wednesday afternoon, after-which stocks should move nicely higher. Leading stocks are acting good with markets setting up for higher so things are […]
How To Make The Most Of An Inheritance And Deal With Estate Tax
If you get an inheritance, one of the first questions you may ask is how to minimize the resulting taxes. In this financial podcast, find out what you need to know about maximizing the growth of an inheritance and whether you will face estate tax issues. Audio Length: 00:08:05 (Click on the play button to […]
Oil Drama And The Twitter-Verse
This is for all of the energy junkies out there – and you know who you are – who follow every dip and swing in the oil market, can name a dozen shale oil producers, and you have a personal prediction about when, if ever, the alternative energies will really disrupt. A curious incident occurred […]
We Are Being Killed On Trade – Rapidly Declining Exports Signal A Death Blow For The U.S. Economy
Exports fell precipitously during the last two recessions, and now it is happening again. So how in the world can anyone make the claim that the U.S. economy is in good shape? I have been repeatedly pointing out the parallels between the last two major economic downturns and the current crisis, and I am going […]
SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Clinkety Clack
The markets were again just futzing around, waiting to hear from the Fed tomorrow, or something else that will give them a catalyst for movement one way or another. They are edgy, like a poker player, clinking their chips around while waiting to make some kind of move. Have a pleasant evening.
Precious Metals Report – March 15, 2016
Ira Epstein leads us through the day’s precious metal highlights. Video Length: 00:06:37
E Cry Havoc And Let Slip The Dogs Of War
Making Sense: On the Roman calendar, today is the “Ides of March.” This day is famous (or infamous) as the day in which Julius Caesar was assassinated. Today we mark a more modern assassination, for this is the day that the last vestiges of hope (as slim as they were) for a March 2016 Fed […]
