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United Airlines Flat After Earnings Beat

United Airlines Flat After Earnings Beat

CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on the quarterly earnings for United Airlines.
Market Talk – Wednesday, October 18

Market Talk – Wednesday, October 18

Even though we saw yet another strong day for US markets, for Asia it was more steady as she goes rather than running away with itself. With the Chinese Party conference just underway, many will be looking for headlines to set the next stage of the markets. The currency will set the agenda with stocks […]
Internal Rotation For Equities And A VXX Play

Internal Rotation For Equities And A VXX Play

(Audio length 00:09:46) With Amazon and Apple down today and the market up this is a good example of internal rotation in the markets. Rick Ackerman provides his thoughts on why this rotation continues. We also relate the ultra-low volatility and Rick shares a trade in the VXX that he is watching.
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Lofty Valuations – Stock Option Expiration On Friday

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Lofty Valuations – Stock Option Expiration On Friday

There will be a stock options expiration for October on this Friday. The touts are talking up stocks this week. I’ll take that as a good sign to take profits out of equities if you have them. We are nearing what is likely to be at least a short term top. The bullish argument is […]
The Democracy Of The Marketplace

The Democracy Of The Marketplace

Adapted from Planning for Freedom by Ludwig von Mises. The consumers by their buying and abstention from buying elect the entrepreneurs in a daily repeated plebiscite as it were. They determine who should own and who not, and how much each owner should own. As is the case with all acts of choosing a person — choosing […]
Agriculture Markets Report – Wednesday, October 18

Agriculture Markets Report – Wednesday, October 18

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Recession Watch, October 2017

Recession Watch, October 2017

Where do we stand? Here’s the official GDP series and two monthly series. Figure 1: Real GDP in bn. Ch2009$ SAAR, from third release (blue bar), Macroeconomic Advisers (green), e-forecasting (red), GDPNow (dark blue bold line). Source: BEA, Macroeconomic Advisers (28 September), e-forecasting (18 October), Atlanta Fed GDPNow (13 October). Note that the decline in monthly […]
IBM Starts The Dow Rotation; Tech Next?

IBM Starts The Dow Rotation; Tech Next?

Video length: 00:09:11 IBM led the Dow Jones higher today. In tonight’s video update we look at which tech stocks are the next opportunity for the rotation game. Watch this video to find out…
American Express CEO Ken Chenault Is Retiring

American Express CEO Ken Chenault Is Retiring

Despite credit card giant American Express reporting another round of solid quarterly earnings, with revenue of $8.40bn beating expectations of $8.19bn, and generating EPS of $1.50, also above the $1.48 expected, and boosting its profit guidance for good measure, now projecting full-year EPS of $5.80 to $5.90, up from $5.60 to $5.80 (above the consensus […]
Ebay Inc Q3 2017 Earnings: Weak Guidance Sinks Shares

Ebay Inc Q3 2017 Earnings: Weak Guidance Sinks Shares

eBay Q3 2017 earnings were released after closing bell tonight, and the company reported non-GAAP earnings of 48 cents per share on $2.4 billion in sales. Analysts had been expecting non-GAAP earnings of 48 cents per share on $2.3 billion in revenue. In last year’s third quarter, eBay posted earnings of 45 cents per share […]