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Core Labs – Earnings Preview
Corelabs (CLB) reports quarterly earnings after-hours today. Analysts expect revenue of $150.57 million and eps of $0.39. The revenue estimate implies 1% growth sequentially. Investors should focus on the following key items: Top Line Growth Animal spirits returned to the oil patch in Q3 2016. When OPEC followed through on promised supply cuts in Q4, […]
EC America’s Gilded Age 2: On The Rocks
Some movies beg to be one and done. No sequel. No Part II. No Redux. 1981’s smash hit Arthur is a classic example of what happens when well is not left alone. There was never going to be a way to replicate the hilarity born of sublime scripting and delivery to say nothing of the perfectly unconventional […]
Brexit – Who Wins And Looses
Introduction In all likelihood, Brexit is coming. What will its effects be and what countries will be injured the most? It clearly “depends.” While it is apparent that the UK would like trade linkages to remain the same, numerous Economic Union (EU) members have been piqued by Brexit and want to strip away some of […]
Netflix Increases Focus On Original Content
Photo Credit: Lars Plougmann/Flickr.com According to a recent MarketsandMarkets report, the global video streaming market is estimated to grow from $30.29 billion in 2016 to $70.05 billion in 2021. That translates to an annualized growth rate of 18% over the five-year period. Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) is already delivering more than the industry’s growth rate in its revenue […]
The Foggy Exit
The aging of the Baby Boomers is not something that caught economists completely by surprise. That generation has been the subject of (academic) study going back to the surge in birth rates right after World War II. In economic terms, the challenges presented by the prospective retirement years for this cohort has been anticipated to […]
Let’s Talk About Shrinkage
There’s a lot of concern these days about shrinkage. No, not Seinfeld shrinkage. We’re talking about Federal Reserve Balance Sheet shrinkage and how the Fed might go about reducing the size of its balance sheet. When the Fed started expanding their balance sheet in 2008 during the financial crisis there was a great deal of outcry […]
ETF Stats For March 2017: The S&P 500 ETF MegaPlex
Is there any doubt the S&P 500 Index is the most popular investing index in the world? As you probably know, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is the largest ETF on the planet, with $240 billion in assets. However, you may not be aware that the same index is targeted by the second largest […]
British Snap Election And Gold
Theresa May has called a snap general election in the U.K. What does it imply for the gold market? Yesterday, Theresa May, the British prime minister, announced that she wanted to hold a snap general election on June 8. It was a surprising twist in the Brexit saga, given she had repeatedly ruled out having […]
Amex Vs. Visa: A Clash Of Culture Ahead Of Earnings
Two credit card giants, American Express and Visa, are scheduled to report their earnings within a day of each other. American Express reports after markets close tonight, and Visa reports tomorrow afternoon. While American Express is struggling to appeal to affluent users, Visa is advancing in technology by making Visa Checkout one of the major […]
NurOwn Shows Potential In Preclinical Autism Model
On April 19, 2017, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (Nasdaq: BCLI) announced the publication of preclinical data on NurOwn® demonstrating potential utility in the treatment of autism. The research is published in Behavioural Brain Research and highlights the long-term beneficial effect of BrainStorm’s NurOwn (neurotrophic factors-secreting mesenchymal stem cells) transplantation in the BTBR mouse model of autism (1). The company plans […]
