Yesterday we got the news that the fed has finally reached its 2% inflation goal! This is after 9 years of interest rates pinned on the floor, and about 4.5 trillion in cheap credit flooded into government and wall st. That is all it takes! Now the central bank can rest easy as the target […]

Social messaging service Snap (NYSE: SNAP) continues to flounder. The company had listed on the NYSE in March this year amid much speculation. Snap listed when its business model was yet to prove successful – it was not only missing profits but was also failing to deliver growth in other metrics. Recently reported quarterly results are […]

While US postwar policies in Asia are shifting, a new Sino-US historical opportunity has emerged. US and Chinese visions of globalization could still prove complementary. President Trump’s grueling 12-day Asia tour took place amid a worrisome historical moment. Since the mid-2010s, global economic integration – as measured by trade, investment and migration – has come […]

We are just a week away from Thanksgiving and then the holiday season really kicks into high gear. While many headlines warn of overvaluation and Grinch predictions of market pullbacks, we remain bullish. Since last summer, we have been beating the drum on strong global earnings driving stock markets higher and higher. Nothing has stopped the above trend profit growth […]

Shares of Gap Inc. GPS were up 7.7% Thursday in after-hours trading as the company raised its fiscal 2017 outlook following the better-than-expected third-quarter results. This was the company’s third straight quarter of positive earnings surprise while it recorded sixth consecutive sales beat. Also, comparable store sales (comps) reflected strength for the fourth quarter owing to continued momentum […]