And There Goes Apple Again... (AAPL)
There broader market is up. The Dow is up over 100, and the S&P is up a bit under 1%. But Apple is down about 0.7%. So as you can see on this chart of the AAPL vs. SPY (the S&P 500 ETF) it's...
View ArticleWHITNEY TILSON: These Three Companies Are In 'Full Scale Collapse' And Are...
Whitney Tilson was just on CNBC talking about how investing in BP — and other stocks in free fall — are great value buys. But Tilson said that he would avoid three companies that have been selling off...
View ArticleLook What People Are Saying About The Restaurant That Could Be The Next...
ShopHouse is Chipotle's Asian spinoff, and it has the potential to be a huge new business for the popular fast food restaurant. Its test location at Dupont Circle in Washington D.C., is seeing sales...
View ArticleIceland's President Explains Why EVERYONE (Especially China) Is Watching The...
China's premier Wen Jiabao is in Iceland right now, at the beginning of a short tour of Europe, Russia Today reports. So why would Wen, at a time of great political scandal we should note, be leaving...
View ArticleGARY SHILLING: Here's Why The US Is About To Plunge Into A New Recession (AAPL)
Last week, Gary Shilling wrote a four-part series for Bloomberg View on why the U.S. economy is on the fast track to a brand new recession this year. (Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and a...
View ArticleSTOCKS RISE, APPLE DIVES AGAIN: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ,...
Microsoft up. Apple down. What year is this? First the scoreboard: Dow: 13,029.2, +65.1, +0.5%S&P 500: 1,378.5, +1.6, +0.1%NASDAQ: 3,000.4, -7.1, -0.2% And now the top stories: Global markets ended...
View ArticleObama Recently Signed An Executive Order That Will Be A Boon To America's...
The floodgates of tourism are being raised and that's great news for America's retailers. In January, President Obama signed a little-noticed executive order that simplifies and shortens the visa...
View ArticleGreece's Private Islands Are Being Sold Off After Tax Hike
Sales of Greece's small, private islands are spiking due to higher land taxes recently introduced by the Greek government, according to Kathimerini. The recent glut of smaller islands on the property...
View ArticleFollow Everything Google With "The Google Investor"
What is it? The Google Investor offers a compilation of important news and trends affecting Google, along with our own analysis and commentary. You'll receive this newsletter straight to your inbox...
View ArticleThis Is Why You MUST Pay Attention To The News This Weekend
If you're not watching the headlines this Sunday, you're going to be missing out on the biggest macro story right now: the first round of the French presidential elections. The elections will be...
View ArticleJIM O'NEILL: I Met An Important Chinese Policymaker This Week And It Was 'One...
We always look forward to reading Jim O'Neill's weekly Viewpoints note. This week's note was particularly interesting. O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, shared details of an...
View ArticleART CASHIN: The Spanish Bond Auction 'Looked More Staged Than A Broadway Play'
Art Cashin didn't publish his daily Cashin's Comments today. However, he did speak with King World News. He expressed some skepticism toward recent Spanish bond auctions, which many considered to have...
View ArticleWhat The World's Biggest Companies Are Telling Us About The State Of The Economy
Earnings season is well under way, with nearly a fifth of the S&P 500 having reported their first quarter financial results. Rather than dwelling on company-specific performance, we wanted to see...
View ArticleMy Favorite Monetary Policy Contradiction
Paul Krugman wrote a good piece today that got me thinking about my favorite monetary contradiction. Have you ever heard someone complain about the size of the national debt as well as the zero...
View ArticleNomura: 'What Investors Can Learn From Pilots And Surgeons'
Nomura's quant strategist guys Anthony Morris and Tam Rajendran have an interesting note out titled: What Investors Can Learn From Pilots And Surgeons. The idea is that some people think of pilots and...
View ArticleThe Entire US Economic Debate In One Massive Slide
From Morgan Stanley's David Greenlaw. Click to enlarge. SEE ALSO: What the world's biggest companies are saying about the global economy > Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticleThe Problem With France...
Ahead of tomorrow's first-round election, it's worth talking about France some more, and what kind of economic issues the country faces. France is usually considered 'core' Europe, right alongside...
View ArticleHow Portfolio Managers Really Feel About The Market And The Economy
Barron's is out with its latest Big Money Poll of portfolio managers, getting their takes on what the market and the economy will do over the coming year. Here is a quick summary of some key results:...
View ArticleWhy Apple's Stock Drives People Crazy
Apple is a stock that makes investors very uncomfortable. A longtime Apple investor we talked to recently explained... Because of its size and amazing run, it's made a ton of investors an insane amount...
View ArticleYou Won't BELIEVE How Bearish Investors Are On Treasuries
Barron's is out with a new poll of portfolio managers, asking them their outlooks for the market and the economy. We summarized the results here, and flagged an interesting contradiction on how...
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