14 Fantastic Insights From Wall Street's Sharpest Minds
Traders and investors have a lot to think about these days. Debt issues in southern Europe continue to flare up, the rate of China's economic deceleration remains in question, and economic data in the...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Investing In Gold [Infographic]
The folks at Blue Glass Interactive have put together a very thorough infographic on the gold market, and we're pleased to run it. Enjoy! Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticleFacebook Q1 Profits Down, Operating Income Down
Facebook just released a new S1 with Q1 financials included. REVENUES ARE DOWN Q/Q, UP Y/Y: Q1 saw $1.06 billion revenues, up from $731 million the same quarter last year and down from $1.131 billion...
View ArticleThis Tiny Country Nestled Between China And India Is Set To Become The Next...
The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party in Myanmar earlier this month has seen the U.S. and now Europe ease sanctions on the country. This signals that investment...
View ArticleGLOBAL MARKETS GET SLAMMED: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, K,...
Warning signals flash around the world. First the scoreboard: Dow: 12,927.1, -102.0, -0.7%S&P 500: 1,366.9, -11.5, -0.8%NASDAQ: 2,970.4, -30.0, -1.0% And now the top stories: As expected, France...
View ArticleNetflix Delivers A Solid Quarter, But The Stock Gets Killed Because Of Bad...
Netflix just reported earnings, and the stock is getting slammed. This quarter's results were good: Revenue was in line and EPS beat expectations. However, Netflix's Q2 revenue guidance is very light...
View ArticleChesapeake CEO Sold Well Stakes Just As His Company Was Divesting From The...
Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon sold out of two company-controlled well interests just as the company was divesting in those properties, Reuters' Anna Driver and Brian Grow report this...
View ArticleIceland Wants To Build The World's Biggest Underwater Cable To Export...
One fascinating thing about Iceland is the huge amount of power that sits underneath its surface. Geothermal energy is used to heat entire towns in the winter, and more than 81% of the country's energy...
View ArticleKFC China Has Left Other Foreign Brands In The Dust
We knew KFC was taking over China, but we didn't know how much it was leaving other multinationals in the dust. Here's a chart of revenue in China as a percent of global revenue from a Chinese news...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Apple's REAL Earnings Expectations (AAPL)
You know the drill. Apple releases guidance that's comically low, then it demolishes that guidance when it reports earnings. So what can we expect based on Apple's past performance when it reports...
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Become a Business Insider newsletter subscriber and you'll be entered to win a Kindle Touch! The deadline to enter is May 31st, so click here to sign up now. As a newsletter subscriber, you'll get...
View ArticleHugo Chavez Debunks Rumors Of His Own Death By Calling TV Station
The Venezuelan government has denied rumors that President Hugo Chavez died while undergoing radiation therapy for cancer in Cuba, Reuters reports. "It seems we will have to become accustomed to live...
View ArticleThe BRICS Have Made It Impossible For Any One Country To Be A Global Leader
The annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have provided a window onto two fundamental trends driving global politics and the world economy. Geopolitics is moving...
View ArticleS&P Lowers Argentina's Outlook To Negative
S&P just revised Argentina's credit outlook to Negative from Stable. The country's sovereign debt rating currently sits at B. "In our view, the recent government policies could increase risks to...
View ArticleHere Are The Key Market Moving Events For Tuesday, April 23, 2012 (KSU, CIT,...
Tuesday is a tremendously busy day, with earnings from Apple, AT&T, 3M, and United Technologies. Macro data also picks back up in the U.S., with Case-Shiller, consumer confidence and new home sales...
View ArticleCITI: 2 Big Things Could Go Wrong In The Next 11 Days
Citi's FX guru Steven Englander is out with a note titled: What can go wrong in the next 11 days? What's 11 days all about? That gets us to May 3, the date of the next ECB meeting. Given the heightened...
View ArticleThese 5 Companies Account For 50% Of The Aggregate Earnings Surprises
Through Friday, 83 percent of companies that have announced Q1 earnings have beaten analysts' estimates, making this one of the best seasons for beat rates in years. However, Morgan Stanley's Adam...
View ArticleChina's Enormous Three Gorges Dam Could End Up Being A Huge Mistake
When the construction of China's Three Gorges Dam was completed in 2006, most Chinese citizens must have hoped it was worth it the huge cost: 1.4 million people had to be relocated from towns, cities,...
View ArticleThis Simple American Trade Continues To Perform Awesome
It was another ugly day for US markets, but at least from an equity perspective, the US really is the cleanest dirty shirt right now. As such, going long US stocks while going short big caps around the...
View ArticleMarkets Take A Break From Selling, Go Nowhere In Asia
Following a rough Monday sell-off, markets are taking a bit of a breather. Japan's Nikkei is down 0.4%. Korea's Kospi is down 0.1%. Australia's S&P/ASX is up 0 Hong Kong's Hang Seng is up 0.6%....
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