Earnings reports from Sony Corp (SNE – Analyst Report), Microsoft Corp (MSFT – Analyst Report) and Electronic Arts (EA – Analyst Report) dominated headlines this week. Apart fr...
On the very first trading day of the year, the Nikkei, DAX, and S&P 500 gapped lower, setting the tone to a particularly challenging month for investors. The last week and a half has been bette...
The world economy continues to shrink and what happens on one side of the globe has a boomerang effect everywhere else. The Bank of Japan shocked markets Friday by introducing negative interest rates ...
GoPro (GPRO) is scheduled to release its fourth quarter earnings report on Wednesday after closing bell, and management has already given investors ample warning that their expectations will not be me...
Oil’s price drop currently dominates market coverage. While some analysts argue the net effect is positive, the majority of economists now believe the overall impact is bearish. Economist James H...
? Bank of Japan introduced negative interest rates, supporting global equity ? S&P500 ends week with 1.7% gain, after surging 2.5% on Friday ? USD/JPY rises to monthly record amid BoJ policy ? ...
You know that major commodities have taken a huge hit, but did you know that prices of everyday commodities, such as the material that goes into making the lowly cardboard box, have also cratered? As ...
In their first “Preliminary” estimate of the US GDP for the fourth quarter of 2015, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the economy was growing at a +0.69% annualized ra...
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on January 15, 2016. Click here to read the entire piece.) The recent movements in crude oil prices are very substantial in ...
Photo Credit: Paul Saad || What’s more cyclical than a mine in South Africa? This is the first of a series of related posts. I took a one month break from blogging because of business challenges....