We evaluated 35 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors,...
A higher minimum wage kicked in for employers in 14 cities, counties and states on July 1, while January 1 also saw many hikes. And unlike past increases, many were not just a few...
It is hard to believe we are already in July and more than halfway through 2016; although, down here in steamy Miami summer arrived some time ago with its usual combination of heat...
Silver prices declined early Friday morning, in reaction to a surging US Dollar. This move was predicated on the US Dollar rallying on better than expected NFP numbers. After its ...
Japan has pushed further away from being the nation that embraces “Krugman Era” economics and deeper into the new “Bernanke Era” economics of helicopter mon...
Columbia Seligman Communications and Information A (SLMCX – MF report) a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) seeks to achieve capital gain. SLMCX invests a large portion of its net assets ...
One of the consequences of last year’s junk bond blowup was, unsurprisingly, a dramatic decline in high yield gross issuance. The numbers were pretty stark. According to SIFMA,...
The Fed has argued that it is easier to respond to an upsurge in economic growth from here by staying conservative at the zero bound than it is to continue hiking and the economy t...
The UK voted to leave the EU. The German and Japanese yield curve is negative out through 15 years. The entire Swiss curve have negative yields. There is little doubt that the US ...
As an apparent consequence of post-Brexit uncertainty, the effective federal funds (EFF) rate moved up from 38 bps in “yield” to 40 bps, and then even 41 bps on June 27. That r...