The U.S. economy grew at a weak annualized growth rate at 0.7%, just below expectations, but perhaps it could have been worse after yesterday’s data. Core PCE is 1.2% as expecte...
Crude has made a slight bounce, but it need desperately to close above $32.35 yesterday just to pause. There is no change of a real reversal in trend here. Crude would need to clos...
With operations in more than 180 countries, Xerox Corporation (XRX – Analyst Report) is a leader in the development, manufacture, marketing, servicing and financing of do...
Written by Jill Mislinski The Advance Estimate for Q4 GDP, to one decimal, came in at 0.7 percent, down from the 2.0 percent for the Q3 Third Estimate. Today’s number was on...
From the beginning of the year there has been some anti-synchronisation between gold and the dollar, which usually have a strong negative correlation: as the dollar rises, the gene...
Wal-Mart (WMT) generated revenues of $484 billion over the last 12 months. If Wal-Mart were a country (assuming revenue is about equal to GDP), it would be the 28th largest in th...
A friend of mine just emailed me the chart below. Considering the fact that we just witnessed 7 full years of ZIRP (zero interest rate policy), I probably shouldn’t be surprised ...
Global diversified technology and manufacturing firm Honeywell International Inc (HON – Analyst Report) has a balanced mix of long and short-cycle businesses. With a flex...
Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) released their latest earnings reports before opening bell this morning. MasterCard posted earnings of 79 cents per shar...
An Imaginary Bogeyman What’s a Keynesian monetary quack to do when the economy and markets fail to remain “on message” within a few weeks of grandiose declarations that this...