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By Jon D. Markman On May 3, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Hand-wringing among analysts and investors was the gesture of choice last week after Apple (AAPL) reported that it is no longer growing at record rates. I got the sense that Wall Street both...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On April 18, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Starbucks (SBUX) rolled out its new rewards program along with an updated mobile app on Tuesday, April 12. The rewards will now be based on the amount of money a customer spends and not the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 8, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Here are some semi-random items that should help you think about what’s happening in the markets at this time.
— The major indexes are off to a stunning start in March, with the S&P 500 up 3.5%...
By Jon D. Markman On February 16, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The Nasdaq has been walloped of late, in case you hadn’t noticed.
After being untouchable last year, it is unwatchable this year, down 15% from its December high. Many see this as a...
By Jon D. Markman On January 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
At the end of last year, we looked closely at the aging of the United States. Now is a good time to take a look at China’s demographics, and how the aging of that country feeds into the growth...
By Jon D. Markman On December 22, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Investors are disappointed with the central bankers. They are worried that the Federal Reserve’s forecast for four rate hikes in 2016 is too aggressive and want to see that number cut in half,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 15, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Many experts have been dismissive of bond liquidity fears: Vanguard’s global head of fixed income, Greg Davis, said concerns were “a bit overblown” just a few months ago. Friday’s selloff in...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The average stock in the Russell 1000 was up more than 6% from Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. Bespoke Investment Group ran its famous decile analysis on these results to see which...
By Jurica Dujmovic On March 16, 202304:35 PM Eastern
The recent failure of crypto-associated banks has some investors scratching their heads.
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 8, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Among all the hoopla last week was that the market capital value of Google (who calls it Alphabet anyway?) grew beyond Apple’s to become the largest publically traded company in the universe....