This morning we got the CPI numbers for July, and they show that inflation is still quite low. Both the headline and core rate rose by 0.1% last month. In the last year, both headline and core are up 1.7%.…
Here’s What Investors Should Make of Disney’s New Streaming Service
Published on August 11th, 2017 by Nick McCullum Disney (DIS) shook the financial markets when it reported earnings for its third quarter of fiscal 2017 (which ended July 1). It wasn’t the company’s financial performance that shocked investors. Rather, Disney…
CWS Market Review – August 11, 2017
“The only perfect hedge is a Japanese garden.” – Eugene Rotberg On Thursday, the S&P 500 dropped by 1.45% to close at 2,438.21. This was the index’s biggest drop in nearly three months. I should restate that—this was the biggest…
Morning News: August 11, 2017
A 62% VIX Surge Isn’t How Bulls Hoped August Would Start A Battle Over Goldman’s Hunger Bonds Is Being Waged in Florida NEO Co-Founder Banks On Blockchain To Build A Smart Economy The U.S. Nuclear Industry’s Last Hope Seeks Help…
The Biggest Common Investment Errors
It’s hard to believe but it’s now been 10 years since the first rumblings began prior to the Great Financial Crisis. My guess is we’ll be re-living many of the events that led to the worst crisis since the Great…
Morning News: August 10, 2017
In Debt We Trust for U.S. Consumers With $12.7 Trillion Burden Tesla Meets With California, Nevada on Autonomous Truck Testing Lego Swaps Out CEO Piece After Eight-Month Tenure Toshiba Gains as Auditor Finally Gives Tick of Approval Generic Drug Price…
8 Questions to Answer Before You Take Out a Personal Loan
This is a post written by me on behalf of Discover Personal Loans. All opinions are my own It’s my job to help clients make financially prudent decisions. Not only do I help people maximize their investments for retirement, but I…
Prepare Now For The End of The Bull Market
It’s much easier to come up with the reasons for a bear market after the fact so I like the idea of thinking these things through beforehand, even if it’s impossible to predict the future. Here’s a piece I wrote…
The Baby Step Rally
The Dow’s winning streak finally came to a close. From the Washington Post: In early Tuesday trading, the Dow hit a new record high of 22,167. Eddy Elfenbein, portfolio manager at AdvisorShares, called the historic string of winning sessions ‘pretty…
Morning News: August 9, 2017
U.S. Seeks Import Duties on Chinese Aluminum Foil As Stocks Reach New Heights, What’s Trump Got to Do With It? No-Name U.S. Oil Driller Gets Shot at World’s Biggest Reserves These Sugar Barons Built an $8 Billion Fortune With Washington’s…