Emotions continue to play a large part in investing and real estate prices. There is little doubt that what is happening to cause the current elevated value of stock prices and home prices is being caused by emotions. As long as people can make a profit – or believe that they can – it is […] Read more
The latest earnings season kicked off last week with big banks getting things started. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) all reported results last week and for the most part, the reports were better than expected. JPMorgan, Citi, and Bank of America beat their earnings estimates while the […] Read more
You may have seen my byline here a few times, but I am sure I have never said much about my background. But as is happens, I run a marketing organization called Impact Analytics (www.impactanalytics.com). We specialize in “aggressive” email marketing, which means that we might send as many as several emails per day (between news content […] Read more
Iran’s mullahs and generals may still be threatening all-out war with the U.S. But their economic advisors must be panicking. The Iranian economy — strangled by U.S. sanctions that have killed a staggering 85 percent of the country’s oil exports since May 2018 — is plunging deeper into recession. This is the part of the […] Read more
When the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released the December employment report last Friday, the main focus of most people was on the fact that the number of jobs added in December was below the consensus estimate. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 145,000 and the estimate was for 266,000 jobs to be added. The initial reaction […] Read more
In the past, I have shared my investment philosophies and what I look for in stocks. I want companies that are growing earnings and revenue, they have good management efficiency measurements (ROE, Profit Margin, Etc.), and they are trending higher. I also want stocks that have some skepticism toward them because I believe for a […] Read more
Financial technologies are experiencing growth on a global scale, opening up a wide range of investment opportunities. Once the edgy alternative of intrepid investors, fintech investing is going mainstream. Visa, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are just a few of the mainstream money names expanding their fintech investments. Venture capital is flowing into a myriad of […] Read more
Companies are learning the hard way that consumers do not appreciate personal data or financial information being stolen by hackers. While consumer data protection seems to be the focus now, there is a lack of HR professionals seeing the need to protect employee data. More than 40 percent of companies are not training their HR […] Read more
An oil pipeline plan has the potential to inflict more damage than any natural disaster of which the world has record. For instance, the very thought of one extending from Iran, through Iraq, and into the Mediterranean accessing Syria prompted Arab oil-producing states to funnel bodies and fortunes to Sunni radicals throughout the region – […] Read more
There is little doubt that you have heard about cryptocurrency – the major one being Bitcoin. Predictions are abounding that Bitcoin value may be over $20,000 per coin sometime this year. Of course, that remains to be seen, but it is also an investment opportunity that you may not want to miss. If it holds […] Read more
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