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Wall Street likes simple stories. If you can’t fit an idea into an elevator pitch, it gets glossed over or distilled down into a one-liner. Popular use of the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) for valuation is a good example of this. You take the price of the stock divided by Read more…
David Zeiler: Don’t worry about scanning headlines every day to determine the U.S. economy’s chances of entering a recession in 2013. We already know the answer. Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: In 15 words or less: I don’t think so. I think there is a less pleasant shoe yet to drop. Read more…
Ron Rowland: I’ve been investing in sectors for more than 25 years — first with mutual funds and now ETFs. Following the trends from one industry to the next is one of the best investment strategies I know. Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: The Chinese Ideographs for crisis is a two edged sword. One blade is pointed upward to forecast opportunity, the other symbol is pointed downward to signify danger. The short term deflationary crisis in 2011 provided a unique opportunity to buy undervalued miners at historic Read more…
Jonathan Yates: For Indonesia to meets its goal of 7% yearly growth by 2014, there is much work to be done by companies like Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR). Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stock markets rebounded higher on Thursday as investors rejoiced over better-than-expected employment data on the home front. U.S. jobless claims fell to 364,000, marking the lowest number of people applying for unemployment benefits since April 2008. Bullish momentum on Wall Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: “Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett. Since Mr. Buffett has traditionally favored a US market orientation, he was thinking about the inevitable changes in investor behavior that create the market cycles we are all-too-familiar with Read more…
Kerri Shannon: Anyone who hoped the U.S. economy would get back on track in 2011 was sorely disappointed. The European sovereign debt crisis and the abysmal failure of policymakers to take effective action undermined any chance we had at a strong recovery. Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: Most people think of dim sum as the Chinese teatime meal that consists of dumplings and other snacks served by waiters pushing steam carts around the dim sum parlor. But for Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: With U.S. economic growth on the wane and the European Union (EU) on the brink of collapse, there’s never been a better time to increase your exposure to emerging markets. Read more…
David Zeiler: A drought affecting one-third of the lower 48 states has hurt several key food crops, driving up prices this year and assuring widespread food inflation well into 2012. Read more…
David Zeiler: High corn prices are creating misery for meat processing companies that are getting squeezed on profits and consumers who are getting squeezed in their wallets. Read more…
George Maniere: Yesterday on Thursday the market rallied off of a plan that the Euro zone leaders had promised and investors had demanded. That alone came as a relief to markets given how low expectations had fallen. The S&P not only broke the key resistance level of 1257 but blew away the 200 Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Domestic equity indexes finally slipped lower yesterday following a solid three-day rise. Stocks were hit as investors worries over the Euro zone resurfaced, consequently sparking a rally in the gold market. Futures prices for the yellow metal soared over $30, managing to close just around Read more…
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