The Love Trade for Gold is Still On!
This week, investors should have gained confidence from Ben Bernanke’s testimony to Congress that the Federal Reserve intends on being accommodative as long as... Read »
Yahoo (YHOO) Reportedly Submits Bid To Buy Hulu
Yahoo (YHOO) has submitted a bid to buy video streaming website Hulu, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday. In making an official bid for... Read »
Cooking the Gold Books
We got a small, if bitter, taste of gold’s “Zero Hour” in the second half of April. Either that, or the world’s largest banks engineered a takedown of gold... Read »
Stock Options Watch: ANF, XLU, XLV
(NYSE:ANF) – Abercrombie & Fitch Co. – Shares in teen retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., are getting hammered today, down 10% at $48.92 in early-afternoon... Read »
The 10 Best-Asset-Gathering ETFs of 2013
Amid the endless search for yield in a low-rate environment following the financial crisis, the demand for top-selling exchange-traded funds [ETFs] has risen owing... Read »
Who needs Republicans when Wall Street has the Democrats?
With the help of congressional Democrats, the Street is rolling back financial reforms enacted after its near meltdown. According to the New York Times, a bill that’s... Read »
Stocks to Watch: LULU, VVUS, AMZN, AEGR, SANM,
Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) Breaking down. Probably a good short here. Technical indicators show some concerns. The slow sto is falling from the overbought... Read »
Google (GOOG) Could Soon Face New Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads, Report
Google (GOOG) could face a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission [FTC] into its web-display ad business, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The... Read »
Madoff Claims Some of His Clients Were Aware of the Fraud as Far Back as 1987
FBN’s Adam Shapiro went behind bars with Madoff this morning at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC for a wide ranging interview, where Madoff went... Read »
Goldman (GS) Committed to China – Blankfein
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein sat down with Bloomberg TV anchor Erik Schatzker at the company’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City. Blankfein said that the... Read »
Stocks to Watch: AMZN, LNKD, PCLN
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) The stock chart shows a reversal day pattern on very high volumes, with the stock price closing near the lows of the day slightly... Read »
Stocks & Inflation Expectations: Diverging Paths, Many Questions
The US stock market and inflation expectations have been going their separate ways for the past two months, which is something new by the standard of the last five... Read »
Every Dividend Investor Should Know These 3 Income Stocks with 5% Yield
Dividend-paying stocks have never been more popular, especially among those income-oriented investors who are looking for returns that are a bit more substantial... Read »
Tesla’s (TSLA) Wild Ride-At Your Expense
My main beef with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) is that it is a major beneficiary of government largesse masquerading as a free market success story. The company... Read »
Rand Paul Upsets Senate’s Apple (AAPL) Witch-Hunt
The Senate hearings on Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) alleged manipulation of corporate tax laws have taken a rather unexpected turn. The usual political grandstanding... Read »
Stock Options Watch: SKS, HLF, ABFS
(NYSE:SKS) - Saks, Inc. – High-end retailer, Saks, Inc., popped up on our ‘hot by options volume’ market scanner this morning on heavier than usual trading... Read »
Stocks to Watch: BBRY, FB, CLF, BIDU
Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) The technical chart shows possibility of new rally as the stock bounced up after dropping back to EMA50. Further rebound is... Read »
Ergen Said to Bid $2 Billion for LightSquared Wireless Spectrum
Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), made a $2 billion bid for spectrum from LightSquared Inc., the bankrupt wireless-broadband... Read »
Equity Risk Premiums (ERP) and Stocks: Bullish or Bearish Indicator
If you have been following my blog postings, you are probably aware that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums (ERP), and have done an annual survey paper... Read »
Yahoo (YHOO) Approves Billion-Dollar Tumblr Cash Deal
Yahoo (YHOO)’s board of directors has agreed to acquire popular social blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The New York Times reports. Details... Read »






