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HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― “Opportunity cost”—it’s a phrase used in microeconomic theory to denote the costs that are forgone by not having your resources in the highest returning assets. ∙ It is a phrase that’s pertinent to the stock...
Tags: Stock Market, Corporation, Dividends, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Earnings, Earnings Growth
proconfidential ― 1 week 1 day ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― One company that always reports early is NIKE, Inc. (NYSE/NKE). ∙ The company has doubled on the stock market since 2010, and it has more than tripled since 2006. ∙ This kind of stock market performance really is amazing. In just ...
Tags: Stock Market, Company, Earnings, Earnings Growth, Europe, Financial Crisis
proconfidential ― 1 week 3 days ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― There are still all kinds of earnings results pouring into the marketplace, and a lot of them are modestly decent. ∙ Brand-name companies have mostly reported. There has been some broadening of the positive stock market action into the ...
Tags: Stock Market, Blue Chips, Earnings, Earnings Growth
proconfidential ― 2 weeks 5 days ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― As of April 26, more than half of the companies in the S&P 500 issued their corporate earnings for the first quarter of 2013. By no surprise, and as I have been warning in these pages, only 44% of them were able to beat the sales estimated by...
Tags: Stock Market, Budget Deficit, Corporate Earnings, Earnings Growth, Federal Reserve, Inflation
proconfidential ― 3 weeks 3 days ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― As companies in the key stock indices report their corporate earnings for the first quarter of 2013, it appears their revenues aren’t improving. While I know it’s a blanket statement, what this means is that companies are not selling ...
Tags: Stock Market, China, Corporate Earnings, Corporations, Earnings, Earnings Growth
proconfidential ― 4 weeks 4 days ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― Stability peppered with a little growth is what the stock market is looking for. ∙ Tomorrow, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE/KMB) will report. Like many other blue chips, the company broke out significantly on the stock market and is ...
Tags: Stock Market, Blue Chips, Dow Jones, Earnings, Earnings Growth, U.S. Dollar
proconfidential ― 5 weeks 1 day ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― The Walt Disney Company (NYSE/DIS) has been doing exceedingly well operationally and on the stock market over the last few years. ∙ Disney’s annual sales and earnings growth have been very good and consistent. The position just ...
Tags: Stock Market, China, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Earnings, Earnings Growth, Europe
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― Fitch Ratings, a credit rating agency, has downgraded Chinese yuan-denominated government debt from AA- to A+. (Source: Dow Jones Newswires, April 9, 2013.) ∙ For foreign investors, it may not mean much, because yuan-based government debt ...
Tags: Michael's Personal Notes, Chinese Economy, Earnings Growth, Economic Slowdown, Eurozone, Government Debt
proconfidential ― 6 weeks 1 day ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― In its monthly statement of receipts and outlays for the month, the Treasury Department reported that the U.S. government incurred a budget deficit of $107 billion for the month of March 2013. (Source: Department of the Treasury, April 10, 2013.)...
Tags: Debt Crisis, Austerity Measures, Budget Deficit, Chinese Economy, Earnings Growth, Economic Slowdown
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in February, the central bank of Mongolia increased its gold bullion reserves to its highest level since August of 2008. The country has been purchasing gold bullion for three consecutive...
Tags: Gold Investments, Central Banks, China, Corporate Earnings, Earnings Growth, Federal Reserve
proconfidential ― 8 weeks 3 days ago
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― The so-called “recovery” in the jobs market isn’t sustainable. I don’t disagree that there has been job creation in the past few months, but when I look at the spectrum of the jobs created in the U.S. economy, I become...
Tags: Michael's Personal Notes, Corporate Earnings, Earnings Growth, Job Creation, Jobs Growth, Jobs Market
HOW INTENSIVE IS CURRENT EURO DEBT CRISIS? ― While the mainstream focuses on the smallest nation in the eurozone, Cyprus, I am concerned about the overall health of the global economy. The reality is that progress in the global economy is slowing down with major economic hubs struggling....
Tags: Michael's Personal Notes, China, Chinese Economy, Earnings Growth, Economic Growth, Eurozone
proconfidential ― 8 weeks 5 days ago
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