After getting past a variety of elections—most notably the French presidential election—without anti-market sentiment spreading throughout Europe, we have seen a relatively large shift in equity m...
Coca-Cola 2Q 2017 earnings and Hershey 2Q 2017 earnings were released before opening bell this morning. Coca-Cola reported non-GAAP earnings of 59 cents per share on $9.7 billion in net revenue, compa...
CPI Falls Back over 2Q Australian CPI came in below expected over the 2Q printing 1.9% year over year, well beneath the 2.2% level forecast. Despite the decline underlying measures of inflation, which...
Oil prices had its biggest up move of the year, rising 3.3% on lower supply and higher demand. I don’t mean to be so fundamental about the fundamentals, but in truth, that’s why we soared! Oil...
Designing and managing asset allocation strategies based on factors is promoted in some corners as a better way to build portfolios. Not surprisingly, there’s no shortage of studies that support thi...
Investors looking for stable dividends should first look at blue-chip stocks. When we use the term ‘blue chip’, we are referring to stocks with 100+ years of dividend payments to shareholders, and...
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK – Free Report) , one of the largest health care companies, reshaped its business following the Mar 2015 completion of the three-part, inter-conditional transaction with...
The US Dollar continued to edge cautiously higher as investors look to the upcoming monetary policy decision from the US Federal Reserve Bank. Given the current state and the outlook for inflationary...
The annual inflation rate in Australia slowed down unexpectedly during the 2nd quarter, an indication that the pressure on the cost was decreasing after a sharp shrinkage at the beginning of the year....
The week truly begins for the US Dollar today, which was trading flat on the day at the time this article was written, even though the Federal Reserve is not expected to move on rates. After all, the ...