Remember the post-tax-reform, pre-Christmas spike in yields and the yield curve? Yeah, that’s all over now!!!! Treasury yields are down 4 days in a row with a major collaps...
We are less than a week from the beginning of 2018, and many indications for the stock market right now suggest we can expect more of the same. The FANG stocks Facebook Inc (FB);...
Higher education has been financialized, transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors. The advantages of slavery by debt over “chattel” sla...
Brigade Capital disclosed a 5.8% stake in Kindred Healthcare (KND) and expressed opposition to the company’s proposed buyout by TPG Capital, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & St...
The rising interest-rate environment and an aging real estate cycle have taken a toll on the performance of real estate investment trusts (REIT) in 2017. In fact, since the beginni...
Santa Clause Rallies Don’t Happen As Often As They Used To Stocks indexes were down slightly on Tuesday because of AAPL. Apple fell 2.54% because of reports of weak demand for th...
In most cultures, profit is seen as the outcome of exploitation of some individuals by some other individuals. Hence, anyone who is seen as striving to make profits is regarded as ...
The US dollar softened across the board in thin holiday markets. News developments were light and the dollar’s decline did not seem to be sparked by anything particular. Com...
One thing is for sure, when Dr.Copper’s price is falling, the silence from prognosticators is deafening; but when it’s rising it is the greatest indication of the globa...
Note: The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through November. The New York Stock Exchange publishes end-of-month data for margin debt on the NYX data webs...