Taking Stock Heading Into 2013
By: Chris Versace (Diary) | December 24th at 06:44 AM |
The second half of December tends to generate a fair amount of reflection on the events of the previous 12 months. That is true for investors as well and often gives rise to a number of questions about the market. Did the economy grow as fast as was expected? Did job growth measure up to economists’ forecasts? Will those industries that have been a drag | Read More »
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Recapping Last Week’s Economic Data; Launching PowerTalk
By: Chris Versace (Diary) | December 9th at 06:47 PM |
The first five trading days of December delivered a mixed result for the major stock indices with the Dow Jones Industrial Average being the clear winner (up 1%), the S&P 500 essentially unchanged and the Nasdaq Composite Index down 1.1%. As with the prior week, one of the key drags on the Nasdaq has been Apple, Inc. (AAPL), whose shares dropped nearly 9% last week. | Read More »
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Is The Economy Moving Forward or Simply Stumbling?
By: Chris Versace (Diary) | October 29th at 10:01 AM |
Last week I wrote about the need to look beyond the headlines in order to have a more informed view on what is or is not going on with the domestic economy. Last Friday, we received the gross domestic product (GDP) figures for 3Q 2012 from Bureau of Economic Analysis, and once again the headline of 2% growth does not reflect what is really going | Read More »
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Not All Pretty Below The Headlines
By: Chris Versace (Diary) | October 25th at 06:22 PM |
From the diaries by Erick There have been a number of things that I have learned in the business and investing world over the last two decades. One of those things is to look beyond the headlines of reported news, figures and others statistics to understand what is going on below the surface. Over the last several months, there has been no shortage of headlines | Read More »
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