Jon OggInvestors may be overthinking the outcome of when, not if, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are going to start winding down or tapering the $85 billion in monthly bond buying. Again, when…
ThinkstockWhile solar photovoltaic (PV) panel and module makers continue to struggle with low prices, solar installations in the U.S. continue to rise, according to the latest data from GTM Research. In the first quarter…
courtesy of Google Inc.It is official news now that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to acquire Waze to enhance and maintain its dominant position with Google Maps. The news was confirmed on the official…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Yesterday’s announcement by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that its next version of the iOS operating system would include a streaming music service called iTunes Radio is perhaps a better indicator of…
The recent rise in long-term interest rates is crushing the high dividend mortgage REIT sector, as investors are looking to pare down their exposure to riskier assets and assets that will be hurt in…
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been a magic stock in 2013, despite the woes of Windows 8. A new update is going to fix many of the missteps of the new operating system. And…
ThinkstockThe only economic report on Tuesday is the report on wholesale trade, which is a figure for April. Inventories were up by 0.2% to $504.8 billion for the month, matching the Bloomberg and Dow…
ThinkstockFruit and vegetable producer Dole Food Company Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) could be on its way to becoming a privately held company again. The company’s chairman and chief executive, David Murdock, has offered to acquire…
ThinkstockNews of escalating protests and violence in Turkey and the Syrian civil war conflict are both hitting at a time when emerging markets are already soft. The real risk in the eyes of investors…
ThinkstockThe next great short is apparently happening sooner than many market participants expected. As interest rates rise, investors are starting to get their heads handed to them if they were in longer-dated Treasury notes…
ThinkstockReports that home prices are rising have boosted confidence to record-high levels both among buyers and sellers. Among respondents to a survey by mortgage insurer Fannie Mae, 40% believe that now is a good…
ThinkstockOver the past month, interest rates have bounced off of their 2013 lows, with the U.S. 10-year yield quickly rising from 1.66% to more than 2.20%. This has been a negative for dividend-paying stocks…
ING U.S. Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) has now been public for long enough that the analyst quiet period from the underwriting firms has ended. We are seeing mixed official analyst coverage, but note that Barron’s…
ThinkstockThe world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise is the difference between not…
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported an increase of 2.3 points in its small business optimism index, up from 92.1 in April to 94.4 in May. The NFIB noted that…