ThinkstockA malaria vaccine is supposed to be a good thing. Right? Unfortunately that all depends. GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) currently plans to seek marketing approval for the first malaria vaccine next year. The British…
ThinkstockAt the week-long metals conference known as LME week, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) on Tuesday said it will launch an aluminum contract on an as-yet undetermined date. The contract will challenge the London…
ThinkstockThe Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is the federal agency responsible both for regulating the commodities markets and publishing weekly data on the state of those markets. The weekly Commitment of Traders report which…
ThinkstockEarlier today we saw the social media stocks taking a tumble. We simply blame this on an attack on high-flyers, now that Congress and the president refuse to even speak with each other. Now…
FunnyTimes.comSocial media stocks have been on fire, at least up until Tuesday. The sector should be at least somewhat immune to the market’s risk tied to a government shutdown and somewhat to a debt…
ThinkstockThe impacts of the federal government are spread unevenly throughout the 50 states and the District of Columbia. States like Virginia with a lot of federal employees are among the hardest hit on that…
ThinkstockWith the federal government shutdown in the United States, there is much more focus on international monetary agencies and non-governmental economic reports. The calls from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) often may fall on…
Americans’ confidence in the economy last week fell the most since the week of September 15, 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed and set off the global economic crisis. The Gallup economic confidence index plunged…
ThinkstockEnteroMedics Inc. (NASDAQ: ETRM) may be a largely unknown microcap stock to most investors. The company is in the development stages of making medical devices using neuroblocking technology to treat obesity, metabolic diseases and…
ThinkstockHedge funds are often copycat artists. When a trade comes in vogue, they all tend to pile into the same trade. There is always one little issue, and that is their use of leverage.…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett generally hold close to 40 different stock positions in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio of U.S.-listed shares. Anyone who has followed Buffett’s…
ThinkstockIn the month of August, 48,000 U.S. home foreclosures were completed, up 1.3% from a revised total of 47,000 in July and down 34% from 72,000 in August 2012, according to research firm CoreLogic…
ThinkstockIn what has become a difficult year for companies to plan their future spending due to ongoing political indecision, the Global Technology analysts at J.P. Morgan have lowered their IT spending forecast. They have…
thinkstockFor the month of September, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported that same-store sales improved by 5.8%, compared with the decline in same-store sales posted in August. Said clearly, same-store sales fell 9.8%…
Jon OggStocks have traded down from recent highs in light of a federal government shutdown and ahead of a debt ceiling expiration. Now investors and traders have to wonder which stocks to buy and…