History credits Henry Ford with inventing the automobile assembly line. The notion of having a different workstation be responsible for a specific part in a precisely sequenced assembly protocol is a fundamental principle behind…
Herman Minsky was an American economist and a professor of economics at Washington University and Bard College. He was one of the first economists to successfully explain the gross inflation “malaise” of the Jimmy…
Dumb Money is a 2023 comedy starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman and Seth Rogen about the 2021 rapid rise and fall of GameStop (NYSE: GME) stock. GameStop is the world’s largest retail…
On March 19, 2024, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG | CMG Price Prediction) posted this announcement from PRNewswire on its website in caps: CHIPOTLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES 50-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT. Chipotle, at $79.4…
Contrary to political accusations that retailers are “gouging customers”, the cost of goods has jumped due to the devaluation of the dollar from oversupply and government overspending. The real world effects of inflation are…
The Coronavirus was a globalwide epidemic that put millions of companies out of business. When the pandemic triggered lockdowns in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a thousand points in a month.…
Contrary to the proclamations made by The White House, the actual experience of many American households indicates that inflation does not seem to be under control. The price of staples, such as eggs, have…
The Covid-19 Pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns impacted billions of people, and its repercussions are still being felt. Within the financial industry, the S&P 500 took a hit from 3,337.75 in February, 2020 to…
Back in 2021, General Electric (NYSE: GE | GE Price Prediction) announced the final step in a restructuring process that had begun in 2015. Deciding to streamline the company in an attempt to bring…
Investors who depend on income from their investments for at least some of their lifestyle expenses will also be impacted. The 4% CD yields from banks may soon disappear, and mortgage rates and other…
According to Statista, “the global cost of cybercrime is expected to surge in the next four years, rising from $9.22 trillion in 2024 to $13.82 trillion by 2028.” Cybercrime is certainly one of the…
While much attention has been devoted of late to high flying stocks dealing with hot trends, like Artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, social media, or other areas, technology covers a wide area. In fact, there…
One of the time-tested investment methods is the “buy and hold strategy”. Popularized by investment guru Warren Buffett, this strategy attempts to take emotion out of market peaks and valleys, and relies on holding…
According to a February 2, 2024 article in The Washington Post, grocery prices have jumped 25% since Joe Biden took office. This outpaced overall inflation, which was 19% in the same time period. The…
Just about 30% of the S&P 500 total market capitalization is made up of “The Magnificent 7”: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), META Platforms (NASDAQ: META),…
As the largest movie theater chain in the world, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) has had more roller-coaster leaps and dives than an Indiana Jones movie, with numerous entertaining and infuriating events at…
The Consumer Price Index recently revealed that, contrary to proclamations from the White House that inflation is down, it is only the rate of inflation growth that has slowed down. Prices of goods and…
Since March 2023, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has surged from 31,800 to 38,900. During that 12-month stretch, some stocks, like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), have quadrupled, while others, like SunPower…
For those who want the added bonus of safe annual income on top of their investments in the stocks of their favored companies, there is a panoply of selections. We screened our 24/7 Wall…
When investment programs or publications refer to the capital goods or industrials sector, they are broadly describing industrial level manufacturing and distribution of heavy machinery products. The subcategories are diverse, but are generally broken…
