ThinkstockWhile technology has been the top sector by far this year, the industrials as a whole have lagged the market dramatically. Most of Wall Street remains very positive about the balance of…
thinkstockAugust 7, 2014: Markets opened higher Thursday but the thrill was gone by mid-morning when equities turned south and never came back. Only the utilities sector was able to stay in the…
thinkstockAugust 6, 2014: Markets opened lower Wednesday morning on overnight weakness in foreign markets. There was little economic data published today and the three major indexes traded in (barely) positive territory for…
With interest rates still at historic lows, the stock market is ultimately the only destination for investor capital, and dividend-paying stocks make good sense in volatile markets.
thinkstockJuly 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday after a very solid first estimate on second quarter GDP and some strong earnings reports. The FOMC announcement continued the tapering but had nothing…
thinkstockJuly 28, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday following a couple of significant merger announcements early in the morning. The only economic news out today was pending home sales, which slipped for…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyAmericans have become more conscious of the effects of what they drink and eat. This is particularly true with soda, a trend that is not good for branded…
Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive live off the consumer appetite for branded products. It turns out that this appetite costs these consumers an additional $44 billion a year.
ThinkstockWith all the news and hope around SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), it may be of little surprise that news has surfaced that the company could be taken private at $40 per…
Coca-Cola has hit the consensus EPS estimate exactly in each of the past four quarters. PepsiCo has actually bested the EPS consensus in each of the past four quarters.
thinkstockJuly 15, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following good earnings reports from two of Wall Street’s biggest banks. Momentum stocks in biotech and social media were called out by Fed chair…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyJust because people are familiar with a brand doesn’t mean that the brand is well-liked or well-respected. And if a relatively few people like a brand but it…
ThinkstockWe might have a little trouble defining what we mean when we say that a brand is “patriotic,” but the fact is most Americans know it when they see it. Or at…
thinkstockJune 18, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and spent most of the day waiting to see what the FOMC would do and say. After the announcement equities got the wind at…
thinkstockJune 17, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday after a weakish report on single-family housing starts and a bigger increase in the consumer price index than economists had been expecting. Shortly before…
