Earlier today, we reported that Germany is preparing a contingency plan to deal with the fallout from a Greek default, the odds of which analysts are now putting at even money. According …
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After a difficult Q4 14, and a not so fruitful Q3 14, the Finance sector is expected to show strong signs of growth in Q1 15; currently the finance sector …
Read More The Q1 earnings season has gotten off to a relatively soft start. But it appears that expectations had come down enough that investors are able to find some reassuring aspects …
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Shares of Goldman Sachs (GS) are trading at seven year highs heading into the bank’s Thursday morning earnings report. Surprisingly expectations are tame compared to recent levels, which could present …
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I was sitting around the other day trying to decide what to do with all of my worthless dollars. I’m constantly bombarded with messages telling me how the buck will …
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Near the end of December last year, Sterne Agee’s chief market technician Carter Braxton Worth put together this nifty little “Christmas Tree†showing how “the market†(well, the US market, …
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There were not high hopes for new action from the ECB and they were not disappointed. Policy was left as it is with a negative 20 bp deposit behavior. The weaker …
Read More The rise to dominance of China, in economic terms, is based on the strength of its exports to the rest of the world. Indeed, China has long been criticized for …
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One look at BofA’s (BAC) earnings report shows why contrary to popular opinion, the bank that bailed out insolvent Merrill Lynch is far better off to be penalized with tens …
Read More The Charles Schwab Corp.’s (SCHW – Analyst Report) first-quarter 2015 earnings of 22 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 24 cents. Further, the bottom line was down …
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