3 High-Yield Stocks Under $10 Paying Over 10%
There is a lot of appeal for low priced stocks to individual investors. Just from a feel good point of view, it can be more satisfying to buy 500 shares …
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Citi Expects A Comeback For Gold In 2016
  Looking at the news and the media, there are few experts who speak of gold (GLD) as a short-term investment opportunity. Only in 2013, however, some analysts predicted …
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Negative Yields And The End Of Deposit Insurance
The Madness of Negative Bond Yields As we have frequently discussed in these pages, time preference must always be positive on a society-wide basis – it is a praxeological law …
Read More Wells Fargo Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Profits Down
Riding on higher revenues, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC - Analyst Report) delivered a positive earnings surprise of 6% in first-quarter 2015. The company reported earnings of $1.04 per share, outpacing the Zacks Consensus …
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Talk Is Not Enough: Bank Run And Default This Week In Greece?
It’s the morning of Tuesday, April 14, here in Europe and so far I see no reports indicating Greek banks won’t open after a long Greek Orthodox Easter holiday weekend. Presumably the …
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Dollar Underpinned Ahead Of Retail Sales
The US dollar has largely been confined to yesterday’s ranges, as it consolidates recent gains. Today’s March retail sales report in the US is important. Retail sales have fallen three consecutive …
Read More Morning Call For April 14, 2015
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS June E-mini S&Ps (ESM15 -0.06%) this morning are down -0.17% and European stocks are down -0.94% ahead of Q1 earnings results from JPMorgan Chase and Johnson & Johnson. Losses were limited …
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The Changing World Of Work 2: Financialization = Insecurity
<<Read Part 1:Â The Changing World Of Work: America’s Nine Classes Promises of wealth and security are far more contingent than is being advertised. The Millennial Generation, if we’re to believe …
Read More Q1 Earnings Season Ramps Up
The 2015 Q1 reporting season is underway, with results from 25 S&P 500 (SPY) companies already out. The reporting pace accelerates this week, with just over 90 companies announcing first-quarter …
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The Six Too Big To Fail Banks In The U.S.
The very same people that caused the last economic crisis have created a 278Â TRILLIONÂ dollar derivatives time bomb that could go off at any moment. When this absolutely colossal bubble does …
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