The 11% Dividend Stock No One Knows About
I was shocked! On Friday of last week I was making a presentation at the Orlando MoneyShow on the topic of “Building a High-Yield Stock Portfolio for Investors Who Want …
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Why TBT Doesn’t Have A Prayer
When Jack Nicholson won his third Best Actor award in 1997’s “As Good As It Gets,†he may have chuckled at the knowledge that he’d never have it so good …
Read More EC US Private Equity Soars While China Stalls
In 2014, the gap between the performance of the private equity industry in China and the US opened wide. The US had a record-breaking year, with ten-year net annualized return …
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A Day Of Reckoning For The Euro Has Arrived – 26 Trillion In Currency Derivatives At Risk
This is the month when the future of the eurozone will be decided. This week, Greek leaders will meet with European officials to discuss what comes next for Greece. The …
Read More If Greece Exits, Here Is What Happens (Redux)
Now that the possibility of a Greek exit from the euro is back to being topic #1 of discussion, just as it was back in the summer of 2012 and the fall …
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Loews Q4 Earnings Beat, Falls Y/Y On Low Investment Income
Loews Corporation (L - Analyst Report) reported fourth-quarter 2014 operating earnings of 57 cents per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by about 7.5%. Earnings, however, lagged about 11% year over year on …
Read More Rising Rates…Finally?
“I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.†– Robin Williams While January ended with a thud in risk-taking and surging defensive sectors and Treasuries, February began with …
Read More Yellen: Looking For Inflation In All The Wrong Places
In 1958, economist W.H. Phillips wrote a paper that argued an inverse relationship existed between wage inflation and unemployment. The crux of his theory was when unemployment is high wage …
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Geostrategic Implications Of A Grexit
The discussion about Greece and its future in the monetary union, or like Greenspan opined, the lack thereof, has focused on economic issues to the near-exclusion of all else.  This …
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Sector Performance Mixed As Stocks Search For A Catalyst
U.S. stocks were in the negative for January, a signal that often predicts how the rest of the year will go. Analyzing the performance of stock market sectors, known as …
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