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by Clement ThibaultAmazon's stock has been struggling over the past few weeks and not just because the overall market has been down since the start of 2016. Some indexes have just begun to recover,...
by Clement ThibaultRecently we checked in with the Pharma sector, where the prevailing business model of spending (sometimes lavishly) on research and development in order to bring to market an...
by Clement ThibaultBig pharma is perhaps one of the world’s most scrutinized business sectors. Its main goal is a bit of a conundrum—create and provide drugs that maintain health and cure...
by Clement ThibaultThese are rough times for the financial sector. Of course, things have been tough for financials since the 2008 market crash. But today’s situation seems perhaps a bit worse:...
by Clement ThibaultIt's been quite a while since cigarettes were considered glamorous. At least in the developed world. With a population that grows more acutely aware of health concerns each day, who...
by Clement ThibaultOne of the more well-known market timing analogies goes something like this: you should never try to catch a falling knife. When it comes to the price of oil, however, perhaps there...
by Clement ThibaultIn yet another sign of the ongoing carnage that’s been following in the wake of the continuing commodities slump, yesterday, BHP Billiton (N:BHP), the world’s largest...
By Clement ThibaultAfter Wal-Mart's Q4 report this past Thursday, the earnings season is considered over, albeit unofficially. At this point, the majority of large cap companies have all provided...
By Clement ThibaultWith nearly 11,600 stores worldwide, 5,000 of which are in the US, Wal-Mart (N:WMT) is the biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer in the world. It has also been one of the safest stocks...
by Clement ThibaultShares of LinkedIn (N:LNKD) dropped over 43% on Friday, the biggest drop on record for the social media company. The loss in value following the fall is astounding—over $11B...
by Clement ThibaultAmong not so-savvy investors, as well as those seeking safe, relatively reliable bets, consumer staple stocks are extremely popular. These companies produce recession-proof...
by Clement ThibaultThe Super Bowl. It's not just the annual American football season finale, it's also a massive television event, producing viewership records which are broken year after year after...
by Clement Thibault$22 Billion. That's all that currently separates Apple (O:AAPL), the S&P 500 company with the largest market cap, at $539B from Alphabet (O:GOOG), at $517B. As a stand-alone...
By Clement ThibaultThe company which boasts the biggest market cap in the world—$551.34B as of yesterday’s close—has been having some trouble recently with its share price. Apple...
by Clement ThibaultOn Monday January 11th, Arch Coal filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Arch Coal (OTC:ACIIQ) was the second largest U.S coal producer; It’s now the fourth U.S coal company...
by Clement ThibaultOnce again, China is making headlines. Its equity markets keep melting down, the yuan continues to lose value, and the country’s economic slowdown is expected to worsen. Now...
by Clement Thibault2015 wasn't a good year for the U.S. stock market. After a seven-year strong bull market fueled by favorable decisions from policy makers, the S&P 500 failed to close 2015 in...