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In today’s age of rapidly advancing technology and mind-blowing innovation, it’s pathetic that some things we use every day are still stuck in the Dark Ages. Take our home entertainment...
For the past week or so, Wall Street has been knee-deep in tech companies’ quarterly earnings reports.IBM (NYSE:IBM), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Yahoo!...
“This contract opens the door to a dynamic and expanding uranium market.” Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) CEO, Tim Gitzel, said that about his company’s new five-year deal with...
Fifty years ago, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (GE) was the global leader in household appliances, with a research and development (R&D) operation to rival IBM (NYSE:IBM) (IBM) or AT&T...
Precious metals are often misunderstood in the investment world.Most consider the three big metals – silver, gold and platinum – interchangeable, since they tend to rise and fall as a...
Global trade in grains reached an all-time high last year at 309 million metric tons (mmt), according to the International Grains Council.But if one looks beneath the headlines, something startling...
As I said yesterday, we’re going to see a flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) between oil majors and energy minors in the coming months. I also pointed out that the best way to profit...
Since reaching a high of 9,217.44 on December 29, 2014, the Dow Jones Transportation Average has declined 5.3% year to date.It’s underperformed the broader stock market – resulting in the...
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell (LONDON:RDSa) put in motion a huge takeover offer for BG Group (LONDON:BG) at a cool $70 billion. The Shell-BG deal is the largest in the sector since 1998, when Exxon...
In the past, bank stocks were an excellent source of dividends for income-oriented investors.The traditional “3-6-3″ model of banking – borrow at 3%, lend at 6%, and be on the golf...
Back in February, I predicted that the current crisis in oil prices would cause consolidation in the industry, with smaller companies being consumed by the energy majors.After all, these energy giants...
The ongoing search for yield has had many powerful effects on the market… including driving the prices of large, stable companies skyward.As a result, the high-yielding large cap is on the...
The lumber market has been more unsteady than oil-reliant economies in the Middle East recently.That’s because the industry has been forced to react to a number of factors largely outside of its...
Wall Street analysts have made some of the deepest earnings forecast cuts for S&P 500 firms since the third quarter of 2009.When it comes to U.S. multinationals, the reason for the lower earnings...
There are very few times in recent memory when the US Dollar has actually been the world’s strongest major currency. But now, the greenback is the undisputed king of the hill.Countries like...
Last week, I discussed the rise of peer-to-peer lending and the implications for the unsecured lending market.Unsurprisingly, crowdfunding platforms are being set up to facilitate real estate...
Break out the champagne…After three long years, the SEC has finally issued provisions that will allow everyday Americans to invest in private startup companies and small businesses. As one CEO...