Wall Street Daily

Thank goodness it’s Friday in the Wall Street Daily Nation! Today we abandon longwinded analysis and let some carefully selected graphics do the talking for us. So that means less writing for...

One month ago, almost to the day, I shared this little Wall Street fact of life: The pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) always follows the broader market. So it should come as no surprise that,...

Yesterday, I smashed every investor’s go-to crystal ball – corporate insiders – into a thousand little pieces. As it turns out, they can’t predict the market’s next move,...

Riddle me this, Batman… In the last week, the Dow hit an all-time high. Yet corporate insiders are selling shares of their own stock at the fastest pace in over a decade. As of late February,...

It’s Friday in the Wall Street Daily Nation!For the newbies, that means it’s time to embrace the adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words.”I select a handful of graphics...

It’s time to take our money and run! You’ll recall, back on February 12, I shared my enthusiasm for an income-generating strategy known as merger arbitrage. It’s an alternative to...

Holy smokes, Batman. Meredith Whitney is at it again! You’ll recall, she’s the banking analyst who infamously predicted in an interview with “60 Minutes” that “hundreds...

Almost two years ago to the day, I boldly proclaimed: “The exploding use of mobile devices promises to be the fastest-growing – and possibly biggest – technological trend...

Words mean little on Fridays in the Wall Street Daily Nation. Instead, we let pretty pictures do the talking for us. Each week, I select a handful of graphics to put important economic and investing...

The Dow reaches another high, for a third ‘Dow’ in a rowThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has reached another all time high, for the third ‘Dow’ in a row. Today’s magic...

“A sluggish economy, political gridlock, tepid earnings, the European debt crisis, high gasoline prices…” I can’t really argue with Barron’s depiction of the current...

In the last week, the Dow came within 15 points of its all-time closing high of 14,164.Lest you think the S&P 500 Index isn’t keeping up, it’s sitting within reach of its record high,...

If you’re a newbie to the Wall Street Daily Nation, then you’re in for a treat. Each Friday, I try to zip my lips and let some carefully selected graphics do the talking for me, instead....

Over the last two days, I’ve demonstrated that the stage is set for a multi-year recovery in real estate. The problem is, the obvious (and overcrowded) plays don’t hold the most profit...

Get ready for the real estate bears to step up their scare tactics. Why? Because in the last 24 hours, S&P/Case-Shiller reported December results for its widely tracked home prices indices. And...

Over at Yahoo! Finance, the headline for one of the most popular articles screams, “Housing Already Shows Signs of a New Bubble.” The exact same sentiment is being shouted from the...