by stenlis Do You Believe? How Yahoo! Became A Blue Chip A tale of how Wall Street and the rest of us learned to stop worrying and love an insanely valued Internet stock. (note the ironically fitting reference to Dr. …
by howmuch We recently released a new visualization highlighting companies with the largest pay gaps between their CEOs and their average worker. The latest SEC rule requiring companies to publish these figures doesn’t always mean that a company is put in a negative light. …
What is your opinion about stock buybacks? Most investors welcome stock buybacks because they tend to push the price higher. Companies who sit on massive piles of cash have been buying up their own stocks, and we have seen the …
by howmuch A few years back, the SEC passed a rule forcing publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio between CEO compensation and median worker pay. Many observers thought the rule would go away with President Trump’s election, but they were wrong—companies are now …
This info graphic is to demonstrate the power and reach the 6 media corporations have. Its an illusion of free choice. “republic” is, to quote the American Heritage Dictionary, “A political order in which the supreme power lies in a …
by COMPUTER1313 via Bloomberg: As suppliers struggle with bottlenecks, the food distribution company said it is having trouble keeping shelves stocked and paying higher transportation costs. “Higher demand is pressuring our supply chain,” Chief Executive Officer Steven Spinner said on a …
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1004140545944489985?s=20 Facebook gave special access to communist Chinese government that allowed them to “retrieve detailed information on both device users and all of their friends — including work and education history, relationship status and likes.” Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at …
by COMPUTER1313 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-24/small-time-bankers-make-millions-peddling-mortgages-to-the-poor Taylor had recently filed for bankruptcy because of his $25,000 in credit card debt. But he just bought his first home for $120,000 with a zero-down loan from Christian’s company. Monthly debt payments now eat up half …
Now, who owns these companies? And what type of person is in charge at the highest ranks at all these companies? TS
by provoko Use a screener like finviz. Look for companies that have sales q/q 30% or more and gross margin over 40% (ideally over 80%, but new stocks closer to their IPO might have extremely low gross margin, but if they …
In investments, when you buy is often a bigger determiner of profitability than when you sell. That’s why traditional investment wisdom advocates a “buy low, sell high” strategy. Buying a stock when it’s trading at a low price guarantees your …
Here’s One Reason to Worry About Emerging Markets A lot has changed since the late 1990s, when a period of credit-fueled growth ended in a wave of defaults and devaluations that swept from Asia through Russia and all the way …
by howmuch In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned Americans about what he called the “military-industrial complex,” a term he used to describe the toxic union between special interests and people in power. Companies can make a lot of money selling weapons …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter TV falls further behind, suffers first ad revenue decline since the Financial Crisis. You might think you never look at these ads or click on them, and you might think they’re the biggest waste of money …
WTF–> "76% of companies that went public in 2017 had negative earnings, the highest level since the peak of the dot-come era," h/t @macrodidact pic.twitter.com/44svckh6Nc — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 17, 2018 "Corporations have returned $992 billion to shareholders in the …
Where do you think the stock market will be at in the next 3-6 months? There is so much cash floating around, thanks to central banks. The market is obviously seeing the benefits of this. As the dollars decline in …
The US DOJ Eastern District of NY is prosecuting Keith Raniere and Allison Mack for sex trafficking and forced labor. As an indicator that the probe may be expanding to financial crimes, the prosecution has revealed in a court filing …
Guest post by cbus20122 You may notice how companies like Nvidia, Square, Starbucks, etc get talked about almost ad nauseam on here. Some for good reason, but there is a very obvious bias towards companies that people regularly interact with, which …
by adamreddy The American Government started publishing significant dietary guidelines in the 1980s with focus on improving American health. In 1992 the USDA (U.S Department of Agriculture) published the food pyramid – a definitive guide to healthy eating. Looking through the pyramid, there …
by SuperCharged2000 The real power to control the world lies with four companies: McGraw-Hill — which owns Standard & Poor’s Northwestern Mutual — which owns Russell Investments, the index arm of which runs the benchmark Russell 1,000 and Russell 3,000 CME Group — …
Short-seller Jim Chanos told CNBC on Thursday that he’s betting against health-care stocks Envision Healthcare and Mednax. “I’m betting these companies might be worth nothing,” the founder and president of Kynikos Associates told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Shares of Envision Healthcare …
by John Rubino Back in 2005 a reporter took a tour of General Motors’ headquarters, and in the resulting article one thing stood out: The executives and engineers the reporter interviewed were only modestly enthused about their sedans and sub-compacts. …
Firms are taking advantage of the low interest rates and 9 years of expansion. An elongate business cycle is a situation where being cautious hurts. If a firm decided to take less risk a few years ago because management thought …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eLi1gpkICs Read More/ Source/ Credit(FAIR USE): http://yournewswire.com/obama-judge-c… For the second time in a few years, a federal court has ruled that illegal immigrants can sue American employers that refuse to hire them because they require workers to be U.S. citizens …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-82snapuwxQ David Hogg Pushing Boycott of Mutual Fund Companies Invested in Gun Manufacturer Stocks http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme… http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme… https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/stat…
SJWs are infiltrating companies and causing them to implode by attacking customers. SJWs only know how to shame and bully. That’s it. They can’t make money because they’re communists. h/t zenmasterzen3
“Bank of America Corp. plans to stop lending to companies that make assault-style guns used for non-military purposes. “It’s our intention not to finance these military-style firearms for civilian use,” Anne Finucane, a vice chairman at Bank of America, said …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; The analysis being punted around is that the crash from January was caused because companies stopped buying back their own shares. The analysis claims that $4 trillion in buy-backs have taken place since 2009 and …
This is the shit that really effects peoples lives and holds us back as an educated and informed society. The fiscal responsibility isn’t there either. Hopefully at some point enough people know and care enough about this type of corruption. …
by Daniel Carter Eighteen years after the collapse of the dot com bubble, US tech companies find themselves in another precarious situation. During the current economic expansion, stocks like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (FAANG) have led the soaring Nasdaq …