How About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn't Say Anything About Those...
One of the arguments invoked by those who think we should keep assault weapons freely available in this country is that the Constitution says we have a right to own and buy them.The Constitution...
View ArticleShoppers At The Mall Were Seen Carrying Shopping Bags From These 10 Retailers...
Wedbush is out with its latest analysis of on-the-ground mall visits from around the country.Analysts visited malls in Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Philadelphia, PA; San Jose, CA; and Orange County, CA to...
View ArticleAmateur Investors Are 3.2 Percent Worse Than Chimpanzees At Picking Stocks
A lot has been written on the madness of amateur investors thinking they can pick stocks better than the professionals.And we've all seen the chart of investor psychology, which shows why people buy at...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The Defining Central Bank Trade Of 2013
Miller Tabak's Chief Economic Strategist Andrew Wilkinson thinks he has identified what will be the "central bank trade of the year" in 2013.One might expect the trade to involve buying Spanish or...
View Article20 Fascinating Things We Saw At Manhattan's New Museum Of Mathematics
The National Museum of Mathematics opened up December 15th in Midtown, and we had to check it out. It's two stories packed with hi-tech computers and mathematical experiments that make this museum...
View ArticleFINANCIAL ADVISOR INSIGHTS: Advisors Need To Tackle The Risks Of Holiday...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Advisors Must Warn Clients Of The Risks Of Overspending During The Holidays (The...
View ArticleHere's Every County In The Country That's Getting Fracked
The EPA released a new study on Friday called, "Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report" (via Russell Gold and Matt Smith).The title is...
View ArticleTagg Romney Says His Father Didn't Want To Be President
No one wanted to be president less than Mitt Romney, his son said in an interview out Sunday that raises new questions about the candidacy of the losing Republican nominee.In an interview with the...
View ArticleThis Chilling Economic Report Is Getting Passed Around By CEOs
Over an early-morning coffee with the chief executive of an FTSE 100 business last week, talk turned to the outlook for 2013. Where I had expected some guarded optimism, instead I heard a chilling...
View ArticleHere's Proof That Most Pundits Don't Know What They're Talking About
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman takes down pundits (as well as financial advisors, amateur investors, and pretty much everyone) in his book Thinking, Fast And Slow.See, all of these people are prone to...
View ArticleChina And Japan Are Open, And Their Stock Markets Are Surging
Almost all of the global financial markets are closed for Christmas. But Japan and China are open and traders seem full of holiday cheer.Japan's Nikkei is up 1.3 percent.China's Shanghai Composite is...
View ArticleAmateur Investors Have A Few Key Advantages Over Professionals
For investors just getting into the game, the process can seem a little bit like a middle school dance. Awkward and inexperienced, they suction-cup themselves to the walls and poke around the punch...
View ArticleEvery Major Yen-Moving Event In 2012
Morgan Stanley's FX team led by Ian Stannard published a book of 2012 currency timelines including the one below of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen.Looking to 2013, Morgan Stanley forecasts...
View ArticleHere's The Trend That's Driving Stock Market Bears Crazy
When it comes to the stock market, the only thing more important than earnings is earnings expectations.According to data compiled by FactSet, Q3 earnings have come in lower than expected six months...
View ArticleJack Bogle Reveals The Most Important Chart Of 2012
Earlier this month, we asked Wall Street's luminaries for the most important charts of the year.Jack Bogle's chart was elegant in its simplicity. It was the price-earnings ratio.“When P/E ratios are...
View Article12 Company Names That Have Hilarious Double-Meanings
Analtech is a serious company.Unfortunately, some people can't get passed the company's name, which appears to have an unintended and unfortunate double meaning.What follows is a list of companies with...
View ArticleWhat Harvard Business School Actually Does For You
Mod Note (Andy): This is a syndication from ryanallis.comThe admissions department at Harvard Business School asked me to write a reflection on my first semester for the Class of 2015 pre-matriculation...
View ArticleSheldon Adelson May Have Lost On His Political Investments In The U.S. But...
2012 the new face of unlimited political ‘speech’ in US Politics following the Citizens Unitedruling, he’s even further along in influencing Israeli politics. My friend The Professor presents a fuller...
View Article20 Inspiring Rags-To-Riches Stories
In a time of rising inequality and sluggish growth, rags to riches stories are harder than ever to come by. Indeed, many of the richest people in the world were born into their wealth. That makes it...
View ArticleThe Majorly Bullish Wall Street Analyst Who Is Also A Distributor Drops Her...
Interesting...B Riley Caris analyst Linda Bolton Weiser, who is an Herbalife distributor and also covers the company for her firm, dropped coverage on Monday of the multi-level marketing company that...
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