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Sharing is Caring! by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors For the past decade, citizens of Latin American countries have grown bolder in protesting their governments’ failed socialist policies. We’ve seen unrest in, among other states, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia, but until recently, we hadn’t heard a peep from Cuba, which has been under communist rule since Fidel Castro’s revolution

In this article TSLA ZM TAL CHKP HAS Zoom founder Eric Yuan speaks before the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Kena Betancur | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Hasbro — Shares of the toymaker soared more than 12% after beating on the

In a report released today, Charles Peters from Raymond James reiterated a Hold rating on Marsh & Mclennan Companies (MMC – Research Report). The company’s shares closed last Friday at $147.41, close to its 52-week high of $147.80. According to TipRanks.com, Peters is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 9.2% and a 64.8%

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder We are witnessing an epic global struggle for freedom, and the outcome of that struggle is going to greatly shape what our world is going to look like in the years ahead.  Ultimately, one of the most fundamental rights that we have is the right to make our own

No matter what strategy an investor follows, the end result in view is always to find the strongest returns. That return on investment is where the profits lie – profits that can be pocketed, or spent, or reinvested to expand the portfolio. Finding them is the trick. For a savvy investor, a good starting point

Sharing is Caring! by Charles Hugh-Smith If America somehow managed to educate millions of college students without burdening them with $2 trillion in debt in 1993, why is it now “impossible” to do so, even as America’s wealth and gross national product (GDP) have both rocketed higher over the past 27 years? Predators thrive on

The earnings season saga continues, and it isn’t always pretty. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM) reported missed consensus expectations last Friday, to the dismay of investors. Missing on earnings is one thing, but cutting guidance is another. The company downgraded its future outlook, and shares tumbled more than 26% on the news. (See Boston Beer

Sharing is Caring! by Charles Hugh-Smith Corporate America sacrificed national interests in service of greed, and so did the U.S. government. As we all know, the source of Corporate America’s unprecedented explosion in profits in the 21st century is the offshoring of manufacturing to China. If you doubt this, please study the chart below of corporate

Regulatory risk is something any pertinent investor should take into account when making decisions, especially when it comes to companies based in China. The world’s most populous country’s government frequently involves itself in the business happenings of several publicly traded companies. Most notable are the threats made against the ride-sharing company Didi Global Inc. (DIDI), causing share prices to dramatically

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 John Burns consulting has this interesting chart showing a slight slowdown in home price growth. But HPI growth is still growing strong. At 17% YoY in June. The Case-Shiller National home price index, growing at 14.6% Yo is lagged with reporting only as of April. But you can see the slowing M2

Sharing is Caring! From Birch Gold Group If you were awake at all this week, you caught glimpses of the stock market drama. Maybe you tuned it out? Here’s a quick recap: Monday. Huge sell-off, the worst one-day decline since October 2020. Tuesday: Big rebound recaptured 80% of Monday’s losses. Wednesday: Rally continues, Monday’s losses fully

After 2020’s humongous share gains, 2021 is proving a bit of a come down for Tesla (TSLA), with shares sitting 7% into negative territory, a disappointing showing compared to the S&P 500’s 16% uptick. Wedbush’ Daniel Ives puts the weak performance down to a trifecta of: “1) increasing EV competition, 2) China PR/safety issues negatively

In this article HON TWTR INTC SAM SNAP Pedestrians walk past Skechers shoes displayed outside of a store in San Francisco, California. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday: American Express – American Express gained 3.3% after reporting quarterly earnings of $2.80 per share. That beat the consensus estimate of

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange, July 20, 2021. Source: NYSE Here comes one of the biggest market weeks of the summer. First, the Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday. While no action is expected, there could be some mention of the central bank’s possible wind down of its bond program. That could move

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 Talk about NIRP (negative interest rate policy). The Real 30-year mortgage rate (nominal rate – headline CPI YoY) has now fallen to -2.35%. While the REAL 30-year mortgage rate is at its lowest level since 1975 and President Gerald Ford, home price growth is at its highest in history and higher

Late last week, and early this week, markets showed a negative reaction to the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant. That was unsurprising; after all, we have recent experience of just how bad the virus pandemic can get, and just how harsh the crackdown can be. But looking at the situation for JPMorgan, chief global

In this article AXP INTC SAM HON TWTR S3 Studio | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Snap — Shares of Snap soared roughly 24% after better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results. The social media company reported strong growth of users, engagement and ads. Twitter — Twitter shares gained 3.4% after reporting its fastest revenue

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 Since the Covid outbreak of March 2020, The Federal Reserve entered markets in force, spiking their assets purchases and continually expanding their balance sheet. Consequently, stock and bond market volatility (as measured by VIX and MOVE) have been repressed. But commodities are a different story. Crude oil futures are tracking The

Moderna (MRNA) is one of those names that received a great deal of public attention due to the virus over the past year and a half. Though the biotech company has been in existence for about 10 years, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine pushed it into the spotlight.   The resurgent virus and strong global demand for its COVID-19

In this article NTGR CROX LUV WHR ULVR-GB A customer selects bar of Dove soap, a Unilever product, at a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London, U.K. Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Netgear – Netgear shares plummeted 14.2% after the computer equipment maker reported lower-than-expected sales and revenue

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder After decades of living in a relatively low inflation environment, it is hard for most Americans to believe that things have gotten so bad so quickly.  In fact, even though I write about this stuff almost every day, it is hard for me to believe it.  We are watching

In this article INTC SNAP TWTR SAM SKX The Twitter logo is displayed on a smartphone screen on April 14, 2021. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Twitter — Shares of Twitter jumped more than 4% after hours following a strong quarterly earnings report. The social

Sharing is Caring! by Tom McClellan A big selloff on Monday, July 19, 2021 brought a big sentiment reality check for a lot of investors who were glad to part company with their stocks on a day that saw the DJIA fall by 726 points.  Then they got the chance to regret that decision the next

In this article DHI LVS LUV NTGR UNP Blackstone Group office in Luxembourg. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. DiDi – The Chinese ride-hailing giant’s shares shed more than 9% after Bloomberg News reported that Beijing is considering harsh penalties from a massive fine

Sharing is Caring! 30,000 websites down. About to surpass the price of bitcoin — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 22, 2021 UPDATE – Major websites are offline worldwide, not just in Germany. — Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) July 22, 2021 JUST IN – Many major websites go offline in widespread internet outage as Akamai is reportedly experiencing an

Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on developing novel solutions for Alzheimer’s disease. The company currently has two clinical-stage biopharmaceutical assets that are under development. This includes the company’s lead therapeutic product, simufilam, a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and SavaDx, an investigational diagnostic product to detect the

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Johnson & Johnson – J&J shares rose roughly 1% in the premarket after the company beat quarterly forecasts and raised its earnings outlook amid strong sales of drugs and medical devices. J&J reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.48 per share, beating the $2.27 consensus estimate, with revenue

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder At a time when food prices are already rising aggressively, agricultural production in the United States is being absolutely devastated by a drought that many are calling “the worst” in American history.  Once again this week, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map has extremely bad news for us.  In all the

Shares of Doximity, Inc. (DOCS) have increased 7% since the start of 2021. Doximity currently has over 1.5 million members across a variety of health systems. The cloud based digital platform has helped healthcare providers be more efficient with their patients. The healthcare sector is projected to grow annually around %15 in the next few

In this article CSX KMI TXN LVS Signage is displayed outside the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Roger Kisby | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Las Vegas Sands — Shares of the casino giant slipped 2% in extended trading after