The Wall Street Journal ran a noteworthy article on Monday (subscription required) citing evidence that middle income consumers are slowing down their spending in the face of high gas prices and a slowing housing market: … Ms. Liebmann [president of…
Marketwatch recently ran an article on signs that your financial advisor is no good. Here are some of their signs I found particulary important: 2. Refuses to disclose free arrangements Some advisers are squarely focused on investments that make the…
Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI), a stock I recommended 2 weeks ago, got a favorable write up in this weekend’s Barron’s (subscription required). Barron’s is widely read among professional investors who frequently buy up large quantities of the stocks recommended by…
After 17 straight quarter point rate hikes going back to June 2004 the Fed paused on Tuesday leaving the federal funds rate at 5.25% (from 1% back in June of 2004). In this post I want to try and explain…
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) today reported 4th quarter and fiscal year 2006 results that were positively received by Wall Street. The shares jumped $2.49 to $19.78, a more than 14% increase, as 221.6 million shares, 3.64% of the company, traded…
Forbes recently ran an article worth reading: “Ten Ways Brokers Pick Pockets”: Arbitration is how disgruntled investors usually have to bring their complaints against brokers. In 2005, 6,074 cases were filed, the majority of which dealt with breach of fiduciary…
The Wall Street Journal ran a significant article today, “A New Lease on Life for 529 Plans” (subscription required), for those of you trying to save for college. Congress has made permanent many of the features that make 529 Plans attractive vehicles for saving…
Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) was down $6.76, or 11.75%, today on extremely heavy volume – 16 million of the 140.712 million outstanding shares amounting to 11.4% of the company changed hands today. That knocked another $500 million off the company’s…
I speak, of course, of Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) and it’s businessman-philosopher CEO John Mackey. Whole Foods reported it’s fiscal 3rd quarter after the close today (Mon July 31) and is trading at 52 week lows in after hours…
Netflix reported earnings after the close yesterday (Monday July 24) and proceeded to get hammered in after hours trading for what seem to me insufficent reasons. The stock was down about $5 today, about 21% of it’s market capitalization, to…