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By Remi Lukosiunas On April 25, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week, I talked about how the banking industry is in recovery mode. Specifically, data from both Weiss Ratings and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have shown a significant...
By Mike Larson On April 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
By the time you read this, we should know the results from the first round of French elections. The vote was designed to narrow the field to two candidates, one of whom French voters will choose...
By Mike Larson On April 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Who’s winning the ETF performance derby so far this year – stocks or bonds? The answer might surprise you.
Take a look at this table. It shows the performance of ten benchmark ETFs, including...
By Gavin Magor On April 20, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Weiss issues safety ratings for thousands of insurance companies, but today I want to zero in on the safety of the often-discussed health insurance sector. We analyze their financial statements...
By Mandeep Rai On April 19, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Yes, reports on retail sales, jobs, inflation and manufacturing in the very recent past have missed expectations. That’s why the Atlanta Fed Model depicts a paltry 0.5% growth rate. But I sure...
By Mandeep Rai On April 18, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Financial stocks have done very well since Donald Trump was elected for a number of reasons. But one of them is paramount: The U.S. banking industry has been on the mend since the 2008 financial...
By Mike Larson On April 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Is today’s market volatile or non-volatile? The answer is … yes.
In fact, it reminds me of the famous Schrodinger’s cat experiment. That’s the one where Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger...
By Mandeep Rai On April 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you remember a few months ago, I wrote a piece covering the history of recessions and expansions – one that said the average length of an expansion is 7.6 years. The longest, just prior to the...
By Mike Larson On April 10, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Late Thursday night, U.S. military forces launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield. The strike came in response to a chemical weapons attack that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unleashed...
By Mike Larson On April 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
I’ve been plenty bullish on a wide range of sectors – including financials, infrastructure, and defense. But autos are definitely not one of them. That’s because more than a year ago, my...