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By The Weiss Ratings Team On June 27, 201610:26 AM Eastern
Global markets were taken by surprise on Friday when the votes were counted in the U.K., as it became clear that Britain was going to leave the European Union (EU) after more than 40 years. Many,...
By Jon D. Markman On June 21, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Surely you remember Intel. It is still the largest U.S. semiconductor maker, but has curiously faded from prominence. It was once at the top of the heap, riding the wave of desktop computer...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On June 20, 201610:58 AM Eastern
Utility stocks don’t usually create much excitement among investors, or the market, or in the news, but owning them may provide you with stable returns and low volatility … if that’s what you’re...
By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Bankers are under attack around the world. The assault is not being led by masked men with pistols but rather by anonymous cyber-thieves armed with malicious code.
The bankers’ vulnerability...
By Jon D. Markman On June 7, 201607:30 AM Eastern
So here we are in June. Can you believe the year is almost half over? Some 156 days have already clicked past, and there are 209 more to go. If there was something you really wanted to accomplish...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On June 6, 201612:57 PM Eastern
News of the crumbling relationship between Costco (COST) and American Express (AXP) had been out for a while and everyone knows that the day when their AmEx cards will no longer work at Costco is...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 31, 201607:00 AM Eastern
The latest data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed a 16.6 percent increase in new home sales and a 3.6 percent increase in new residential construction permits for the month of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Profits are good for companies obviously, but increasing profits on a consistent basis is even better.
So S&P Capital IQ, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, went to work earlier this...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 23, 201602:04 PM Eastern
Bayer’s (BAYZF) intended acquisition of Monsanto (MON) may be a bit too much to handle. The initial announcement of an unsolicited offer of $45 billion for Monsanto sent Bayer’s shares tumbling...
By Jon D. Markman On May 17, 201607:30 AM Eastern
In a nondescript California garage recently, a guy told a gadget to get his electric car, named KITT, out onto the driveway and ready for him to drive.
Not only was this the perfect mashup of...