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By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The average stock in the Russell 1000 was up more than 6% from Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. Bespoke Investment Group ran its famous decile analysis on these results to see which...
By Jon D. Markman On August 4, 201507:30 AM Eastern
In a follow-up to a column by my colleague Mike Burnick last week, I am taking a look at the important market topic. Technical analysts have been fretting a lot recently about the narrowing...
By Jon D. Markman On July 7, 201507:30 AM Eastern
It’s been lost in the kerfuffle over the Greek “No” vote this weekend, but there was an important jobs report issued on Thursday.
The June payroll data’s headline figure was 223,000 jobs gained,...
By Jon D. Markman On June 16, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Regional and money-center banks are red-hot lately. And Jack Ablin, the chief investment officer at Bank of Montreal, thinks he knows why — and what it means.
I have served on many investment...
By Jon D. Markman On May 19, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Everyone of a certain age remembers AOL (AOL) for the ubiquitous CDs the company sent out to encourage people to go online in the 1990s. And most of the news stories last week focused on the...
By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The slowdown in retail sales growth has been a big surprise this spring, as lower gasoline pump prices were expected to boost spending. What’s going on?
Analysts at TIS Group have a fascinating...
By Jon D. Markman On March 31, 201507:30 AM Eastern
While all the focus has been on the Federal Reserve over the past week, and stocks overall have paused for breath, companies like Darden Restaurants (DRI, Weiss Ratings: B) are being rewarded for...
By Jon D. Markman On March 17, 201507:30 AM Eastern
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s Super-Dollar, soaring higher into the investment stratosphere and rattling the cages of U.S. multinationals with its sonic booms.
The damage is getting...
By Jon D. Markman On March 3, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The global macro picture is looking a little rosier despite weak economic data last week. The U.S. economy is not super robust, but the latest data suggest it does continue to expand, as...
By Jon D. Markman On February 24, 201507:30 AM Eastern
We have talked a lot in recent months about the panorama of technology innovation, but in our lifetimes there have been very few truly revolutionary technology developments.
The standard is...