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By The Weiss Ratings Team On March 14, 201607:00 AM Eastern
A Weiss Ratings health trend analysis of over 1,000 insurers indicates that the total cost of health insurance went up from $95 billion in Q1, 2010 to $140 billion in Q3, 2015; that’s an increase...
By Jon D. Markman On March 8, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Here are some semi-random items that should help you think about what’s happening in the markets at this time.
— The major indexes are off to a stunning start in March, with the S&P 500 up 3.5%...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On March 7, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) is a stock for aspiring investors to covert. Not because Warren Buffett reports that on average he has added 19.2% to the per-share book value of Berkshire Hathaway over...
By Jon D. Markman On February 16, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The Nasdaq has been walloped of late, in case you hadn’t noticed.
After being untouchable last year, it is unwatchable this year, down 15% from its December high. Many see this as a...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 15, 201607:00 AM Eastern
We all know how it is. As insecurity and uncertainty grips the men and women of Wall Street the gold barometer swings. UP goes the price of gold and then the fever gains hold and the rest of us...
By Jon D. Markman On February 9, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The unemployment rate has fallen below the 5% threshold for the first time since the 2008-09 recession ended, hitting 4.9% for January. But the government reported Friday that non-farm payrolls ...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 8, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Among all the hoopla last week was that the market capital value of Google (who calls it Alphabet anyway?) grew beyond Apple’s to become the largest publically traded company in the universe....
By Jon D. Markman On February 2, 201607:30 AM Eastern
If the energy sector can get some relief, the overall market will as well. Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research, notes that S&P 500 earnings fell 14.1% in 3Q15 over 3Q14. But that becomes a 3.4% rise...
By Jon D. Markman On January 5, 201607:30 AM Eastern
OPEC is continuing its price-war strategy against U.S. shale, an effort reaffirmed just last week when Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said his country’s output strategy “is a reliable policy and...
By Jon D. Markman On December 22, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Investors are disappointed with the central bankers. They are worried that the Federal Reserve’s forecast for four rate hikes in 2016 is too aggressive and want to see that number cut in half,...