18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Intel Became the Dow’s Best Stock
How Intel Became the Dow’s Best Stock
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oracle’s Improved Systems Are Great for Business
Oracle’s Improved Systems Are Great for Business
Oracle’s rapidly growing high-margins engineered systems division will absorb some of its swelling marketing costs.
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Electrical Grid May Well Be The Next War’s Battlefield
The Electrical Grid May Well Be The Next War’s Battlefield
Submitted by Chris Martenson via Peak Prosperity,
We talk a lot about Peak Cheap Oil as the Achilles’ heel of the exponential monetary model, but the real threat to the quality of our daily lives would be a sustained loss of electrical power. Anything over a week without power for any modern nation would be a serious problem.
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Rich Investors Planning To Increase ETF Stake
Rich Investors Planning To Increase ETF Stake
Call it a sign of the mainstreaming of exchange traded funds: Affluent investors are homing in on these products to grow their portfolios. More than 43% of nearly 600 investors who responded to a June 5 online poll are considering raising their ETF stake over the next 12 months. Despite a slowly growing economy, the survey also found a mood of cautious optimism among respondents.
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Where The Real Inflation Is
Where The Real Inflation Is
Despite being dismissed as “noise”, inflation is here and it’s rising. As the following chart shows, if you eat, drive, use electricity, or live in a house, you are paying dramatically more this year than you did last year. On the bright side, if you wear clothes or use electronics, prices have dropped (but remember deflation is bad…). How much longer can the Fed pull the wool over the eyes of the people?
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. Stock Mutual Funds Fall Again
U.S. Stock Mutual Funds Fall Again
U.S. stock mutual funds fell again, marking their first back-to-back weekly decline since May. Small-cap growth fell the most among diversified stock funds, slipping 2.39%, according to Lipper Inc. data. Large-cap value fell the least, giving up just 0.1%. The S&P 500, a measure of the broad stock market, and equity income funds have trumped all nonleveraged diversified in year-to-date performance, rising 6.78% and 6.79%, respectively.
18 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on On Janet "Pump-And-Regulate, Baby" Yellen’s Acting Skills
On Janet "Pump-And-Regulate, Baby" Yellen’s Acting Skills
Via Scotiabank’s Guy Haselmann,
Please be advised that today’s note is an attempt at light tongue in cheek fun. My hope is that it does not come off as disrespectful in any way…
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