26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Big questions for markets for 2015
Big questions for markets for 2015
Wall Street was generally calmer in 2014 than in previous years, but that doesn’t mean the stock market was devoid of drama. Big selloffs in biotechnology and social media stocks had strategists predicting …
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Drilling Cutbacks Mean Service Companies Forced To Scrap Rigs
Drilling Cutbacks Mean Service Companies Forced To Scrap Rigs
Submitted by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,
Despite the decline in oil prices, the U.S. is expected to boost production by 300,000 barrels per day in 2015, up to a yearly average of about 9.3 million barrels per day, according to the most recent government estimates.
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 12 Things I Learned from the Book "The Bed of Procrustes"
12 Things I Learned from the Book "The Bed of Procrustes"
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 8 Fascinating Reads
8 Fascinating Reads
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocks Have Never Been More Expensive Based On Long-Term Growth Forecasts
Stocks Have Never Been More Expensive Based On Long-Term Growth Forecasts
As the S&P 500 pushes towards Goldman Sachs 2,100 year end target (for 2015!!) today, we thought it worth considering just how much awesomeness has been pulled forward, priced-in, exuberantly-chased. As the following charts show, based on bottom-up long-term-growth expectations, S&P forward P/E valuations have never been higher. But that’s not all…
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Will We Never Learn?" – Meet Subprime Auto ‘Title Loans’: 2014’s Home ATM
"Will We Never Learn?" – Meet Subprime Auto ‘Title Loans’: 2014’s Home ATM
The car is at the center of the biggest boom in subprime lending since the mortgage crisis, and The NY Times reports, similar to how a red-hot mortgage market once coaxed millions of borrowers into recklessly tapping the equity in their homes, the new boom is also leading people to take out risky lines of credit known as title loans.
26 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. retailers miss fewer Christmas deadlines: early surveys
U.S. retailers miss fewer Christmas deadlines: early surveys
Major U.S. retailers missed fewer Christmas deliveries this year, according to two small, early surveys released on Friday, partly reflecting a year’s worth of investments made to avoid 2013’s last-minute …