6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "How ’bout that NFP?" (analyst responses)
"How ’bout that NFP?" (analyst responses)
July non-farm payrolls were a decent beat:
July non-farm payrolls +209K vs +180K expected
– And not just the headline, the unemployment rate was 4.3% despite the tick higher in participation
A few (in brief) comments from analysts:
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on AMC Entertainment Previewed a Horror Film of a Quarter
AMC Entertainment Previewed a Horror Film of a Quarter
In this Market Foolery segment, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Funds’ Bill Barker discuss the somewhat conflicting data about the U.S. movie industry. AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) hasn’t released earnings yet but pre-announced that U.S. box office was down 4.4% last quarter, which sent its shares into a tailspin.
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ‘Dark Tower’ opens at No. 1 on slow week at the box office
‘Dark Tower’ opens at No. 1 on slow week at the box office
The weekend was the slowest since April in terms of overall ticket sales, and the $19.5 million made by “The Dark Tower” was the lowest No.
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Silicon Valley "Outraged" After Google Employee Pens Viral Doc Slamming "Anti-Conservative" Culture
Silicon Valley "Outraged" After Google Employee Pens Viral Doc Slamming "Anti-Conservative" Culture
A 10-page document penned by an unnamed Google engineer titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber“, that criticizes the company’s “left leaning”, “anti-conservative” culture and calls for replacing Google’s diversity initiatives with policies that encourage “ideological diversity” instead, has led to outrage among fellow Google employees and Silicon Valley pundits.
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Things eBay Management Wants You to Know
3 Things eBay Management Wants You to Know
EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is facing an avalanche of competition from larger retailers who are building up dominant e-commerce sales channels. Wal-Mart Stores has built a $15 billion e-commerce business which posted 69% growth in gross merchandise volume (GMV) in its most recent quarter. Amazon.com has already well exceeded $100 billion in annual sales and is still growing like a start-up. Meanwhile, eBay’s $85 billion in trailing 12 month GMV has only barely nudged from $83 billion in 2013.
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Morgan Stanley Asks At What Point Will EURUSD "Breathlessness Turn Into Outright Altitude Sickness"
Morgan Stanley Asks At What Point Will EURUSD "Breathlessness Turn Into Outright Altitude Sickness"
In Morgan Stanley’s “Sunday Start” note, the bank’s chief European economist, Elga Bartsch, looks at the recently surging EUR, where net spec positioning remains near the most bullish level in the past 6 years…
6 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Tale Of Two Countries (Or How The Fed Enabled Corporate Kingpins To Scalp Billions)
A Tale Of Two Countries (Or How The Fed Enabled Corporate Kingpins To Scalp Billions)
Authored by David Stockman via The Daily Reckoning,
Here’s a comparison that is surely vertigo inducing.
