The Traderszone Network

Lending Club’s second quarter earnings marked an important milestone for the company – a return to growth. It seemed as though there was a general consensus that this was a make or break quarter for the company. Originations have been hovering around $1.9 billion since Q2 of last year.

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have just figured out the key to unlocking iPad unit sales, but the Mac maker is still trying to discover what will finally spur mainstream adoption for Apple Watch.

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Barclays say
the risk of a change to monetary/fiscal policy has emerged with the decline in the approval ratings of the Abe administration.
They point out what has been obvious on this:

I posted some UK data just a few moments ago on retail sales:
UK data – BRC July like-for-like sales +0.9% y/y (expected +0.9%)
More now, this time on wages (and staffing shortages) – this via Reuters again.

“You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets.”
— Peter Lynch 

Peter Lynch, famous for leading Fidelity Investment’s Magellan mutual fund for 13 years, during which he averaged annual gains of about 30%, is right. You need to have a solid understanding of the stock market in order to profit from it — and to know the key mistakes to avoid.

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Disney is set to report its quarterly earnings Tuesday after the closing bell.