Based on a variety of measures, U.S. stocks are trading at their cheapest valuations in 20 years. Foreign stocks are even cheaper (approximately 25% cheaper, on balance), having fallen to valuations not seen since the mid-1970s. Broad foreign stock indexes trade at price-to-book values ranging from 0.85x to 1.26x and dividend yields of 4.3% to 5.4%. Small capitalization stocks are attractively ...
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Another good interview with Dr. Marc Faber, this one over at Bloomberg where he's been a regular for many years (recent appearances at the likes of CNBC are somewhat unusual as he tends to go against conventional wisdom, something that abounds at CNBC).Click to play in a new windowThere's lots of good stuff in this one - the outlook for the global economy, oil, gold, base metals, natural resour...
I am asking my readers, however many there may be, for their input. I do this blog largely as it drives me to think through what I am reading and develop my own thoughts, which is what I am hoping you do with my articles. But here is my current dilemma. I like Obama. I want him to succeed. Heck, I want our country to succeed, but I am having increasing questions about any fiscal stimulus plan, ...
It was a good day yesterday. Busy at work, which is much better than the alternative. Yet I did take a couple of minutes to watch a bald eagle circling the sky outside my office window. Beat that! And my undergrad alma mater, Ball State, is playing in the GMAC Bowl (funded by taxpayers, it appears) as I write. Okay, they are losing, but they are in a bowl and that is what matters. All-in-all, n...
OK, this post isn't as late as I thought it would be. I got an opportunity to do a post. One funny thing is that I notice that ProphetCharts finally (after all these years........) has volume on the Dow 30 graph ($INDU). You'd think I would know about this! Oh, well. As you can see, volume continues to be completely tepid, and we're well past any "holiday season" excuse. Trading is dead compare...
CES: Green Computers and Cell Phone Sales Dominate Peppy, Optimistic Opening Talk
Tue, Jan 6, 8:05 PM ET
It’s just about time to troll the floor at the Venetian Ballroom at the hotel of the same name in Vegas, as the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off with a preview of gadgets for press. Before we do, I thought I’d offer a few thoughts from this afternoon’s opening discussions, led by representatives from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the trade body that puts on the show. In general...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 20% from its low, and other global stock and bond markets are having similar turnarounds. Analysts debate whether the strength can last.
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), CIT Group (CIT), Personal finance, Initial public offerings, Federal Reserve, Financial CrisisIs the Fed's program of slashing interest rates to near zero having any beneficial effects? If we look back at the past three months investors have been running away from any investment with the least bit of risk. This is why we've seen such a ...
Filed under: Competitive strategy, Sprint Nextel Corp (S)Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has spent the last two years losing its valued post-paid wireless customers, even as CEO Dan Hesse has tried to stop the bleeding. Sprint has re-invented its marketing and those black and white television commercials are attention getting. But regular and business consumers are not the only users of the Sprin...
(AP:WASHINGTON) Orders to factories fell for a record fourth straight month in November, and analysts believe manufacturing will continue to suffer in coming months as the country slogs through a recession entering its second year. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that orders declined by 4.6 percent in November, nearly double the 2.5 percent drop economists expected. Orders have been fallin...