It’s old news to you now that Amazon, Inc., try as it might to not, decided to pull the plug on their new New York headquarters #2. A year-long “contest” ended with Virginia and New York both winning the “Amazon please be thy neighbor” prize. But, then New York started acting like a petulant child. …
Last week, riding its post All Star NBA weekend high, nike unveiled its latest technologically advanced, lightest weight, and most breathable basketball sneaker ever. Just Do It. It’s light weight was achieved by removing the entire outsole. With the entire bottom of the foot exposed the air circulation is second to none. It was quite …
As Thursday, February 21st faded into the evening like week-old roses, who knew what was in store for the dead of winter Friday, February 22nd? After all, on Wall St. what is known as the triple witching hour had already come and gone Friday a week prior. But, the world of business, sports, and …
Friends Stocks rallied today after yesterday’s modest selloff as hopes continue to build that a trade deal with China will eventually come to fruition. This, despite the continued weakening economic data and another disastrous earnings release from a large American icon Kraft Heinz. As we have mentioned, the weakening economy will surely keep the Fed on the sidelines for a […]
Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO, answered a wide range of questions yesterday in a back and forth with Maria Bartiromo while appearing on the Fox Business Channel. In ten minutes or so of air time Bartiromo had Stephenson cover his companies finances, outlook, debt, direction, long view of tv viewing, content, etc, etc. We paraphrase the …
Friends A plethora of less than stellar economic data finally put a little damper on the nearly 7 week rally. With interest rates extremely low and the Fed now firmly on the sidelines with regards to future rate hikes, the markets are going to have to decide going forward, if bad news is bad news for stocks or not. You […]
Yearly February 21st holds little cache’. Sure it’s a week after Valentine’s Day so it might be remembered for throwing out dead roses that warmed hearts for about five minutes. But in 1972 February 21st was a day that warmed an ice-cold relationship and in turn gave hope to a world that had plenty of …
We have a hunch that you have either heard the song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” hummed along with it, or even contemplated the words of the over six-minute long ballad. It’s one of those that once in, you can’t get it out of your head. It was sung by Gordon Lightfoot and released …
Friends Stocks tried to sell off at the opening this morning, but the bears just couldn’t muster very much enthusiasm. Word that the China trade talks are progressing, and a good earnings release from Walmart were enough to spark modest interest from the bulls and stocks moved into positive territory for the rest of the trading session. Perhaps, the bulls […]
