Lori Calvasina of RBC Capital Markets doesn’t see any direct benefit from the U.S. and China finally agreeing to something. It’s really about the mood changing though. It’s no secret that Friday’s trade deal in itself won’t so much to help stocks, the trade war, or the economy. Lori Calvasina, the head of U.S. equity […]

We don’t generally find stock analysts changing their ratings on stocks to be all that interesting, but analysts becoming more bullish on Spotify right now does stand out. The first thing that you need to understand about the work of stock analysts is that they don’t really speak to the goals of investors anywhere as […]

If an investor is going to invest in bonds, either for income purposes or as a hedge, he really should have a good understanding of them so that these investments can be made properly. Bonds seem to be such a simple concept, where one loans money to the bond issuer and they agree to make […]

There are a lot of people who think that we need to drastically cut down or even eliminate our use of fossil fuels for energy. Our dreams need to be realistic. Humans have been relying on getting energy from combustion for a very long time indeed. This goes back even further than the species in […]

Some of us have been wondering all along where the value in Uber stock is coming from. Oracle founder Larry Ellison has called it “almost worthless,” and he may be right. As famous and accomplished as Larry Ellison is, with his personal fortune of $70 billion from founding one of the world’s largest software companies, […]

In a world where economies are so connected, we can no longer to afford to not pay attention to what is happening anywhere, and especially in an area as large as the EU. From taking a cursory view of the changes in the economic situation in the U.S. and elsewhere, the economy of the United […]

The cost of a college education has been climbing three times faster than the rate of inflation and the amount of student loan debt in the U.S. is rising as well, now at $1.5 trillion. Becoming of age and becoming of age to continue one’s studies happens around the same time, where newly minted adults […]

Social media app Snap debuted in early 2017 and until this year was a bust by any definition. 2019 has seen the stock snap back pretty nicely and it may not be done. When people buy IPOs, the expectation is that it will bust out of the gate and just keep going. Some do, like […]

The reinsurance business has taken a turn for the better lately, but some continue to struggle, especially two that are run by hedge funds. Can we find some value here? Value investing involves people finding companies whose stocks are distressed, if not the company as well, and jumping on in hopes that things will turn […]

Presidents have been at odds with the policies of the Federal Reserve before, but Donald Trump has taken this to a whole new level, as he often does with things. The goals of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States are clearly specified in the Federal Reserve Act. They are to promote maximum employment […]