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Posted on: February 16, 2012
Andrew Gordon discusses a remarkable turn of events as companies develop a renewed sense of appreciation for the American workplace…
Tags: China, emerging markets, india, Mexico, US jobs, US unions, US workers
Category: Company News | The Economy | Top Stories | US Economy | Video Room
Posted on: February 6, 2012
There’s no way around it: Public companies have become experts at beating earnings expectations. Since the 2000’s, they’ve figured out how to guide Wall Street’s expectations in such a way that there’s usually an upside surprise in how well a company does any given quarter.
Category: Stock Market | The Economy | Top Stories
Posted on: February 2, 2012
You want to know why Americans are upset with Washington’s failure to bring Wall Street criminals to justice? Just take a look below at the SEC’s pathetic track record. The biggest settlement the SEC could muster was the $550 million “record” fine imposed on Goldman Sachs for “a financial product tied to
Category: Banks | Insider Buying and Selling | Stock Market | The Economy
Posted on: January 25, 2012
By David Dutkewych When most people think “hot stocks” the last thing they think about is “railroads.” Yet, most railroad stocks are up between 10% and 50% from 12 months ago. But I believe there is still much more room for these stocks to go higher. And here are four reasons why.
Category: Energy | Housing Markets | Stock Market | The Economy | Top Stories
Posted on: January 25, 2012
The other day I was talking to one of my younger brothers – he’s 18 – and asked him when the heck he was going to get his license. He looked at me and said “someday maybe.” I was shocked. When I was a kid, there was nothing I wanted more than
Category: Consumer goods | The Economy | Top Stories
Posted on: December 27, 2011
The S&P 500 is threatening to end the year not only on the upswing but also in the black for the past 12 months. So why exactly is this terrible news? Well, it’s not for you and me. But it is for the many fund managers who are underperforming the market. Says
Category: Stock Market | The Economy | Wall Street | Wall Street News
Posted on: December 21, 2011
The holidays are almost here. So the last thing I want to do is burden you with how bad things could get. Instead, I’m going to focus on one piece of good news that nobody seems to be paying attention to. It has to do with unemployment. You see, when the unemployment
Category: Personal Finance | The Economy | Top Stories | US Economy
Posted on: December 19, 2011
Andrew Gordon talks about the state of the economy and if a strong recovery in 2012 is within reach.
Tags: 2012, economic predictions, recession, recovery, US gridlock, US growth
Category: The Economy | Top Stories | U.S. Investing | US Economy | Video Room