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7 Things You Don’t Want To Forget When Filing Your Taxes

7 Things You Don’t Want To Forget When Filing Your Taxes

If you are one of the many tax procrastinators out there, you are probably finding yourself up against the rapidly-approaching deadline of April 15.However, because April 15 falls on a Saturday this year and Emancipation Day is the following Monday, the deadline to file your taxes, is Tuesday, April 18, 2017. If you haven’t done your taxes […]
The Fed Must Be Reading Us

The Fed Must Be Reading Us

It’s too much of a coincidence. Fed officials must be reading our work. OK, they don’t really have to be… but if they don’t, they should. It’s not that we deserve credit for what comes next at the Fed, but I was glad to read the details last week in the nitty-gritty of the Fed’s […]
PPI Services Shows No Price Pressures

PPI Services Shows No Price Pressures

Wholesale prices show continued weakness, especially services. The BLS reports PPI for Final Demand Declines 0.1% in March. Services and goods both decreased by 0.1%. Y Year-over-year prices are up by 2.3% but that is based on easy comparisons and it also includes a big jump in oil prices which barely filtered through. BLS Points The […]
Coach Inc.: From Good To Great

Coach Inc.: From Good To Great

The turnaround thesis for Coach is showing signs of being correct. Slow growth is the main persistent problem. The company shows signs of being open to go with a growth through acquisitions approach. If that materializes, a more complex thesis is necessary for Coach. Photo credit: bargainmoose Coach investment thesis 101 I’ve been testing an investment […]
3 Reasons Target Is Not The Next Sears

3 Reasons Target Is Not The Next Sears

Target (TGT) is struggling to find its place in the retail landscape. It is a discount retailer, yet it has trouble competing with Wal-Mart (WMT), particularly when it comes to groceries. It wants to be a leader in e-commerce, yet it lags far behind Amazon.com (AMZN). What is happening to Target may ring a bell. […]
Am I Wrong About ETFs Being “Financial WMDs”? Goldman Says “Probably”

Am I Wrong About ETFs Being “Financial WMDs”? Goldman Says “Probably”

Somewhat surprisingly (given all the Trump headlines), Wednesday’s most popular post here at HR was “I Really – Really – Don’t Think This Is A Good Idea: ETF Edition.” In it, I rehashed my all-too-familiar, common sense argument about ETFs. Here it is, in a nutshell: What I do know is that if you step […]
Aehr Test Systems Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

Aehr Test Systems Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

FREMONT, Calif., April 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aehr Test Systems (Nasdaq:AEHR), a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and burn-in equipment, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,846,154 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.90 per share. In addition, Aehr Test Systems has granted the […]
“Major Challenges For Global Macroeconomic Stability: The Role Of The G7”

“Major Challenges For Global Macroeconomic Stability: The Role Of The G7”

That was the title of a conference organized by Istituto Affari Internazionale (with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Banca d’Italia) that I attended a couple of weeks ago in Rome. The conference brought together scholars from seven think tanks from the G7 countries (CEPII/France, Chatham House/UK, CIGI/Canada, IAI/Italy, JIIA/Japan, Kiel/Germany, PIIE/US), […]
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                        Gold Is Still Up Near The Highs

E Gold Is Still Up Near The Highs

Gold is still up near the highs set this morning, and there are no visible signs of topping. Prices would have to break below $1,273 to generate selling pressure. Silver would have to drop below $18.24. The dollar sold off sharply yesterday after comments from Trump. It has recovered most of that slump. Prices are […]
The Donald Temporarily Downs The Dollar – Is Volatility Back?

The Donald Temporarily Downs The Dollar – Is Volatility Back?

After too many long days of low volatility, volatility sparked back thanks to comments from the US president. His desire for a weaker dollar and lower interest rates hurt the greenback. Geopolitical tensions coincide with thinner trading volume. Will we see wild moves on Good Friday? Video Length: 00:03:31