Monthly Archives: January 2011
112 posts
Financial stocks were hit hard today after Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) announced revenues that missed analysts’ expectations. On average, analysts had anticipated $39.49 billion in net revenues for 2010, but at $39.16 billion, GS’ actual results were lower. GS’s EPS was down from 2009 but did beat analysts’ expectations. That […]
*See important disclosures. Buying stocks with a high dividend yield can be a great way to increase income and that’s the goal within Athena Invest’s Athena Dividend Income model. The top holding in the model is US Ecology (NASDAQ: ECOL), which had a 4.13 percent dividend on January 19th (Money.CNN.com). […]
VKQ is to provide a high level of income that is exempt from federal income tax, though it could still present some exposure to state income taxes depending on
By Eric Falkenstein, who adds: “This is a critique of asset pricing theory. Some knowledge of the empirical issues in academic finance are required for it to make sense. It’s a substitute for Cochrane’s Asset Pricing text.”
Starbucks debuted a new cold drink megasize, the Trenta, in 14 U.S. states yesterday. How big is it? Bigger than your stomach:
LifeHacker researched seasonal inventory patterns and product cycles for the most popular retail items, then produced this helpful guide to timing purchases to catch the best prices. Click to enlarge: Details on the reasons for each product being cheapest that month are available here.
Today’s most interesting links iPhone Sales by Quarter – Alexis Madrigal charts out the outrageous success The oldest computer ads – Top Design Mag The story of BankSimple – Carnegie Mellon Today Soccer player fined £10,000 for tweet – BBC America by the numbers – NYT Can this new shirt […]
The day after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs announced that he would be taking a leave of absence from the company, the stock fell 2.16 percent to $340.95. Jobs’ health concerns are not news to investors. Over the years, anyone watching the stock has learned that announcements regarding his […]
New model manager Sasa Persic derives his investing acumen from non-mathematical methods. On his website he states, As our background is purely non-mathematical, that separates us from a typical quant algo shop. Systems we create and trade are results mostly of trading experience, not study of mathematics. Our basic thesis […]