If this rally runs out of steam, history suggests the next move down could plumb depths not seen in years.
If the market rolls over here, the next bottom might be a lot lower than most players think possible. After all, the “news” is all posi…
As the U.S. dollar strengthens against other currencies, the phantom corporate profits generated by a devaluing dollar will vanish.
One of the dirty little secrets of the stock market rally is that the rising corporate profits that powered it ar…
The official corporate tax rate is 35 percent, but that would be tough to tell by looking at the financial statements of some of the nation’s largest companies.
A new study out Thursday found that 280 of the largest publicly traded U.S. compani…
Barry Ritholtz wrote this piece several months ago and it may have already been posted here. However, his perspective now seems so accurate that I felt it was worth another look. It’s also worth noting that this Ritholtz commentary attracted hundreds …
The latest from Charles Hugh Smith….
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Global Corporate America has decoupled from the American middle class; its interests are now international rather than domestic. Global Corporate America has been decoupling from its country of …
Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn’t anyone hiring?
Actually, many American companies are — just maybe not in your town. They’re hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
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