Do you happen to remember the Popular Prince song that told of the times in the late 90’s “Party Like it is 1999”? Our old Prince song came to mind with the recent social media IPO, Linked In, and the interesting first…
As of today approximately 90% of all S&P 500 companies have reported according to Thomson Reuters. In an effort to not forget the forest for the trees, we wanted to review the results. In our earlier Earnings Season post on April…
If you have ever had one of those days when you step out of bed feeling a little under the weather, only to finish your day really sick, you know how fast things can change. It is a strange phenomenon,…
My biggest fear in Bernanke’s first public, history making, speech today, was the time he was to be in front of the group. Today, Big Ben led with a reading of notes and press releases, much like a teacher would at…
On Wednesday April 27th, 2011 the first ever live post FOMC meeting discussion will be held with Big Ben Bernanke conducting a live 45 minute (a bit long for my tastes) interview just after the FOMC public delivery of written…
For those who remember the Character Gomer Pyle aka (Jim Nabors) in the offbeat situation comedy Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C, one of his favorite sayings was “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise“. This weeks earnings fit the bill of Gomer’s favorite saying. Earnings have…
A famous quote from the 1981 movie Taps “I saw my duty and I did it!” For those that do not remember, Taps was a movie of young cadets who turned on their keepers in order to continue their soon…
Alcoa’s, (AA) earnings release Monday April 11th, marks the unofficial start to the 90 day treadmill confession season, better known as earnings season. Over the next several weeks thousands of public companies will report their results for the last 90 days, with…
In today’s rush to deliver “THE HEADLINE” story first, often times facts are lost, and opinion may seep into a story that compounds as other services re-report the same, possibly incorrect, story. Many times these stories are not from credible…
Late last night here in the US, 11 am Japanese time, the Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan surprised Japan and much of the world with an announcement of further problems with nuclear reactors, and warned residents near certain reactors to exit the…
