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Netflix, Inc. Stock Price Target Boosted For International Subscribers Again
Netflix stock is increasingly being driven by subscriber numbers more than by revenues or profits, so it comes as no surprise that another firm has boosted its price target based on subscriber....
Top 10 Investment Tips from Warren Buffett — the Most Successful Investor in the World
Warren Buffett is considered to be the top investor in the world. His investment advices are considered as timeless. People tend to make a lot of mistakes while investing, but on generalizing it,....
Deutsche Bank Warns: Chinese Property bubble is getting bigger
The Chinese Property bubble is only growing and there is little the Government can do, argues one big bank
Despite the risks posed to China’s financial system by the country’s housing market,....
Emerging Markets Blaze New Trails In Technology
Emerging markets (EMs) often lag behind developed countries when it comes to technology adoption. But things are changing. Developing-world countries and companies are rapidly becoming Internet....
U.S. Banks’ Real Estate Boom Could Be Signaling Next Crisis
Excessive real estate credit is the most common cause of banking booms, busts and collapses, throughout history, right up through the most recent financial crisis and around the world.
The U.S.....
Investors Incentivized to Take Stupid Risks
I had a colleague at Lehman Brothers who joked that the French banks got drinking birds to hit the “sell vol” key on their keyboards.
They just sold calls and puts on a daily basis, driving the....
Tesla Inc Stock Price Target Bumped Up: Will It Reach Breakeven By Q4?
Tesla stock is climbing in the wake of a price target increase from analysts at Deutsche Bank. They believe it’s possible for the company to reach breakeven by the fourth quarter of this year and....
Belief in an Investing Strategy Comes First and Then Evidence Follows
Valuation-Informed Indexing #334
by Rob Bennett
My last two columns examined a recently completed research paper titled Shiller’s CAPE: Market Timing and Risk. The first column expressed....
European Stock Boom Around The Corner, Says Morgan Stanley, Once Market Recognizes Value
Get ready for the European stock boom, predicts Morgan Stanley’s European Equity research team. Speaking from the land of negative interest rates and the heart of populist revolt, they say don’t....
The Forecast For US Healthcare; IT Continues To Evolve
In partnership with PitchBook, RSM US has released its latest sector coverage: the 2016 Annual Health Care Spotlight and the Information Technology Spotlight. Packed with detailed datasets....
Get Ready For Positive Caterpillar News, Say Analysts
At the start of March short sellers in Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) stock such as Jim Chanos of Kynilos Associates, a group noted by their particularly thick skin, were found licking their wounds.....
Facebook Will Buy Snapchat, Analyst Says
With Snap stock skyrocketing by 40% in the first couple days of trading, short-sellers were practically salivating at the prospect of shares becoming available to borrow. Tuesday was the first day....
Tesla Inc Stock Could Finally Be About To Downshift
Tesla stock started to pull back on Tuesday and has continued its slide today, but this could be just the beginning, according to one chart technician. Meanwhile, bulls continue to assign sizable....
China’s Banking System Now World’s Largest, But Not All Chinese Leaders Happy
The chinese banking system has become the world’s largest, according to one recent estimate. The significant increase in the size and scope of the Chinese banking industry is due in large part to....
Buffett Stocks In Focus: Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK)
It’s no secret that Warren Buffett is a fan of dividend stocks. The Oracle of Omaha owns many of them, including Bank of New York Mellon (BK).
Approximately 0.7% of Buffett’s $148 billion stock....
Instagram Is Killing Both Snapchat And Snow: Short SNAP, Long FB
Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP)’s IPO has been immensely successful so far. It is up around 50% since its listing in the first week of March, trading around $25 compared to its listing price of $17. However,....
GoPro Inc Stock: A Downgrade, A Contrarian Call And Acquisition Talk
GoPro stock plunged to an all-time low today after Goldman Sachs analysts downgraded it to Sell. However, the rapid plunge is calling some to make contrarian bullish calls on it and others to....
The Big Economic Surprise And Other Charts
The economic calendar is light until the Friday employment report. Most of the punditry are still digesting the more aggressive talk in the recent speeches from Fed participants. With many....
11 Best Stocks for Value Investors This Week – 3/4/17
I evaluated 49 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors, those who are....
Election results have gun makers feeling blue
The unexpected results of the presidential election delivered good news and bad news for the gun industry.
In the months leading up to the November election, it seems gun owners clearly thought....
3 Things You Need to Watch Out for When Investing in the Emerging Markets
Historically, emerging markets have been both the darling and the crux of investors. This is because its emerging markets’ growth potentials have drawn excited investors who are seeking high....
Why You Probably Won’t Survive the Next Bear Market
The coming of a bear market is inevitable, but it is doubtful that you are prepared for it. The reason, I believe, is that the bear market you envision is not likely to be the one that occurs at....
Don’t Make A Bar Bet With Warren Buffett
This past weekend Warren Buffet made some headlines that has the financial world spinning:
Berkshire Hathaway released its annual report…which is always a great read.
The (in)famous bet of....
It’s Bubble Time! Wisdom & discipline will separate winners from victims
It’s impossible to predict with certainty how much more insane our financial markets will get before an inevitable correction. But my personal bet is: A lot!
For my reasons why, take a few....
U.S. Among the Most Confident Countries
Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that we could expect “significant” tax reform by August, including tax cuts for middle-income Americans and corporations. Like....