Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Economic Slowdown ’

A Truckload of Bad Data

Aug 21st, 2009 | By Richard Daughty | Category: Politics & Economics

A guy comes into the bar, and I figure he is a trucker because he looks like a trucker and he is wearing a greasy Peterbilt hat. So I say, “Are you a trucker?” and he answers “Yeah. What’s it to you, old man?”



Corning (NYSE:GLW): Stock of the Day

Apr 13th, 2009 | By David Fessler | Category: Emerging Markets, Featured

Consumer Electronics in the Dumper? Not in the TV Department… To no one’s surprise, a Nielsen study completed last November found that Americans are watching more TV than ever before: 142 hours a month, up five hours from the previous year.



Airline Losses Mount as Revenues Dive Below Post-911 Levels

Mar 24th, 2009 | By Don Miller | Category: Financial News

Global airline losses may total $4.7 billion this year as revenues plunge below levels seen after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the International Air Transport Association said today (Tuesday).



China’s New Bull Run

Mar 19th, 2009 | By Martin Denholm | Category: Emerging Markets

If only China had someone like St. Patrick.  As I scanned the post-Paddy’s Day headlines, it occurred to me that China needs its own saint to drive some snakes out of its economy. 



U.S. Oil Rises Towards $36 before Stimulus Vote

Feb 13th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News

U.S. Congress set to approve $789 billion stimulus package… OPEC again cuts 2009 world oil demand forecast… OPEC figures suggest 65 percent compliance on output cuts…



Global Investment News Briefs Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Feb 12th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Caterpillar Offers 2,000 Early Retirements; Canada Posts Rare Trade Deficit; RIM Meets 4Q Expectations, Barely; GE Powering Middle East; Dollar Rises Against Yen, Euro; GM Seeks Saab Funding From Sweden; Gold Hits 7-month High; China Injects $19.5 Billion Into Rio Tinto



Wall Street Bankers, Privileged Outcasts

Feb 6th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & Economics

So many people are getting on the bankers’ case; we’re beginning to feel sorry for them. After all, what did they do wrong?



Potential Refinery Strike to Boost these 2 Oil Stocks

Feb 5th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Featured

It looks like it will be another volatile week in the energy markets. On one side of the balance, a tremendous economic slowdown and an overabundance of oil are pushing prices down, while the other side of the balance, rather empty until now, has the threat of a major strike propping prices up.  Here’s two ways to play it.



Oil Reverses, Falls Towards $45 Before US API Data

Jan 27th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

Oil rally fades ahead of US inventory data … American Petroleum Institute data due at 2130 GMT…



Wall Street Hit by Microsoft (MSFT), Economic Woes

Jan 22nd, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News

Microsoft (MSFT) falls after missing expectations, cutting jobs… Data on U.S. jobless, housing fuel worries over economy… Apple up after profit beats expectations… Dow off 2.4 pct, S&P off 2.5 pct, Nasdaq off 3.2 pct…