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The Great Gilead Gaffe; P&G Earnings Are No Laugh
April 17, 2020 Great Stuff
Friday Four Play: The “Fool in the Rain” Edition In the evening, when the day is done, I’m looking for market sanity, but the girl don’t come. So, don’t let the market play you for a fool. She don’t show no pity. She don’t make no rules. Last night, I scanned the market headlines before […] How to Play the Coming Double Bottom
April 17, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, U.S. Economy
[15-minute video] The Fed can pump liquidity all it wants, but the smart money knows that eventually stock prices are determined by earnings … which are falling fast. Here’s what you can do to play this ongoing bear market. Outplaying Big Banks; J.B. Hunt Bucks Up
April 15, 2020 Great Stuff
Banks Can’t Dance Regular Great Stuff readers know that music underpins many of our pop culture references. But, try as I might, I couldn’t come up with a good banking song for today’s issue. Not even a jingle. The only banking-related pop culture reference that came to mind was the old 1970s Smith Barney commercial: […] Relishing Relief: Fastenal Your Seatbelts
April 14, 2020 Great Stuff
How Do You Spell Relief? And they’re off! The first (annual?) U.S. quarantined corporate earnings season kicked off this morning, and investors loved the red-hot rally action. It was 2% to 3% gains across the board as the market opened. Wall Street finally has concrete data on how the pandemic has affected American businesses. JPMorgan […] Titanic Earnings; Choppy Sailing; Cinemas Failing
April 13, 2020 Great Stuff
A Titanic Earnings Season The markets rallied sharply last week in anticipation that things are starting to get better. And, admittedly they are … where the pandemic is concerned. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the outbreak is finally stabilizing across the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute […]