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Job Unrest; Abbott Tests; Netflix’s Best
April 16, 2020 Great Stuff
You’ve Got a Friend in Me “So, no one told you life was gonna be this way … (insert clapping here).” Weekly jobless claims are in, dear reader, and I had to do a double take. Roughly 5.24 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Now, we’ve […] 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 […] Warren Buffett Told Me Something I’ll Never Forget
April 14, 2020 Trading Strategies, Winning Investor Daily
When I interviewed Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, he would often mention a certain financial term over and over again. 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 […]