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The Fed Rate Cut, Solar Panels, Pot and Insulin – Strap in August 1, 2019 Great Stuff First-World Market Problems The temper tantrum appears to be over … for now. Wall Street didn’t get exactly what it wanted, but it appears to have come to terms with what it got. Let’s be clear: It wasn’t just the 25-basis-point rate cut that the market wasn’t happy with. It was the Federal Reserve’s language […]
The Real Question for the $63 Billion AbbVie-Allergan Acquisition June 25, 2019 Great Stuff I know my brain doesn’t work quite right. I wouldn’t be writing Great Stuff if it did. Today, I’m left with a burning question on AbbVie’s $63 billion cash and stock acquisition of Allergan. It’s not about the viability of the combined company. Both AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) and Allergan PLC (NYSE: AGN) face serious […]
Overlooked by Wall Street: Buy Gold-Mining Stocks While They’re Cheap June 24, 2019 American Investor Today, Gold, Investment Opportunities Gold stocks were terrible investments in past years. As a result, many investors have ignored the gold-mining sector. But Matt Badiali sees the recent rise in gold prices and the low price-to-earnings ratio for the mining sector as an ideal situation to profit from the inevitable surge that’s coming. (2-minute read)
Facebook’s Crypto Libra Creates a Financial Bubble of Epic Proportions June 21, 2019 Currency, Global Economy, Winning Investor Daily Facebook’s new coin is a big deal for the crypto markets. It instantly opens up crypto to billions of users who might not have even heard of bitcoin.
Don’t Wreck It, Ralph June 20, 2019 Great Stuff I’m no Ralph Kramden, but even I can see that the market is ready for launch. Like I said in yesterday’s Great Stuff, anything but complete inaction by the U.S. Federal Reserve was likely to spark a rally — and save Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s job. All Powell had to do was drop the word “patient” from the Fed’s […]