Torsten Sløk, Ph.D., Deutsche Bank Research: We are experiencing a profit recession without an economic recession. This is not...
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Every now and then a remarkably bad idea springs to life. It gets debated, ridiculed and eventually discarded. In the marketplace of...
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With the stock markets down almost (OMG!) 5 percent from their all-time highs, lots of folks are looking for signs that the bull is...
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Reporting for second quarter earnings are ramping up. Two great informative charts from FactSet show Change in EPS and Estimates vs....
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My favorite quarterly chart book is out. These few charts caught my eye: click for much larger charts
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I am pleased to introduce to Big Picture readers someone I have known and admired for many years: Bruce Bartlett worked for Congressmen...
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It’s Always a ‘Great Quarter, Guys!’ If You’re an Equity Analyst Source: Bloomberg
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Apple’s first-quarter earnings were blow-out numbers. Far beyond what anyone forecast, the figures show Apple arguably had the...
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Markets were under intense pressure earlier today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down almost 400 points. Most indexes were down 2...
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A column in the Sunday NYT purports to look at Why the Bear Is Alive and Well. While the main thrust of the column is on point —...
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