President Trump has called for the Federal Reserve’s “Boneheads” to cut interest rates. Now Trump has more ammunition against the Fed from the new plans of “Super Mario” — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. Draghi is known as Super Mario for adopting extremely stimulative monetary policy to pull Europe
Research at The Arora Report has shown that in the long run, investors can generate higher risk-adjusted returns by diversifying their strategies. In a stock market that keeps hitting new highs, a prudent strategy is to consider buying stocks that are breaking out after being range-bound. It is difficult to
What should an investor do with the stock of Amazon in the wake of splendid quarterly results and threats by Donald Trump? By and large, the Republican Party is beginning to unite behind Trump, and in opinion polls, Trump is closing the gap with Hillary Clinton. The purpose of this
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Gear smartwatch with great fanfare in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2013,. It was Samsung’s opportunity to prove once and for all that it is not simply a copycat of Apple. Initial expectations were high. As critics got hold of the smartwatch, they almost universally panned it. The
It was just last month that Apple released iPhone 5C with fanfare. It was the first time that Apple had introduced two iPhones at the same time. Also iPhone 5C was the first ever mid-market phone introduced by Apple. Two data points show that iPhone 5C has hastened a march
Apple AAPL has managed to attract the first woman to its top ten executive team. The woman is Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry Group Plc. The stock market clearly views Apple hiring Ahrendts as a loss for Burberry; as of this writing, Burberry stock in London is trading down about 5%. Ahrendts will become the
For several months I have been writing that the market for smart phones in the developed markets is near saturation and Apple AAPL does not have the right products for major growth in emerging markets. In emerging markets, Google GOOG Android has been growing my leaps and bounds. This morning there is research showing that Apple’s
Samsung’s new venture with Best Buy will not hurt Apple. Samsung is teaming up with Best Buy to open Samsung ‘Experience’ boutiques within the big box electronics retailer’s stores. Samsung’s Experience boutiques will be about 460 square feet in Best Buy’s main stores and will be staffed by Samsung’s own employees. There should be 500
It was not long ago that legions of travel agents labored all across America in offices ranging from those located in class A office buildings to downtrodden strip malls. They gawked at 14-inch green CRT screens at gobbledygook codes that only they could understand. When it came to travel, travel
Much has been discussed in the media about most of the aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” I have not seen much about the plight of more than 100,000 insurance agents and brokers. The floodgates are about to open for the mass firing