(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) JAPAN MAY START NEGATIVE INTEREST LOANS TO COMBAT NEGATIVE INTEREST DEPOSITS, CHINA MOVE MAY DAMPEN EXCESSIVE SILVER SPECULATION April 22, 2016 This is what
It is time to take partial profits on 10 popular stocks listed later in this column. These are great companies with great products, excellent market shares, good balance sheets, and good earnings growth prospects. In addition to good fundamentals, from a traditional technical analysis perspective, all of these companies remain
Coffee prices have been cut by nearly half from their peak. Many purveyors have passed on the savings to their customers, but not Starbucks. If that was not enough, Starbucks recently increased prices the timing of which is pointed out on the annotated chart. But regardless of the price of
A titanic shift in strategy related to iTunes and services may be ahead at Apple. Faced with declining market share, a stagnant stock price, double-digit drop in iTunes downloads, failure to contain Pandora’s growth with iTunes Radio, and saturation in the market for iPhones that generate about three quarters of
Both the New York Times and theWall Street Journal are reporting that Apple is working on a watch-like device. iWatch has been in the rumor mill for a long time, but now the rumor has gained more credibility being spread by these august outlets. Pebble, a smart watch that shows emails or text messages easily
Starbucks (SBUX) shares are getting ready for their next leg up. The stock is expensive at these levels, but the coffee giant keeps on innovating and big international expansion is still ahead. It is no secret that espresso coffee is very popular overseas. Starbucks has announced the first at-home, premium, single-cup