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Chris Versace

The Federal Government Shutdown — A Question of Duration

By now we all know the federal government has shut down, and there is ample finger pointing going on in Washington, D.C. I saw this coming, and I’ve positioned subscribers of my investment newsletter PowerTrend Profits and my trading service PowerTrader accordingly. I fully expect the stock market to be choppy in the coming days […]

Trucking — the Lifeblood of the Economy with Chris Burruss, President of the Truckload Carriers Association

Joining me on PowerTalk today is Chris Burruss, president of the Truckload Carriers Association, and we talk about the trucking industry, what it’s responsible for and what key issues are facing the industry. When most people talk about the economy, we tend to think of manufacturing, retail, restaurants and other industries that require goods, such […]

Signs of Weak Holiday Spending Are Starting to Emerge

In a few days, we’ll close the books on both the month of September and 3Q 2013. Soon, we’ll be inundated with corporate earnings reports and assessing whether the results met expectations and how solid the coming outlook is for the last three months of 2013 and early 2014. Those last three months of the […]

Where and How Reading is Going with Kobo CEO Mike Serbinis

Joining me on PowerTalk today to discuss the e-reader market, its new line of Android tablets that are designed with readers in mind, as well as how it works with small book retailers and more, is Mike Serbinis, the CEO and founder of Kobo. If you’re like me, you are an avid reader. Books, newspapers, […]

So the Fed Didn’t Taper… Now What?

As we all learned, the Federal Reserve did not taper its $85 billion in stimulus efforts after its Federal Open Market Committee meeting earlier this week. The inaction was quite the surprise, considering the consensus view seemed to be that tapering was about to begin. I differed from the consensus in that I expected a […]

Big Business and Potential Regulatory Costs with Lynn Liddle of Domino’s Pizza

When most people think of hanging out with family and friends, it tends to involve one of my favorite subjects — food. According to The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. consumer spends an average of $6,129, or 9.81%, of their pay on food each year. That spending makes the food industry, which includes eating […]