If the latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) scores from China and France are any indication, investors in these countries certainly can’t be excited about their current prospects.
It doesn’t look like Phillip Morris International (PM) is suffering too much due to CVS Corporation’s decision to pull cigarettes from its shelves.
Back in April of 2013, Warren Buffett told those assembled at Coca-Cola Co.’s (KO) annual meeting that the company needed to guard against complacency.
When outgoing U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced a second reduction to the Fed’s stimulus program on January 29, 2014, there was concern in the markets that interest rates my shoot up dramatically.
Even though Treasuries climbed 1.4 percent so far this year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 20 other primary dealers offered to sell $4.34 of the notes for every dollar the Federal Reserve purchased from the firms in its bond buying program in the past month.
Given the historic cold in North America, this powerhouse seems likely to achieve capital appreciation and a dividend pop, as well.