Investing Trends

PowerTrend Brief: If the April Jobs Report Was So Good, Why Are Earnings and Spending Down?

I have to admit that after the last two weeks, I’m looking forward to a bit of a...

PowerTrend Brief: More Important Than Buying a Stock, Knowing When To Say No

The gauntlet is upon us. During the last few weeks, we’ve once again entered the earnings zone. To...

PowerTrend Brief: Looking for Growth Amid the Would-Be PC Value Trap

Last week, I spoke at the Wall Street Perspectives Lecture Series 2013 at the New Jersey City University...

Chris Versace’s PowerTalk: James Nolan, Executive Vice President of R&D at InterDigital

Welcome to PowerTalk, where we talk with CEOs, COOs and other key business people at public and private...

PowerTrend Brief: Making Sense of the New Thing vs. the Real Thing

Just as many of you are getting used to their new smartphone or their first tablet, it is...

PowerTrend Brief: Odds Are High You Will Fall Short in Your Retirement

I scour a number of magazines, newspapers, financial filings, trade publications and, of course, the web each week...

PowerTrend Brief: Coffee — A PowerTrend Play That is Paying Double-Digit Percentage Profits

I love my morning coffee. I also happen to love it in the early afternoon and sometimes even...

Chris Versace’s PowerTalk: Beth Solomon, President and CEO of NADCO

Welcome to PowerTalk, where we talk with CEOs, COOs and other key business people at public and private...

PowerTrend Brief: Forget the Sequester, Power Your Portfolio with What is Next in Mobile

Last week was an interesting one, to say the least. From the Italian elections and the sequester, to...

The Global Guru: So Where Are the World’s Wealthy Putting Their Money Today?

As Ernest Hemingway famously wrote in The Snows of Kilimanjaro: "The rich are different from you and me....