Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise; Jobs Number; US Air AMR Merger

13 years ago

U.S. stocks rose, lifting the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index for a third week, as optimism about better-than-estimated jobs data…

Investors Should Delve beyond Dip in U.S. Unemployment Rate to Find True Picture

13 years ago

Today's headline that the U.S. unemployment rate in November fell to 7.7%, its lowest level since 2008, may seem positive…

Eagle Eye Opener: Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly; Brazilan Economists Miss Predictions; Zynga Goes All in for Gaming License

13 years ago

The U.S. non-farm unemployment rate edged down to 7.7% in November, compared to 7.9% in October and 7.8% in September,…

The Scrabble Election — Capitalism vs. Socialism

13 years ago

In the made-up universe of word games, capitalism beats socialism. Unfortunately, when it comes to the U.S. presidential election, we…

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise; Low Participation; Commodities Predictions

13 years ago

U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rebounds Amid Budget Talks (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks rose for a second day as Apple Inc.…

Who’s Really to Blame for the Mess We Are in?

13 years ago

"A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed." -- Ben Franklin I have to laugh when I read about…

Chris Versace’s PowerTalk: Matt Jacobson

13 years ago

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

A Contrarian Bet on a Mortgage REIT with a 15.6% Yield

13 years ago

This week's Dividend Pro recommendation, Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc. (AMTG), is a contrarian bet on yet another high-yielding mortgage real estate…

ETF Talk: Mortgage Finance Fund Outperforms

13 years ago

The mortgage market and homebuilding industries have been two of the top-performing sectors in 2012 and their recovery from the…

Making Money Alert: A Fiscal Stalemate and a Browning Apple

13 years ago

[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/Fi0IJWqFJbY"] I know you probably are tired of hearing about how the fiscal cliff issue is dominating the equity…