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

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

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

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

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,…

11 years ago

The Scrabble Election — Capitalism vs. Socialism

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

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

Chris Versace’s PowerTalk: Matt Jacobson

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

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

ETF Talk: Mortgage Finance Fund Outperforms

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

11 years ago

Making Money Alert: A Fiscal Stalemate and a Browning Apple

[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…

11 years ago