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Making Cents of it all: Spelling Bipartisan?
Posted on at December 11, 2013 by Michael Needleman
We’ve written countless times over the past months that the time for politicians to govern is now. With recent polls on elected officials hitting levels never seen before, many seem to agree with us. It seems that the time to govern has happened. Last night, our elected officials fi Read More...
Wednesday reads & daily charts ...
Posted on at December 11, 2013 by Craig Dougherty
We scour the best of publications that cover the markets & economy, the world of business & finance, asset & wealth management, monetary & fiscal policy, Europe & Asia, the news & politics, science & technology … and throw in a bit of arts & entertainme Read More...
Barron's through the prism of FusionIQ: NFBK
Posted on at December 10, 2013 by Kevin Lane
In a Barron’s feature this weekend, David Englander writes about 3 regional banks that could be targets of suitors. Astoria Financial, Brookline Bancorp, and Northfield Bancorp could tempt acquirers, according to Barron’s. Here, we focus on one of these names, Northfield B Read More...
Most heavily shorted names easily outperformed in 2013
Posted on at December 10, 2013 by Craig Dougherty
As Barron’s noted this weekend, if you purchased a portfolio of the 50 most heavily shorted stocks at the beginning of 2013, that group—mostly low-quality companies with business-challenged models, like Sears Holdings (SHLD), GameStop (GME), and Best Buy (BBY) — outperform Read More...
Making Cents of it all: Sky High Rentals!
Posted on at December 10, 2013 by Craig Dougherty
The great American dream of owning a home still exists, but for a lot fewer people. Since 2008, over 4.6 million homes were lost to foreclosures according to Core Logic. Where are those people living now? The majority of those homeowners have become renters. As housing prices and ma Read More...
Tuesday reads & daily charts ...
Posted on at December 10, 2013 by Craig Dougherty
We scour the best of publications that cover the markets & economy, the world of business & finance, asset & wealth management, monetary & fiscal policy, Europe & Asia, the news & politics, science & technology … and throw in a bit of arts & entertainme Read More...
