Is the economic roller coaster at the bottom?
If there is one economic report I look forward to every month, it’s the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index. Most of the stuff written by economist is so full of statistics, formulas, tables and graphs that by the time you weed through it all you…
GDP’s Debt to Credit
The FDIC is considering tapping its emergency line of credit with the Treasury. FDIC Chair Sheila Bair recently hinted after a speech at Georgetown University that all options are on the table when it comes time to replenish the dwindling Deposit Insurance Fund. We’ll find out more in the next few weeks after the FDIC board of directors meets.
Stock market bulls aren’t concerned about the inevitable acceleration in bank failures — at least for now. Even though deposits will be insured against loss, the loss of local banks will still have a depressing effect on hundreds of small communities. These communities are going to lose their only access to business credit when their local zombie banks — loaded with toxic…
Can Google save the newspaper business?
This post was written by InvestorPlace.
Many newspaper stocks are down over 90% from five years ago. Some public companies in the industry, most notably the Journal Register Co., have gone bankrupt. The combination of huge debt taken on for acquisition…
Going where the dividends will be
Today, investors looking for dividends are finding slim pickings. Many stocks that investors used to count on for income have either slashed their dividends or eliminated them completely.Wayne Gretzky once said that, “a good hockey player plays where t…
7 appetizing growth stocks
This post comes from Matt Koppenheffer at partner site The Motley Fool.
If I asked you to cook up your ideal company, what would it look like?
I’m not asking for your favorite Fortune 500 company or an up-and-coming small-cap. I want you to think about…
Seeing through the Vale of tears
The numbers that Vale (VALE), the world’s low-cost exporter of iron ore, reported on July 30th for the second quarter of 2009 were ugly but expected. Operating revenue dropped by $300 million to $5.1 billion from the first quarter. Profit margins fe…