We Libertarians complain about how the office of the president of the United States has become, since Lincoln, the Imperial Presidency. In general, the role of the government has grown so much, is now meddling in our individual daily lives so...
Real estate funds and REITs have come roaring back since December lows. Even commercial real estate REITs have been soaring since December. Residential REITs (apartments and manufactured homes) have been on a tear this year. But, one wonders, how...
It’s earnings season, and consensus analysts’ estimates are predicting a 184.2 percent jump in earnings for the S&P 500 companyies in Q4 over a year ago. Obviously, Q4 earnings have an easy bogey, since Q4 2008 earnings were pathetic. The...
Each December analysts at Raymond James pick a list of stocks its analysts predict will likely “produce above-average price appreciation over the next 55 weeks,” accroding to Raymond James CIO David Henwood. This year’s list contains 13 stocks...
Talk about optimism. Consensus analysts’ earnings estimates for S&P 500 companies for 2010 are now at $77.61 per share—that’s a 30.5 percent jump over 2009 estimated earnings, ThomsonReuters said today in its weekly “This Week in Earnings” report...
In a press release, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (as it calls itself in this missive) touts that Auto Finance News ranked ML as number one in the online customer satisfaction survey...
Registered Rep. has been writing about financial advisor moving from one firm to another so much that some have accused of us shilling for independents and RIAs. After all, only roughly half of wirehouse advisors who moved last year stayed in the...
I have never understood the liberal argument that a person has a right to your goods or services. I thought the Constitution only gave you the right to be left alone and stipulated that everyone should be treated the same under the law. (I realize...
The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June. In November, just 177 advisors in the wirehouse channel switched firms, the smallest monthly number all year, according to Discovery Database. Of those...
