Lou Gutheil

According to CEO Antonia Horta-Osorio, Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) is now back to normal. We can’t be sure whether he said that in his lengthy commentary in the group’s 2013 final results to calm investors about the status of the bank or about the size of his bonus. Whatever he meant, it probably hasn’t been […]

After writing yesterday about James Bullard’s concern about the mounting risk of some asset-price bubbles bursting, I did a bit more investigation. Little did I know also that Thierry LaDuguie would write about Sentiment Analysis and Stock Market Timing and charting the S&P index here on ADVFN, when I had planned to continue writing about the concerns about […]

James Bullard is the President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. While all eyes have been on Janet Yellin the past several days, Bullard was in New York City this morning, speaking to representatives of the European American Chamber or Commerce. Aside from his address, he made a comment to reporters that, as Lincoln […]

That’s right! I don’t want to write about Barclays (LSE:BARC)! You probably think that means that Mr. Chambers is making me do it. That is simply not the case. I don’t want to write about Barclays because everyone else is writing about Barclays today. I don’t want to write about Barclays because they are a […]

I worked in the automotive business for more than 25 years. I have owned only one automotive stock, and it was the only stock I have owned that I consider to have been a bad investment. But I drive a Jaguar convertible, so today’s report of stellar sales at the Jaguar Land Rover division of […]

Every month is a part of a repetitious cycle of, among other things, waiting for job reports and central bank reports so that investors have some idea of what to do with their money. The longer I am associated with investing and the economy from a reporting perspective, the more this cyclical waiting and reacting […]

Have you ever woke up in the morning and you just knew it was going to be “one of those days?” That’s how Kazuo Hirai and Mary Barra woke up in completely different parts of the world this a.m. On the other hand, it’s just as likely that neither of them slept at all last […]

The share price of ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) fell sharply today on the London Exchange after filing what I thought was a rather strong report for the final quarter of FY2013. The ARM share price dropped 7.85% to 857.00 approaching the final hour of trading. Is it just me, or does it seem like investors are […]

After closing yesterday at its highest point since 20 November 2013 Randgold’s share price (LSE:RRS) has slipped by 111.00 pence , a drop of 2.49% from yesterday’s close of 4456, during the first half of the day. Frankly, this is absurd. It would appear that the drawback was initiated by an inane reporter’s description of […]

Randgold Resources (LSE:RRS) proved the positive implication of the old axiom, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” The company’s keen understanding of the gold market and its anticipation of a decline in the price of gold during 2013, positioned itself to described its annual results for 2013 this morning for “one of […]