Lou Gutheil

We have grown accustomed over the years to icons like 3M (NYSE:MMM) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) impacting the S&P 500, which they are doing today following the publication of their annual results. At this early stage of the day, having posted less than desirable results, Exxon shares are down 1.72%, and, having posted excellent results, […]

Nada.

Next month, February 2014, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) will celebrate its tenth birthday and the second anniversary of filing its S1 with the SEC. The company was only eight years old when it starting trading on the NASDAQ on 18 May in what turned out to be one of the most publicized first-day fiascoes in financial news […]

Yeah. I couldn’t find anything either.

Have you ever wondered why there are analysts and economists? The analysts are buried in the down and dirty, devilish details, whilst the economists step back and view things on a much broader scale. The analysts exist to drive investors crazy and the economists exist to help us not get caught up in the anxiety […]

Actually, the ride started last week when the FTSE 100 climbed to lofty heights, tantalizing investors with the possibility that the index would establish a new high. Then, just as it seemed possible, the FTSE plunged to it’s current level of 6578. It looks like we’ll have to start the ride over in order to […]

GSK’s share price drifted lower today, a 1.69% slide (28.00 pence) to 1624.50. Almost a year ago, 07 February 2013, ADVFN published a story entitled “GSK Betting on Robust R&D Pipeline.” The point of the story was that long-term investors in pharmaceutical companies, like GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) should keep their eyes more on their R&D Pipeline […]

Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) is getting pounded today on the London Exchange following issuance of its January Trading Report. Folks, it was not good news. Pearson shares closed yesterday at 1311.00 on the London Exchange. It’s share price is currently at 1192.00, down 9.08%. When a company has a market cap of £9.65 billion, that kind of […]

On 23 August 2004 Google’s share price was $106.15 (NASDAQ:GOOG). Except for a sharp, one-year decline when it dropped from just above 700 to 290, Google’s share price has climbed nearly continuously to its current level of 1163. Just in case you are blissfully uniformed, that single year was 2008 and the responsibility for that […]

Forty minutes is a long time to hold your breath, but there’s a bunch of us doing it right now. The FTSE has been riding high above the 6840 mark for most of the day. If it finishes above 6840.27, it will be the index’s highest close since 30 December 1999. About two hours ago […]