Lou Gutheil

This column generally focuses on company and market news of interest to serious investors.  With apologies to my bosses, I am going to take it in a different direction today, because I believe that the most important story today, although it may not be directly connected to the market, does have serious implications for any […]

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Redefines Everything.  That headline could be over 100 years old and it could refer to Nikola Tesla himself.  Tesla, the unsung pioneer of the development of electricity probably never imagined that “Tesla” would be the nameplate of a car and a manufacturer that are bringing the most radical change to the automotive industry […]

Look for the next few days, if not weeks or months, to be a bumpy ride for world markets.  While Mark Carney’s remarks today (see my ADVFN colleague Tom Frew’s remarks) will have some impact on the London Exchange, the whole world is reacting to signs that the Federal Reserve is on the verge of […]

It’s not likely that there could be any bigger news out of the U.S. today than the announcement that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO, Jeff Bezos has agreed to purchase the Washington Post (NYSE:WPO).  We’re not talking about buying a single copy or signing up for a subscription.  We’re talking about him buying the whole enchilada.  Actually, […]

Britain’s banks have provided a bevy of news for the first Monday in August.  And – surprise!- not all of it is bad.  Not that long ago, any story about UK banks could have been written in one word:  “Disaster.”  Actually, it’s been so bad for so long that “bank” and “disaster” in the same […]

International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) share price has been escalating throughout the day and is currently up 16.80 pence to 313.90.  That’s a 5.7% increase on the day, an 18.7% increase on the month, a 49.4% increase since the beginning of 2013, and a 99% increase over the last 12 months.  Today’s change in share price […]

Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) share price closed at 68.47 as July trading came to a close yesterday.  The bank released its half-year report at 7:02 this morning.  By 8:22 am its share price has reached 72.98.  By 10:14 am, it was at 74.41.  At 13:00 it had ascended to 74.85.  Lloyds’ share price has not […]

British American Tobacco (LSE:BATS) share price rose 57.50 pence this morning to 3,520.00 following the release of its first half earnings report.  For lower-priced stocks that would be quite a leap, but with a share price in excess of 3,500, it amounts to about just over 1.5% The tobacco industry completely puzzles me.  I live […]

International Personal Finance plc (LSE:IPF), may not make a lot of headlines, so that may “leed” some snootier investors to ignore the company based in Leeds.  Interestingly enough, IPF is one of the “leeders” on the London Stock Exchange today.  Its share price is the ninth “leeding” gainer by percentage and the seventh “leeding” by […]

The flagship retail store of The Bay is an icon of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Yonge and Queen.  It is the store to which Toronto families flock in the weeks before Christmas to see the seasonal displays in the windows along the main street of the city.  Along with the Eaton Center, it […]