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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 […]

FTSE 250 (FTSE:MCX) is currently gloomy for the bulls, but a boon to the bears. The price has been trending southward and it could go further as such. This stock formed a top in January 2014 as further northward effort was rejected. Since then, it has crossed the EMA period 21 to the downside, while […]

Oil giant announces results BP today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2013. Underlying replacement cost profit 1 for the fourth quarter was $2.8 billion, compared with $3.9 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012. Full-year underlying replacement cost profit was $13.4 billion for 2013, compared with $17.1 billion […]

Shares in multinational cable telecommunications company Altice S.A. (NYSE:ATC) today began trading on the Amsterdam market of Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE:ICE). With a total offering valued at approximately € 1.3 billion Altice is the largest IPO in continental Europe for twelve months. Altice provides cable based services, amongst which high...

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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