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• Why a March hike is on the table

  09-02-2017 22:19
  
  Fed funds futures pricing recently implied a roughly 25 likelihood that the Federal Reserve Fed will raise interest rates at its March meeting We believe however the odds are probably closer to 50 Though our base case is that the Fed may not raise rates next month a March hike is
  
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• The Big Picture Market Perspectives 2/9/17

  09-02-2017 21:14
  
  Stocks are hitting new record highs today.  That includes the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.   We've now seen about 60% of the earnings for Q4, and earnings are very good. As we've discussed, earnings guidance and consensus views are made to be beaten.  Factset says that, on average, about 67% of S&P 500
  
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• Natural selection?

  09-02-2017 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With French owner L'Oreal wanting to put The Body Shop up for sale, BBC News asks what's gone wrong at the UK cosmetics chain?
  
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• Twitter And Initial Claims In Focus

  09-02-2017 18:19
  
  Social media staple and current preferred method of presidential policy dissemination Twitter 160 TWTR 160 posted disappointing revenues in its fiscal Q4 of 2016 716 million from the 738 million expected in the Zacks consensus estimate Accounting for stock based compensation
  
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• Reversal Of Reflation Trade Means US Oil Prices Likely To Fall Further, Brent/WTI Spread Widen

  09-02-2017 16:54
  
  Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment research,  FXPRIMUS.comSince Trump was elected president, investors have been putting onreflation trades– trades premised on the assumption that he would usher in a period of faster growth and higher inflation. Recently doubts have started to creep in about the likely
  
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• Oz chain trials fewer self-checkouts to fight carrot-swiping theft

  09-02-2017 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian retailer Coles is limiting its self-checkouts to combat theft by deliberate mis-swiping.
  
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• Earnings So Far Haven't Clarified Things

  09-02-2017 14:46
  
  This earnings season, with companies reporting for the fourth quarter of 2016, was supposed to provide some clarity for a market that seems to be desperately seeking a direction. Once the initial push that resulted from optimism about pro-business policies following President Trump’s election faded around
  
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• Oil Prices Plunge And Bounce Back After EIA Reports Massive Crude Build

  09-02-2017 13:50
  
  The Energy Information Administration sunk oil markets deeper into despairreportinga build of 13.8 million barrels for commercial crude oil inventories in the U.S. Total commercial inventories are at 508.6 million barrels, above the upper limit for the season.A day earlier, the American Petroleum Institute
  
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• Is A Strong Or Weak Dollar Good For The US? The $16 trillion Question

  09-02-2017 13:25
  
  Reports suggest that recently President Trump asked National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about whether it was a strong or weak dollar that was in the US interest.    According to the leaks, Flynn suggested asking an economist.   The simple question is very revealing for those of us still trying to get a
  
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• Buying Value Stocks on the Breakout

  09-02-2017 04:19
  
  Welcome to Episode 29 of the Value Investor Podcast Every week Zacks value stock strategist and the Editor of Zacks Value Investor portfolio Tracey Ryniec talks about all things happening in the value stock universe including her top stock picks Stocks are again hitting new all
  
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• Lessons for Fintech From the History of Banking

  09-02-2017 04:17
  
  The future of fintech is bright almost blindingly so but many of the entrepreneurs in the industry fail to grasp what will eventually lead to the downfall of countless fintech firms particularly those that lend money An unhealthy obsession with yes There s a belief
  
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• Whole Food Reports Q1 Record Sales of $4.9 Billion

  09-02-2017 03:19
  
  Whole Foods Market Inc WFM just released its first quarter financial results ended January 15 2017 posting earnings of 0 39 per share and record sales of 4 918 billion Currently Whole Foods is a Zacks Rank 3 Hold and is down 2 to 28 68 per share in trading shortly after its
  
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• Lionsgate Revenue Up 12%, Posts Q3 Loss with Starz Purchase

  09-02-2017 03:19
  
  Lionsgate Entertainment Corp LGF A just released its third quarter 2017 financial results posting earnings of 0 11 per share and revenues of 752 million Currently LGF A is a Zacks Rank 2 BUY and is down 1 81 to 27 20 per share in after hours trading shortly after its earnings
  
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• Procter & Gamble Co Is on Track to Give Shareholders $22 Billion in 2017

  09-02-2017 03:17
  
  Call it the understatement of the fiscal year Procter amp Gamble NYSE PG Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller recently told investors that 2017 is a year of significant value return to shareholders Does 22 billion sound significant to you That s how much the consumer
  
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• Is Himax Technologies Doomed?

  09-02-2017 03:17
  
  Himax Technologies NASDAQ HIMX stock has been in steady decline since the fall and continues to hit fresh lows The culprit has basically been growth expectations drying up in the near term as augmented reality and virtual reality projects keep getting pushed back However
  
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• 2 Undervalued Reasons Walt Disney Co. Stock Could Grow Further

  09-02-2017 03:17
  
  Image source Walt Disney Co Shares of The Walt Disney Co NYSE DIS have performed well lately up more than 20 over the past three months Still shares are down from their mid 2015 highs as Wall Street still tries to understand Disney s stock growth potential Here are
  
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• Why Has Gold Been the Big Winner Amid Trump Uncertainty?

  09-02-2017 03:16
  
  Over the past month gold prices have been moving higher Both the SPDR Gold Shares GLD and iShares Gold Trust IAU are at their highest levels of the year and are actually outperforming the S amp P 500 since the start of 2017 Gold is now up nearly to 7 5 since New Year s Day
  
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• When Charitable Donations Give Back to You: The Charitable Contribution Tax Deduction

  09-02-2017 02:17
  
  The charitable contributions tax deduction is quite lucrative for millions of Americans About one fourth of Americans deduct their donations on their tax return and the average deduction is about 5 800 which could translate into big tax savings on your return Before you deduct
  
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• When Can I Sign Up for Medicare?

  09-02-2017 02:17
  
  Medicare provides critical health benefits to countless seniors You can register for Medicare during the seven month enrollment period surrounding your 65th 160 birthday but if you don t enroll on time you ll face not only a period without coverage but a penalty that could
  
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• Synchronoss Technologies Moves Forward After Intralinks Acquisition

  09-02-2017 02:17
  
  The pitfall of quarterly reporting is that it tends to focus investor attention on short term thinking For Synchronoss Technologies NASDAQ SNCR the boom in cloud computing is a long term opportunity and strategic moves like the company s recent purchase of Intralinks are aimed
  
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• Compass Minerals Posts a Double Win

  09-02-2017 02:17
  
  Compass Minerals International NYSE CMP has two very different business segments one of which focuses on road salt for highway use and the other of which offers nutritional products for plants Diversification can help companies like Compass weather tough conditions in one
  
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• Why II-VI, Inc. Gained 23% in January 2017

  09-02-2017 01:17
  
  What happened Shares of II VI NASDAQ IIVI rose 23 1 in January of 2017 according to data from S amp P Global Market Intelligence So what The maker of opto electronic components and engineered materials reported second quarter results near the end of
  
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• Netgear Rides Retail Strength to a Record Holiday Quarter

  09-02-2017 01:17
  
  Shares of Netgear NASDAQ NTGR declined nearly 7 Wednesday after the company released strong fourth quarter 2016 results but it followed with underwhelming guidance to start 2017 However if management s comments on guidance are any indication patient
  
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• Crisis management

  09-02-2017 00:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A number of companies and experts explore how businesses should best react to a disaster, be it a cyber-attack, financial scandal or other series issue.
  
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• The Body Shop: A short history

  09-02-2017 00:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News looks back at the story of The Body Shop, one of the UK's most successful High Street chains.
  
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