Starbucks (SBUX): Proving the Exception to the Rule
If you listen to conventional wisdom, a big dominant online presence is the must-have, go-to strategy for delivering products and services to your customers. Starbucks (SBUX) is one of the great…
Can Gradual Interest-Rate Tightening Prevent a Bust?
We invest in the real world, not the theoretical one. But investment, monetary, economic, etc. theory is an important part of the investment process. We often think about macro trades, commodity,…
Tax Reform, Something Real or Much Ado About Nothing?
The House Ways and Means Committee came out with their tax reform plan, which has been hyped extensively since the election. Now that there is something real to look at,…
Fed Statement & Its Impact on Our View of Interest Rates & the US Dollar
The Federal Reserve had a meeting and issued a statement yesterday. We did not learn very much, but we did learn that the Fed has finally stated that the economy…
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday are the Best Days to Own Stocks, Forget Thursday & Friday
The efficient market hypothesis posits that daily share price movements are random and that all stocks are priced with the expectation that the holder of an asset earning a profit…
The Week Ahead 10/30/2017
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Salesforce.Com (CRM) Sometimes We Don’t See Value Where Others Do
The investment markets are made up of millions of buyers and sellers. To our way of thinking, asset prices are set by the buyers. Afterall all, the price of an…
Is Unrest in Europe a Reason for the US Share Price Rally?
The separatist movement in Catalonia is going hot and heavy. The citizens of that region of Spain have voted to become their own nation. The reasons for this are both…
The Week Ahead 10/23/2017
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Share BuyBacks: A Case Study McDonalds (MCD)
Profitable companies generate free cash flow and there are 2 basic ways they can spend it. Companies can either invest in the business so that it can grow or defend…