Goldman Employees – No longer just a number
Goldman scraps rating their employees 1-9. Big investment banks have been in a secular decline for about 8 Years. Younger employees want real feedback.
Is Snapchat worth $18 Billion
Is Snapchat really worth $18 Billion. Kids love it and parents fear it.
S&P 500 won’t break out until earnings do – 3 things that could make it happen
By David Nelson, CFA US markets have frustrated both bulls & bears over the last year with the index unable to break out and sustain a path in either direction. However, the chart below confirms the problem started somewhat sooner, half way through 2014. The blended 12 month forward earnings of the S&P 500 (SPY) […]
Big Gov’t vs Big Business – No deal for HAL & BHI
David sits down the Street’s Scott Gamm to talk about the collapse of Halliburton’s bid for Baker Hughes
Buffett calls out Carl Icahn
It had nothing to do with markets. Warren calling out Carl was all about politics
Bezos makes a cool $6 Billion
David joins host Jen Rogers for the Yahoo Mid Day Movers show to discuss Amazon’s blow out quarter.
5 Stages of Market Grief – 2016
David Nelson, CFA Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression & Acceptance – The 5 stages of grief first introduced by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kugler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying are normally associated with a terminal disease. But in the context of finance they are often used to describe investor emotions in the throes of […]
Trump Hints Yellen Would Be Out as Fed Chair
https://youtu.be/iNj6M1HVq-Q David joins Fox Business anchor Charles Payne to discuss Donald Trump’s latest threat that Janet Yellen’s days are numbered at the Fed