Not a Starbucks Issue
In a Wall Street Journal front page report, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz hit the nail on the head regarding corporate profits.
Coffee chain Starbucks last...
Facebook Un-Liked by Wall Street
We have warned readers on this website and in our premium strategy reports, Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report and Young Research’s Global Investment Strategy...
What’s Your Fund Manager Doing behind Your Back?
In a recent article titled Fund Managers Seduced by Facebook, Joe Light of the Wall Street Journal exposes some poor practices of actively managed...
Transports Signal Trouble
Our chart of the Dow Transports compared to the Dow Industrials indicates that the transports are breaking down on a relative basis. Resistance established...
Gasoline Eating in to Your Vacation?
Gas prices have ticked up each of the last two weeks. That’s too bad because many Americans will be taking their cars on vacation...
Your Winning Formula for Dividend Investment Success
When we started Young Research’s Retirement Compounders (RCs) in 2003, the goal was to look for a compelling competitive advantage to make the RCs...
Here’s What Your Neighbor Might Be Doing
You might be your own worst enemy when it comes to managing your money. Don’t expect good results from part-time effort—for example, if you...
Fed Says Fed Most Important to Your Returns
We have noted often on this site and in our monthly strategy reports, that in recent years, Federal Reserve policy has become the main...
Fed Counts its Chickens Before they Hatch
It is no secret that the hubris from the economists at the Federal Reserve is palpable, but a recent piece from San Francisco Fed...
Job Creator Confidence Plunges
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index plunged 3 points in June—its biggest drop in over two years. Nine out of the ten components in...