Daily Archives: January 27, 2011
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The Fed, translated into plain English – Slate and Planet Money Want to make money in the stock market? Own it only when it’s closed – Tradestreaming and BIG The relationship between speed cameras and road deaths – The Economist [chart] Why people happily pay $71,000+ to go to Davos […]
Here’s the problem with starting an exercise regimen: You typically pay big up front for the gym membership or equipment, then try to motivate yourself to use it enough to make that payment worthwhile. But recouping a sunk cost isn’t much of a motivator, so you end up both out […]
The benefits and drawbacks of offshore drilling have long been debated. But life after BP’s (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill not only brings in an even more heated debate, it also introduces new troubles for domestic offshore drillers in the form of an offshore drilling ban (which ended in […]
*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment’s Dividend model holds 50 dividend stocks at a time. The goal of the model, along with producing income from dividends, is to outperform the S&P 500 while creating a portfolio that is less volatile than the index. In its January 2011 Investment Report, Analytic Investment […]
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) put an extra tremor in the steps of caffeine addicted investors this morning when it announced that it expected the rising cost of coffee to derail profits more than previously anticipated. This announcement followed an adjusted earnings forecast that came in below analysts’ expectations. But even with […]