Wall Street Journal

As the team was crafting Thursday’s newsletter, we were alerted by various news sources that inflation in China had “jumped” 4.5%. Being the master decoders that we are, we went to check the reaction (stocks up or stocks down) of overseas markets following such unexpected news. Markets all of...

Despite all the media hype regarding the upcoming Facebook initial public offering (IPO), APM's Marketplace Radio on Monday provided just another reason to be skeptical regarding Facebook's IPO. Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal interviewed David Streitfeld, a technology writer for the New York Times....

The Wall Street Journal features an astute piece today regarding the marketing value of some ETF tickers. While not as important in the big scheme of things as size or first-to-market advantage, the right ticker can at least help traders and investors remember an ETF's name and that's not a bad...

Following the Florida Primary on Jan. 31 and the Nevada Caucus on Feb. 4, it appears that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is further tightening his grip on being the GOP presidential nominee to face off against Pres. Barack Obama in the November general election. One might say at first...

Ahh yes, the prospectus. No doubt about it, if you picked up the WSJ, the term prospectus would be all over the place in discussing Facebook. But, in order for Facebook to do an IPO, the company that is yearning to rake in money from people has to issue a prospectus to inquisitive investors....

Here is the scenario. You mosey on over to a financial news website and stumble across a headline that contains a person’s name in it and a tease to a stock market prediction. Immediately a light bulb goes off: “boy, if this person has his/her name in lights I best take a moment and hear what...

There really is a niche ETF for almost any occasion. Insider buying, social media, patent-rich companies, convertible securities. You name a unique or obscure investment concept, and there's a fair chance there's an ETF way of playing it. Same goes for share buybacks. This particular niche is...

Would increased job training lower unemployment? Those who watched Pres. Obama's State of the Union address may recall how the president said that he wanted "to cut through the maze of confusing training programs, so that from now on, people...have one program, one website, and one place to go...

Anytime the Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates after two days of deliberations it’s akin to bar flies watching the Super Bowl, except for Wall Street folk. Amping up the fun quotient is a new strategy by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to hold a press conference after the smart...

The time is upon us Sleuths for yet another Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings report (decoded insider tip: Apple always reports “after the bell”, or after the stock market closes). Here is the decoded setup before the numbers are released to a hungry investment community: Sad but true: The recently...