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Market Outlook The Message of the Market 1/26/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystIt's been a wild year The Message of ups and downs- very manic action that's obviously unsettling as if the market is grappling for direction and guidance. Let's talk about the message of the market; Commentary Accurate, Yet Still a Lie 1/26/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystIn 1863, Samuel Butler wrote a series called "Darwin among the Machines" which prophesized that machines would eventually surpass mankind in supremacy making us inferior. I bring this up not only out Commentary Talkin' 'Bout Real 'Tough' Love 1/26/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystI don’t hear people talking about it much these days, but when Bush was president, many of my black and some of my liberal friends would complain that we were still due our “40 acres and a mule” or th Economy Econ Wrap Up: Dallas Fed Manufacturing 1/26/2015 By Jennifer CoombsThe Dallas Federal Reserve released its manufacturing data for the month of January, and it told much of the same story as the Empire State and Philly Fed releases. Factory activity in Texas was flat for the month, with the production index coming in at 0.7. The production index is a key measure of Economy Doomsday on the Mediterranean 1/23/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystThere is a big election in Greece tomorrow. It might not have the impact it would have had a few years ago, even a few weeks ago, because the European Central Bank (ECB) will begin spreading cash thro Economy Econ Wrap-Up: Existing Home Sales, Leading Economic Indicators, and More 1/23/2015 By Jennifer CoombsAs expected, existing home sales popped in December 2014 by 2.4% to an annual sales rate of 5.04 million units, versus a slightly revised 6.3% decline in November to 4.92 million units. This gain underscores the housing report from Wednesday, as sales were led by single-family homes which increased Economy Econ Wrap-Up: FHFA House Prices and Weekly Jobless Claims 1/22/2015 By Jennifer CoombsOverall, jobless claims have been inching higher and don’t appear to be giving much optimism to the January 2015 employment situation report. Initial claims declined by 10,000 in the week ended January 17th, to a level of 307,000 which is just above consensus expectations. The January 17th week repr Commentary Education Crisis 1/22/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystA shocker of news has not gotten the kind of attention it should have received. For the first time in 50 years, a majority of public school students, Pre-K to 12th grade are eligible for federal progr Economy Econ Wrap-Up: Housing Starts and Permits 1/21/2015 By Jennifer CoombsComplementing yesterday’s positive report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) was today’s release of housing starts and permits for the month of December. Housing activity was shown to have picked up during the month and, this time, the strength was concentrated in the single-famil Financials Another Reason Not to Own a Home 1/20/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal AnalystThe estate tax is not just rich people's problem anymore. Soon, it is going to be a killer for the rich and the non-rich alike. Let's say your mom leaves you the house, it is worth $250,000, and later Economy Econ Wrap-Up: NAHB Housing Market Index and China GDP 1/20/2015 By Jennifer CoombsDespite two major homebuilders issuing negative outlooks for 2015, the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) index is showing solid conditions so far in January. The NAHB index showed a reading of 57 in January, compared to the upwardly revised 58 reading in December. January 2015 marks the
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I mentioned at the start of 2015 that I was looking for a bounce in gold this year, perhaps to $1,400 or higher. With the European Central Bank (ECB) moments away from triggering more money printing, gold may finally be ready to shine (no pun intended). Now gold is breaking a key resistance number Read more.
