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Consumer Confidence Fading; How Bad Is It?

When consumers are cautious, they tend to hold back on any major purchases such as homes, vehicles, furniture, appliances, and travel, to list a few. This will impact spending, GDP growth, and the ability of companies to expand their businesses and hire. Consumer Confidence in May was another disappointment with a reading of 60.8, below […]

Time to Go Big or Go Home—Large-cap Earnings All That Matters

The only thing that really matters to the stock market is corporate earnings. The numbers are everything, and that’s what equity investors need to be focused on. I’d be a new buyer of large-cap, dividend paying stocks right now. The market hasn’t pulled back much over the last two years and, every time it has, […]

The Poor Job Numbers: You Can’t Say I Didn’t Warn You

Today, we’ll hear and read stories about how the May job numbers are worse than expected, that the U.S. economy is starting to show signs of weakness, and that we’ll never get the economy going. Well, my readers can’t say I didn’t warn them. In fact, I’ve been warning of greater problems: the U.S. falling […]

Bank of India increased deposit rate by up to 2.5%

State-owned Bank of India (BoI) on Tuesday increased fixed deposit rates on various maturities by up to 2.5%. For fixed deposit with a tenor between 15-30 days, the new interest rate will be 4.50% against the existing 2.75%, while 46-90 days fixed deposits will attract an interest rate of 5.50%, an increase of 150 basis […]

Indian markets may be leaded by monsoon movements

Recovery in the global markets helped Indian investors pick up part of their losses, as the Sensex ended at 18,266.10 points on Friday, a mere 60 points, or 0.33%, down from the week before. Debt markets: With inflation continuing to be higher than estimated, all eyes are now on the central bank, which is likely […]