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Coal Companies Lobby For Clean Energy Subsidies
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 1:08pm | 758It is an altogether new makeover coal companies are seeking. In what might be a radically different perspective, these companies are striving to project coal as a clean energy source. Trump's Unwavering Support This is coming at a time when President Donald Trump is projecting himself as a...
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Amid Sequestration, Aerospace ETFs Gain Favorable Calls
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 7:38am | 852In March, President Obama signed legislation that mandated federal agencies begin trimming $85 billion in spending. As several European nations have shown the world, austerity is not a popular concept, although some belt-tightening on Capitol Hill, arguably the reckless spending center of the...
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Explaining the Sequester - And Its Dangers
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 5:29pm | 815Nick Mastandrea, a veteran trader whose insights will soon be featured on Marketfy, shares his thoughts on the impending sequester. The views expressed here are his own. Back in the summer of 2011, the United States government was facing a dilemma. Without an existing budget it would be...
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Sequestration Could Decimate Consumer, Defense Stocks
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 4:14pm | 745With the fiscal cliff having been averted, “budget sequestration” has risen to prominence as the next Washington-made market threat. Investors have legitimate concerns that mandatory, across-the-board cuts in government spending will send the economy into recession with areas such as retail and...