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Postal Service, Food Stamps, and Fannie Mae: The End of The Common Family?
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 8:48am | 833With a constitutional business potentially in default, food stamps on the rise, and a government controlled mortgage company posting losses, could the image of the common family be in jeopardy? Rather an end to the common family, here is why the common family is only redistributing itself....
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How Eric Sprott Is Minting Money
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 1:02pm | 196Canadian fund manager Eric Sprott appeared on Yahoo Finance's Breakout segment today with Matt Nesto and Jeff Macke to talk about how he is positioned in his hedge funds. He said that the major problem that he sees right now is the leverage in the banking system, which was exactly what brought Wall...
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Tech Ticker's Aaron Task Speaks On Twitter
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 1:15pm | 428Twitter, the popular social networking site, is more than just a way to talk about what you had for lunch. It is also a great newsfeed. That is the point of view of Aaron Task, Wall Street Correspondent for Yahoo Finance (NASDAQ: YHOO) and host of Tech Ticker, who says that he checks it every...
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Top 10 Dividend Yields In The S&P 500 (FTR, WIN, CTL, PBI, DO, VZ, T, RAI, MO, POM)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:43am | 622If earnings are contracting and bond yields are contracting, investors have to find some income somewhere. Investors may want to take a look at the top 10% dividend paying stocks in the S&P 500 as worth for some of their cash. Here are the top ten yields in the S&P 500. Underneath is the...
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Take A "Wait and See" Approach To Earnings Says Todd Harrison (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 12:48pm | 171Take a wait and see approach this earnings season says Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com during an interview with Yahoo Finance's Aaron Task. “The reaction to news is always more important than the news itself,” says Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com. In volatility like this, Harrison says...
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Robert Prechter Challenges The Safety Profile Of Big Banks
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:28am | 281In an article on Yahoo Finance, Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International said that the US economy is on the verge of depression and deflation. Prechter, the author of ‘Conquer the Crash,’ has been bearish on the US stock market for a long time. When asked what an investor should do, he said, “...
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Netflix Losing Ground (NFLX)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 1:30pm | 180Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have been on a tear over the last year, gaining 125% during that time. In just the last month, the stock has surged an incredible 41%. During today's session, however, the stock is coming under some pressure, losing 3.11% to $104.74. Volume in the name has been...