Brief Stock Market Update for August 8
…impacts of tariffs on inflation. Corporate earnings growth rises further on solid results With 90% of S&P 500 companies reporting quarterly results, corporate earnings season is winding down. Walt Disney…
…impacts of tariffs on inflation. Corporate earnings growth rises further on solid results With 90% of S&P 500 companies reporting quarterly results, corporate earnings season is winding down. Walt Disney…
…to the rebound in government spending, what saved Q1 GDP? Corporate spending and profits. As per usual, corporate profits (red) aren’t reported in the first advance GDP report, but a…
by Linda Beale Senators Levin and Isakson: millionaire surtax vs corporate repatriation subsidy The PBS News Hour last night interviewed Senators Levin and Isakson on the jobs bill (video and…
…He sums up just what a 5/4 split court has been doing. This is his discussion on Cspan about his book: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy …
…corporations took advantage. In 2009 the layoffs were extensive. There is little Biden can do except jawbone the issues. Which he did not do enough of ay Corporate America. GM,…
…that glorifies it.”, and takes apart McCloskey’s review potentially (Deirdre denies it) favoring corporate bribery, fraud, and extortion through deregulation removing laws governing corporate behavior, desupervision by government watch dogs,…
…Spielberg movie “Lincoln” showcasing the 19th century federal government’s ability to end our nation’s crime against humanity; and, the airing of the PBS Frontline series (“The Untouchables”) showcasing the inability…
…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…
…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label…
…ridiculous. But it does have the advantage of carrying with it the Madisonian Freedom/Liberty tag, a label that the Koch right confers upon anything it wishes, because that surely will…