The practice of companies using their own, non-GAAP accounting standards to spin earnings is nothing new. But did last week's statement from Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) go too far? The Minneapolis-based retailer’s spokesman Eric Hausman was quoted as saying it will exclude from its accounting statements costs from a recent technology breach where 40 million of its customer credit and debit card accounts were hacked and customer’s private information stolen.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
Activist lurkers, not an exciting, nor fun day in the activist world today. But we managed to scrounge up something for you on the news and story side. What... Read More
Wes Gray, former Captain in U.S. Marines, and founder of Alpha Architect and author of several excellent books on investing such as DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build... Read More
Commentary from Dodge & Cox Q2 letter which is just out.
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Despite the generally buoyant economic environment, retail store closings in the first quarter of 2017 exceeded those of 2008, showing just how severe the retail downturn has become.
According to... Read More
In an interview on FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Mornings with Maria (weekdays, 6a-9a/ET), JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon discusses the 2016 election results, his expectations for the economy,... Read More
First Eagle Investment Management's senior advisors sat down recently to share their insights on market dynamics and opportunities. This video segment features Matt McLennan, Harold Levy and Bruce Greenwald... Read More
Looking to have a happy, non-violent relationship with that special someone? Smoke marijuana together a recently released study says.
Marijuana influenced couple unlikely to abuse one another
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The stock market is not your friend. Instead, the market awakens a dangerous emotion — fear. Often we are too fearful to invest in stocks, or, having taken the... Read More
The Third Annual Operational Due Diligence Survey Summer 2014 by Deutsche Bank Global Prime Finance drew responses from more than 70 investor entities across the globe managing investable funds... Read More
Thanks largely to substantial inflows in money market funds, mutual funds witnessed overall inflows in February for the first time since November, reports a UBS strategist. Ramin Nakisa points out in... Read More
