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Filed under: Market Matters , Economic Data , S and P 500 , Recession Wall Street has been on a tear lately. The major indexes gained 7% during the month of July. That’s coming off a 14% decline in May and June The rest is here: Wall Street Gains in July Best This Year Read Full Story

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Forecasts After the crunch of quarterly reports over the past two weeks, things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front Monday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Allergan ( AGN ), Loews ( L ) and Vulcan Materials ( VMC ) to report higher second quarter earnings, compared to a year ago. Oshkosh ( OSK ) is anticipated to have swung to a profit from a year-ago loss, and Humana ( HUM ) is expected to post earnings per share (EPS) about the same as last... Read Full Story

Filed under: China According to recent news reports out of the World Bank, China is now the world’s number two economy , passing Japan. China’s fast-growing economy has been moving forward at more than 10% a year for many years and is likely to become the world’s largest economic superpower, bypassing America by 2025, or maybe even as soon as 2017 as I pointed out recently . More: China Surpasses Japan as World’s #2 Economy Read Full Story

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) Last time I wrote about Newell Rubbermaid ( NWL ), in a piece published way back in January , I was a bit too conservative on the stock’s short-term prospects. As this chart will show, the shares eventually rose for a while after the fourth-quarter report was released. View original post here: Newell Rubbermaid’s Q2: Market Wasn’t Too Excited Read Full Story

Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing , Recession This recession is very different from any since the Depression. Normal events just aren’t happening, ones like a rebound in housing prices, shorter unemployment periods, interest rates bouncing back Originally posted here:  Comfort Zone Investing: Unconventional Thinking Needed Read Full Story

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT) , Coca-Cola (KO) , China , McDonald’s (MCD) , Yum Brands (YUM) , Stocks to Buy “Ya’ll oughta try some of this here fried chicken; you ain’t gonna believe it!” “Xie-Xie!” (pronounced “she-she”) That is Chinese for thank you. From the hills of Kentucky, the Colonial Sanders secret recipe has made a splash in China More here:  China Is Crazy over KFC Read Full Story

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Forecasts , Products and Services , Competitive Strategy , Allergan (AGN) Drug manufacturer Allergan, Inc. ( AGN ) will be reporting its second quarter results on Monday, with analysts expecting to see an 8% earnings increase from the same period last year Read the original post:  Allergan Second Quarter Earnings Preview Read Full Story

Filed under: Research in Motion (RIMM) , Options Research in Motion ( RIMM ) closed up $1.83 to $57.53. RIMM is expected to launch its Blackpad in November. Originally posted here:  Options Update: Research in Motion August Volatility at 40, September at 51 As New Device Announced Read Full Story

Filed under: Good news , From the Boards , BP p.l.c. See the original post:  BP To Begin Scaling Back Oil Cleanup Read Full Story

Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) , Research in Motion (RIMM) , Merck and Co (MRK) , Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU) A reading of +2.4% GDP is still growth. It is just not very robust growth. It is also as the argument continues of whether the U.S See original here: Closing Bell: Slow Growth, Still Growth (MFE, SYMC, TNAV, ALU, K, BRK-A, RIMM, MRK) Read Full Story