Finance
Powering Your Accounting Online – FinancialForce Review
For all their benefits, online accounting applications are not always a winning proposition. While they may be cost-effective and scalable, these solutions do not always translate into process improvements. For... read more
Investing Strategies for Conservative Investors and President Obama
Despite the record run of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, many investors continue to sit on the sidelines, preferring capital preservation to wealth creation. It could be... read more
Japan Not Home-Free Despite Strong GDP
In these pages, I recently discussed the amazing returns in the benchmark Nikkei 225 index in Japan and how the country is following America’s example, printing money to fuel the... read more
John Chambers Delivers, Big Investors Now Chasing Stocks
The action in the stock market continues to amaze. When stocks go up on bad news (like last week’s higher initial claims for jobless benefits and lower-than-expected housing starts), you... read more
Why This Market Is Reminiscent of 2000
There is simply nowhere else to put your money to work, which is why the stock market continues to edge upward to new record highs. You can earn a yield... read more
Is Wal-Mart Stock in Danger of a Pullback?
We all know that the stock market has moved up significantly over the past few months. The real question is: is the move up based on the belief that there... read more
What Wal-Mart’s Same-Store Sales Say About the Economy
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE/WMT), the biggest retailer in the U.S., just reported its second-quarter same-store sales declined 1.4%. As a reader of Profit Confidential, this should come as no surprise... read more
How to Create a “Do-It-Yourself” Fund for Diversification
The stock market has only one direction in mind and that’s up. I sense there’s froth building up. This current market action reminds me a bit of what happened in... read more
Will Raft of Bad Economic Data Change Investor Behavior?
It’s been strange watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 continue to march higher for the last few months, moving in direct contrast to the underlying economic indicators.... read more
Protecting your Business Investment with Insurance: Taking Stock in a Strained Economy
In the current economic climate, business owners are faced with an extremely difficult financial challenge. While the global economy is continuing to showcase tentative signs of growth, it remains extremely... read more
Changes to International Tariffs Giving This Stock a Boost
When it comes to buying stocks for long-term investing, the short-term gyrations can be difficult for investors. It’s important from a long-term investing viewpoint to look out onto the horizon... read more
How Understanding the Investment Climate Equals Stock Market Success
If you invested all of your money in the stock market, you would be exposed to extraordinary risk of a market retrenchment. Of course, you could also make a lot... read more
4 Metrics That Make Money
The number one reason brilliant companies with stellar products and services fail is that they run out of money. They have rousing press. They have fervent customer acceptance. They revel... read more
Warning: 79% of S&P 500 Companies Issue Negative 2Q Guidance
The disconnect between the stock market and the U.S.economy continues to grow, as the key stock indices run way ahead of reality. The fundamental reasons behind the rise in today’s... read more
Recovery? Eurozone GDP Now Down Six Straight Quarters
In the first quarter of 2013, the eurozone continued to witness an economic contraction. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the 17-nation region declined 0.2%. This decrease in the GDP... read more
