The exceptional market year of 2013 is winding down and all but the most die-hard bears are sad to see it go. Even amid uncommonly bitter partisanship in Washington and a host of other policy and economic issues, the market sailed blithely through every storm, rarely retracing more than a few percentage points and using every dip to push to […]
Not a Time to Time the MarketAmerican business will do fine over time. And stocks will do well just as certainly, since their fate is tied to business performance. Periodic setbacks will occur, yes, but investors and managers are in a game that is heavily stacked in their favor. (The Dow Jones Industrials advanced from 66 to 11,497 in the […]
Stocks declined Tuesday after a three-day bull run as investors kept searching for clues about when the Federal Reserve would taper its stimulus program. The trading day lacked action and there were hardly any economic data to guide the benchmarks. In fact, the approval of the Volcker Rule also had no role to play in changing investor sentiment. Materials sector […]
The S&P 500 closed at another record high and fellow benchmarks ended in the green, while investors were left searching for clues about the timing of the Fed’s tapering of its stimulus plan. The S&P 500 was somewhat boosted by SYSCO Corporation’s (NYSE:SYY) announcement that it was purchasing rival U.S. Foods. The materials sector was the biggest gainer among the […]
Big Data Startups Can Save Energy Utilities Companies. Here’s How. By Peter Lougee(Photo courtesy of Flickr user Chris Hunkeler)There is a problem with the way in which energy consumption is measured. What is it? The way in which we […]
If seeing is believing, then upstart Space-Time Insight could play a big role in the realization of a truly smart grid.The company develops geospatial “situational intelligence” solutions that promise to help utilities dramatically improve the accuracy of generation demand forecasts, and in a much smaller window of time. That’s important for a number of reasons — including the quest to […]
Dismal earnings numbers from Campbell Soup and a cautious profit forecast from Best Buy dragged the major indices into negative territory on Tuesday. The Dow moved away even further from the milestone level achieved on Monday. The S&P 500 incurred its first two consecutive days of losses this month. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank will […]
