Month: May 2018

A swan song, a quest for history, a hometown boy. …read more […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted that selling a $35,000 version of the Model 3 would be a disaster for the company. Everybody has been giving Tesla CEO Elon Musk a hard time for his savage Twitter ways of late, myself included. For example, Musk offered this tweet in response to a question about when the long-promised $35,000 Model 3 sedan would arrive, after he announced a $78,000 high-performance trim level: “With production, 1st you need achieve target rate & then smooth out flow to achieve target cost. …read more […]

Disruptive technologies can often sting seemingly untouchable incumbents. In this case, Boeing has hedged its bets. …read more […]

Small and large cap stocks are widely popular for a variety of reasons, however, mid-cap companies such as Canopy Growth Corporation (NYSE:CGC), with a market cap of US$5.59B, often getRead More… …read more […]

A sizeable part of portfolio returns can be produced by dividend stocks due to their contribution to compounding returns in the long run. Over the past 10 years, Enbridge IncRead More… …read more […]

I’m sure all of our readers can name a few seasonal industries.

Tourism and hospitality earnings obviously fluctuate throughout the year. Some energy companies are affected by annual shifts between summer-blend and winter-blend gasoline. And it’s no secret that many retailers make most of their money in the last three months of the year.

But did you know that legal marijuana sales are also seasonal?

They sure are.

This week’s chart – compiled by Marijuana Business Daily using data from the Colorado Department of Revenue – shows a consistent surge in marijuana sales in the spring and summer and a drop-off in the fall.

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Worried about your nest egg? Here’s your plan of attack. …read more […]

Do you know how much retirement income to expect from Social Security? …read more […]

President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from his planned summit with North Korea raises the stakes for China to show that it can steer the North toward easing tensions over its nuclear program. Trump’s cancellation of the June 12 meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong Un would appear to make the North Korean leader more reliant on China. Kim had only weeks earlier been sipping tea and strolling through seaside gardens in the port of Dalian with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a surprise trip to China that seemed designed to project Beijing’s closeness with the North. …read more […]

The natural gas markets continue to show strength, as we have broken out of the daily uptrend channel recently, and now look to reach towards a major psychological resistance barrier. …read more […]

Industrial names generally suffer from deep cyclicality which can affect companies operating in areas ranging from machinery to aerospace to construction. Hence, considering economic volatility is of paramount importance whenRead More… …read more […]

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a trio of executive orders to overhaul the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to fire federal workers for poor performance and misconduct, requiring that departments and agencies negotiate better union contracts and limiting the amount of time certain federal workers can spend on union business. “These executive orders will make it easier for agencies to remove poor performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” Andrew Bremberg, Trump’s chief domestic policy adviser, told reporters at a briefing. …read more […]

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Survivors of the Parkland school shooting lay down in “die ins” at two Publix supermarkets Friday to protest the chain’s support for a gubernatorial candidate aligned with the National Rifle Association, as the company announced a suspension of political contributions. …read more […]