Month: November 2016

Now we are in the third week of the third-quarter 2016 earnings releases of the real estate investment trust (“REIT”) sector. Last week saw a deluge of earnings results and this week is no exception. All categories of the REITs have reported their results. […]

The Q3 earnings season is in full swing with multiple reports lined up for release this week. The quarter has been increasingly heading toward an improvement after five straight quarters of earnings decline. This period is a significant one with both earnings and revenues on the growth trajectory […]

Glu Mobile, Inc. GLUU , a developer of gaming applications for smartphones and tablets, is set to release third-quarter 2016 results on Nov 3. The company reported a positive earnings surprise of 25.00% in the last reported quarter. […]

We have reached the final stretch of the Q3 earnings season, with results from 332 S&P 500 members – that combined account for almost 75% of the index’s total market capitalization – on board. Q3 Reflects Improving Trends in Growth Total earnings for these companies are up 1.9% from the same period last year on 1.3% higher revenues, with 72.9% positive earnings surprises and 55.4% beating revenue estimates. […]

WestRock Company WRK is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2016 results on Nov 7, before the opening bell. In the last quarter, the company had delivered a positive earnings surprise of 8%. Let’s see how things are shaping up prior to this quarter […]

We expect The Kraft Heinz Company KHC to beat expectations when it reports third-quarter 2016 numbers on Nov 3, after the closing bell. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 19.72%. The packaged food manufacturer delivered positive earnings surprises in three of the past four quarters, the average surprise being 5.22% […]

Forest product manufacturer and supplier Weyerhaeuser Company WY recently announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its printing papers company, North Pacific Paper Company to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As revealed, Weyerhaeuser’s divested assets included its Longview, WA-based papers mill, which it operated in collaboration with Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. […]

Nordstrom Inc. JWN is scheduled to release third-quarter fiscal 2016 results on Nov 10, after the closing bell. The big question facing investors is, whether this leading fashion specialty retailer will be able to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the quarter to be reported. […]

After encountering the rough tides arising from the sluggishness witnessed in emerging markets such as China and Brazil, and the fears of challenging economic/political conditions in Europe post Brexit, the U.S. economy looks steadier now. This is quite evident from the ongoing earnings season. […]

After three lackluster years, gold prices finally seem to have found solid ground in 2016. So far, worries over the global economy, Brexit-induced volatile equity markets, the Fed’s stance to maintain steady interest rates and the introduction of negative interest rates by several central banks escalated the safe haven appeal of gold. […]

Today marks the kick-off edition of Mind Over Money, the only podcast that exposes the psychology of investing. I’m Kevin Cook, your field-guide and story-teller for the fascinating arena known as behavioral economics, which includes the sub-field behavioral finance and also draws in the related research from neuroscience, where brain imaging “sheds light,” if you’ll pardon the pun, on how we make decisions about money, uncertainty, and risk. Jason Zweig described these merging fields in his 2007 book Your Money & Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich. […]

Lincoln National Corporation LNC is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings results after market close on Nov 2. Last quarter, this insurer reported results in line with the estimates. Lincoln National missed the consensus estimate in three out of the past four reported quarters, with the average miss being 10.8% […]