Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin maker, has for years kept away from the acquisition strategy of Sanofi, Pfizer Inc. and other drugmakers, preferring to focus on internal research and development. That tack has paid off for Novo, the best-performing…

According to Factset, the bulk of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. To this date, the blended earnings decline is about 1%. http://www.factset.com/websitefiles/PDFs/earningsinsight/earningsinsight_8.6.15 The last quarterly earnings decline noted by the S&P 500 companies was Q3, 2012. As then, bears…

Tourist oriented airports in Mexico pay their expenses in Mexican pesos, which had depreciated vs. the US dollar in the quarter ended June 30th, 2015. In contrast, revenues that are recorded from foreign tourist arrivals and retail spending, are largely…

An Iranian nuclear deal provides significant upside, in my opinion, resulting from successful implementation of an Iranian nuclear deal. I consider the deal as potentially being accretive, possible by as much as 5% over the course of the next 24…

The Large Cap Global Growth account generated a positive return of 4.3% for the three months ended June 30th, 2015. This compares quite favorably to all indexes in the representative sample. At the close of business on the 30th of…