MarketClub TV for 10/18/12: It's official, the US is now spending $1,000,000,000,000 in welfare payments!

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 18th of October.

It's hard to believe or even fathom that the United States should be paying over $1 trillion a year in welfare benefits. This is an unsustainable number by anyone's math.

Because of this massive expenditure, we're going to see gold skyrocket as paper money becomes worth less and less when reality sets in.

If you were around in the 70's and thought inflation was bad then, it's going to pale in comparison to what's coming up. The only value will be held in land, gold, and raw commodities that can be traded on a barter system.

I hate to sound so negative, but the reality is we did this to ourselves and have no one else to blame. Continue reading "MarketClub TV for 10/18/12: It's official, the US is now spending $1,000,000,000,000 in welfare payments!"

Daily Video Update: The market moves higher on latest batch of earnings

Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 16th of October.

The markets have moved higher today on the latest batch of positive earnings. Financial giant Goldman Sachs (GS), reported better than expected third quarter earnings.

Goldman Sachs reported adjusted third quarter earnings of $2.85 per share compared to a year-ago loss of $0.84 per share, while analysts had expected earnings of $2.12 per share.

Beverage giant Coca-Cola (KO) also reported third quarter earnings that came in slightly above analyst estimates but on weaker than expected revenues.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported third quarter earnings and sales that exceeded analyst estimates and also raised its full-year guidance.

Shares of Citigroup (C) are also in focus after the financial giant announced that Vikram Pandit has stepped down as the company's Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board. Citigroup also said that its board has unanimously elected Michael Corbat as CEO and a director of the Board. Corbat previously served as Citigroup's CEO of Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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Daily Video Update: Consumer Confidence Grows

Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 15th of October.

Stocks move higher today after a strong gain in retail spending suggested that consumers could be getting more confident about the economy. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 1.1 percent last month after a 1.2 percent increase in August. Those are the largest gains since October 2010.

The price of oil is falling today and giving back the gains from last week. The focus instead is on weaker oil demand. On Friday, the International Energy Agency issued a new report predicting slower growth in demand for oil over the next five years. The agency also forecast that supplies will increase as the global economy struggles to grow.

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On Tuesday, a Raymond James analysis upgraded TRN, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, to a "strong-buy" rating. Trinity industries, an industrial manufacturer, claims an 80% jump in the second quarter for their rail car business. Continue reading "Will Trinity Industries pass the MarketClub test?"

Daily Video Update: The market remains subdued on upbeat news

Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 12th of October.

Stocks have moved mostly lower over today despite a higher open this morning. Selling pressure has remained subdued, however, contributing to choppy trading on Wall Street.

The major averages have climbed off their worst levels in recent trading but remain in the red. This downturn came despite the release of an upbeat report on U.S. consumer sentiment in the month of October.

Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan said that the preliminary reading on their consumer sentiment index for October came in at 83.1 compared to the final September reading of 78.3.

With the significant monthly increase, the consumer sentiment index rose to its highest level since September of 2007.

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