Footnoted goes to the dogs!
We’re chest deep in proxies today (really, all week) and even with both the brain behind footnoted and the baby working around the clock, Sonya, Theo and me are still not really managing to keep up with all of the filings that are coming in. Rather than outsourcing to India, where Morningstar has a...
What Movie Theaters Don’t Want You to Know About the $6 Popcorn!
Filed under: Consumer Experience, McDonald's (MCD)Movie theaters don't want you to know how many calories are in the popcorn and that's why they are resisting FDA attempts at requiring disclosures. If the FDA required scales in front of the popcorn cou...
Bristol-Myers Squibb asked to cure high drug costs…
It’s still high season for proxies, which means we’re spending a lot of time wading through pages filled with discussions about executive compensation, board members’ qualifications to serve, the justification for perquisites, and so forth. But yesterday, we came across another shareholder resolution that reminded us of the post from a few weeks ago (the...
McDonald’s Customer Spending Levels Looking Up
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Stocks to BuyMcDonald's (MCD) competes with Wendy's (WEN), Burger King (BKC) and Yum! Brands (YUM) in the fast-food market, and is the leader in the hamburger fast-food category. McDonald's also competes with Starbucks (S...
Closing Bell: The Bulls Make a Comeback (URBN, MCD, NFLX, BSFT, BAC, AMR)
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC), Urban Outfitters (URBN)Ongoing turmoil in Libya and elsewhere did not damage US-trading today. OPEC did not yet agree to higher production but noted that it could boost product...
Closing Bell: A Stealth Rally From Somewhere (AA, C, GE, INTC, MCD, NVDA, CRM)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), McDonald's (MCD), Citigroup Inc. (C), Alcoa Inc (AA), salesforce.com inc (CRM)The DJIA came within striking distance of 12,000 today. There was no major economic data and it is another melt-up rally. Th...
Week in Preview: GDP, FOMC Meeting, Housing Data and Lots of Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Microsoft (MSFT), McDonald's (MCD), Caterpillar (CAT), American Express (AXP), Chevron Corp (CVX), Economic Data, United Technologies (UTX), Federal Reserve, General Dynamics Corp (GD)With earnings season in full swing, t...
Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
Thanks for checking in with us this weekend. Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, January 22nd, 2011.* The...
Thursday links: not without risk
Quote of the day
David Tepper, 2011 will be “harder and not without risk.” (NYPost, TRB, Clusterstock, market folly)
Chart of the day
Just how big a deal food prices are to global consumers. (Money Game also Macro Man)
Markets
The cyclical trade is breaking down. (Crossing Wall Street)
Are equities running out of ‘breadth‘? (Data Diary)
What happens after the market...
McDonald’s Down Today — Time to Sell?
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Technical AnalysisSo, McDonald's Corporation (MCD) is having a bit of trouble today getting a bid. With roughly ninety minutes left to the trading day, shares were off by 2.5% to $74.67. Volume was heavy.
What's going o...
Monday links: learn and attack
Quote of the day
Tom Brakke, “If you choose to pursue an MBA or a CFA, remember that they are built upon orthodoxy, by and large, which you need to learn and attack at the same time.” (the research puzzle)
Chart of the day
Don’t look now but gasoline prices are creeping back up. (VIX and...
