In a Verizon-Charter Deal, Analysts See One Massive Pile of Debt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-27/in-a-verizon-charter-deal-analysts-see-one-massive-pile-of-debt
Merkel Takes on Starbucks in Bashing Over Unfair Tax Practices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-28/merkel-takes-on-starbucks-in-bashing-over-unfair-tax-practices
Will Trump Let Big Coal Have a Level Playing Field to Compete? @FoxBusiness
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/01/27/will-trump-let-big-coal-have-level-playing-field-to-compete.html
Weekend Notes
By Gary Kaltbaum January 28,2017 Couldn’t help but start this missive with what is happening politically. We are not saying all this divisiveness will cause problems for the market. We are just saying it is something to watch. The markets have put a lot of trust in Trump and what he will do going forward….
Monday’s Pre-Market Look: Stocks In The News Before The Open
MB Financial (MBFI) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at KBW with a price target of $46. NetApp (NTAP) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a 12-month target price of $43. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Argus with a price target of $116….
Why Keystone XL Is Already a Boon to American Workers @FoxBusiness
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/01/27/why-keystone-xl-is-already-boon-to-american-workers.html
Netanyahu backs Trump’s Mexico wall
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/28/netanyahu-backs-trumps-mexico-wall-touts-similar-one-on-egypt-border-as-great-idea.html
Required Reading
Trump puts five-year lobbying ban on his political appointees Shooting at Tennessee armory leaves 10 wounded, three still hospitalized Merkel’s Bavarian ally calls for quick end to Russian sanctions French Left picks presidential candidate as Socialist rebel faces ex-PM Valls Accused killer on FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitive list surrenders at Texas border Police: Georgetown student…
We Don’t Have A Title For This
By Gary Kaltbaum- January 28,2017 In 2011, President Barack Obama put a 6 month ban on Iraqis coming to America but you wouldn’t know it because it was hardly reported. Protests? What protests? Calls of racism and intolerance? Nah! Just a few weeks ago, President Obama terminated the 22-year-old policy that had allowed Cubans who…
Gates and Buffett at Columbia University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9QvPGHug0