Char-Buff on the Cheap?

Content provided by Matt Santini, CLS Portfolio Manager I know, I know…..please contain yourselves. Oscar’s (a local favorite restaurant) made it to the daily commentary. I know a good wing when I eat one, and that strip-mall-dynamo of a dive did not disappoint. In the same somewhat lateral eureka moment of “hot ice” (“Rookie of… Continue reading Char-Buff on the Cheap?

Google Search Terms May Predict the Stock Market

Content provided by Jacob Godwin, CLS Trading Specialist In a new attempt to measure consumer sentiment and time the market, British researchers Preis, Moat, and Stanley used data from Google Trends to predict large movements in the stock market by analyzing the volume of query searches of 98 financial terms. Joseph Stromberg, from the “Smithsonian”… Continue reading Google Search Terms May Predict the Stock Market

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Austerity?

Content provided by Rusty Vanneman, CFA, CLS Chief Investment Officer There has been a lot of talk about “austerity” lately, especially given all the discussion on the Reinhardt and Rogoff (R&R) study. Yet government spending is still 24 percent of GDP (while that is below the 25 percent plus, from a few years ago, it… Continue reading Austerity?

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140 Characters or Less: #DowPlummets

Content provided by Case Eichenberger, CLS Internal Wholesaler As a Millennial, I am constantly using social media. When I was in college, not too long ago, Facebook was just getting started and was being pushed to other schools outside the first social network of Harvard University.  Twitter has since followed, allowing people to “tweet” their… Continue reading 140 Characters or Less: #DowPlummets