Trefis: Highlights Week Ending 20 September 2013
Written by Trefis
Below is a summary of the activity at Trefis during the past week that Trefis thought Econintersect readers would find interesting.
Trefis
is a financial community structured around trends, forecasts and
insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. It
provides the unique feature of allowing the user to model future
valuation based upon projected changes in components of each business.
It also provides communication capabilities among members, including
consensus of member analysis compared to Trefis staff analysis and
blogging opportunities for members.
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Trefis interactive page.
Click "Read more..." to see our clickable table of contents and most covered companies of the week.
What We Read Today 21 September 2013
Econintersect: Click Read more >> below graphic to see today's list.
The top of today's reading list has an
article from the Guardian that says the wealthy make mistakes and the
poor go to jail........ and the last article is about a teen-ager's
plan to clean all the plastic out of the oceans in th next five years.
Bank of China to Answer Terror Financing Charges in New York
A
New York court has ruled that the Bank of China will face trial on
accusations that it knowingly transferred money to terrorist
organizations, and that the funds were used in deadly terror attacks in
Israel between 2004 and 2007.
A Word from This Newsletter's Sponsor
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positioned to take advantage of this game-changing economic shift.
Your Age Determines Lifetime Medicare And Social Security Payroll Taxes And Benefits
From the Congressional Budget Office
Different generations will pay different
amounts of Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes and receive
different amounts of Medicare and Social Security benefits during their
lifetime-as discussed in The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook released this week.
The Fed Fails In Its Dual Mandate
Written by Steven Hansen
At the beginning of each month, we focus on the monthly employment
report produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It is an
employment report card - but where should this report card be sent?
Read more >>
Three Sparks and a Powder Keg
by LEAP/Europe 2020, Leap2020.eu
The 2013 summer sun, far from having
brought the lull for which some hoped, has continued to heat finance,
the economy, and especially global geopolitics white hot. The Syrian
apple of discord has shown the extent to which the international
community was no longer one; the economic news, despite all the tricks
possible, stubbornly refuses to announce a long awaited recovery;
currency wars have flared up again, hitting the emerging countries
head-on; sovereign bond interest rates are now out of control...
Economic Praise for Merkel As Election Looms
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
According to a Pew survey, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel is outperforming her fellow EU leaders in terms
of dealing with the economic crisis. With elections taking place on
Sunday, recent polls suggest Merkel is leading in her bid for
re-election.
How Does Social Security Work?
from the Congressional Budget Office
The federal government spends more on
Social Security than it does on any other single program. Created in
1935, the program has long consisted of two parts: Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance (OASI), which pays benefits to retired workers and to their
dependents and survivors, and Disability Insurance (DI), which makes
payments to disabled workers who have not reached full retirement age
(the age of eligibility for full retirement benefits) and to their
dependents. In all, more than 57 million people currently receive Social
Security benefits. CBO estimates that outlays for that program in
fiscal year 2013 will total $809 billion, accounting for nearly a
quarter of all federal spending.
Infographic of the Day: The Secret Lives of Milk
One day
at the farmer's market I found myself staring at a bottle of buttermilk
and wondering what, exactly, it was. After a few hours of fascinated
reading, I decided to detail the ways milk turns into other delicious
things, making an easy reference for other home yogurt and cheese
makers.
Investing.com Weekly Wrap-Up 20 September 2013
by Investing.com Staff, Investing.com
U.S. stocks plunge on talk of Fed tapering; Dow falls 1.19%
U.S. stocks dropped on Friday after a key
Federal Reserve official said the U.S. central bank could begin
tapering stimulus programs in October, while fears that a fiscal impasse
in Washington could threaten to shut down the government fueled losses
as well.
Trading volume was heavy, as stock index futures, stock index options,
stock options and single stock futures expired, which happens on the
third Friday of March, June, September and December.
At the close of U.S. trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished
down 1.19%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite
index fell 0.39%.
Online Ads Lack Consumer Trust
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
According to a recent Nielsen study,
television advertising remains the most-trusted form of paid media
advertising. 62 percent of the 29,000 survey respondents stated that
they trust TV ads. Television just edges out newspapers and magazines,
which are trusted by 61 and 60 percent of the polled consumers. The most
trusted form of paid online advertising is search engine advertising,
which is considered trustworthy by just 48 percent of the respondents.
