March CPI is expected to rise more than 5 percent on year to touch a 32-month high, while retail sales, an indication of consumer spending, is forecast to rise 16.5 percent on year. This would mean inflation has not yet hit discretionary spending in China.
Since the March 2009 lows, stocks have outperformed when earnings have been hitting the tape and been held back outside of earnings seasons when macroeconomic news has dominated, according to Mark Tinker, a global portfolio manager at Axa Framlington in London.
GNC is poised to go public tomorrow, as its owners Ares Management and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan hope to take some money off the table and to push further growth. So what do you have to know about GNC?
Trian Group has accused Family Dollar Stores Inc's board of "poor corporate governance" for adopting an anti-takeover "poison pill" and said it could quickly line up billions of dollars to make good on its rebuffed offer to buy the company.
Now that Starbucks has agreed to use Green Mountain’s Keurig system for its push into single-serve, giving the stocks of both a caffeinated jolt, there are a few key points to consider.