Jim Awad

The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies.

The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies.

Conglomerates and cyclical companies have been on the spot lately and after today's industrial data, they once again became a read more

Conglomerates and cyclical companies have been on the spot lately and after today's industrial data, they once again became a good buying opportunity. But the trading is volatile and a bit distorted given the options expiration.

The pressure is Iran and oil, and a correction in Apple's stock, but it's resilient in the face of that. read more

The pressure is Iran and oil, and a correction in Apple's stock, but it's resilient in the face of that. The vital signs look reasonable.

You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares read more

You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares that have performed better than expected. It's creating a transitory early rally as it's still too early to say whether it will hold.

Something this famous has no value left,

Something this famous has no value left,