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It’s Earning Season and I’m getting the sense that members of the Doom and Gloom crowd aren’t as enthusiastic is some others may be. Of the 334 companies that have reported to date for the fourth quarter (Q4 2012), 72% have reported earnings above estimates. This percentage remains above the average of 69% recorded […]
Financial Insight: Politics and Government, Have They Both Gone Mad? Read More »
ESSENCE will recognize the extraordinary achievements of Black women in film and television with its 6th annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon. This year ESSENCE will honor six of the industry’s most inspiring African-American female talents, both in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes, with an esteemed Black Women in Hollywood Award: Oprah Winfrey
Here it is, February 2013, yes, February. Time flies, when you’re having fun, right? New month and guess what, the next self-created fiasco is upon us, the Sequester. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves, again and again? Maybe the Congress is actually composed of sadists and fetish lovers, who have some sort
Investment Advisor Dempster Cherry Asks What rhymes with Sequester? Read More »
Los Angeles, CA (January 15, 2013) — United States Navy Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard will receive the NAACP Chairman’s Award during the 44th NAACP Image Awards, broadcast live on Friday, February 1st (8:00-10:00 PM EST) on NBC. The Chairman’s Award, chosen by NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock, is bestowed in recognition of special achievement and
Things haven’t gone as some had expected…. Ahh…the Davos Forum of 2013, held in Switzerland, where the oracles of all knowledge across world governments, economics, business and technology go to attend expensive soirees and bestow upon us Lilliputians what is going to happen in the year ahead. The powers of divination concluded their self-romancing spectacle
Dempster R. Cherry's Economic Advice Week of January 28, 2013 Read More »
Recently I had the opportunity to see Clybourne Park, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-Award winning play by Bruce Norris, which ends its limited run at the San Diego Repertory Theatre Sunday, February 10, 2013. When I first read the storyline, it brought back childhood memories of my own family and being the first African American
Theatre Review: "Clybourne Park" Humorously Explores Race Relations and Class in America Read More »
The first week of 2013 was quite spectacular for the stock market. Gains ranged from just under 4% for the Dow Jones Industrials and to near 6% for the Russell 2000. The overseas market place also took part in the rally and posted gains, with several hitting new 52 week highs. Noise on the street has
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When baby boomer Carol Young experienced a life change, after ending her 35 year marriage in 2000, she quickly realized that her single income needed a change too. Moving forward in her new life meant that she no longer shared the benefits of having a combined income with her ex-husband. With her children grown
Own Your Travel Business in 2013. It’s fun, It’s exciting and it’s profitable! Read More »
We have traveled almost four years into the current stock market cycle that began in March 2009, with the S&P 500 up 114% since the bottom. That in itself is significant as historically market cycles of this magnitude are not very common, 2003 through 2007 were the most recent examples and we all
Financial Advice: Taking a step back to view the landscape… Read More »
Going down to the wire is business as usual in Washington D.C. Given that the implications of the “Fiscal Cliff” decisions will set the course for years to come; it’s important to get it correct, although some elected officials fear that the base will have them drawn and quartered because of
Financial Advice: Get it Done Before 2012 Ends Read More »