(CNN Money) — Recommendation: Sell No restaurant has played the recession better than McDonald’s. It entered the downturn with a host of ideas to boost profitability, including healthier menus and high-margin drinks like the McCafe Frappe. Now the stock is starting to look frothy. After restructurings, operating margins are at all-time highs, according to Morningstar analyst […]
(Smart Money) — There’s an old cliché that says when it comes to the markets, the trend is your friend. And investors who followed that principle in commodities made a killing last year, as everything from copper to oil posted double-digit gains. So far this year, though, the major commodity indexes are in negative territory. And […]
(Fast Company) — David McCandless‘s new infographic is a masterpiece that lays out each country’s individual claim to a #1 rank. These range from commodities to demographics to ecology to crime–and obviously, most of these things you’d never want to be known for being the “best” in… Read More…