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The S&P 500 Is The World's Best Momentum Trade
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 11:36am | 478Read More...If you’re a momentum trader, pay attention. You might be missing the greatest momentum trade of all time: the S&P 500. That’s the case A Wealth of Common Sense’s Ben Carlson recently made in a blog post discussing the counter-intuitive nature of S&P component performance...
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On A Large Enough Time-Frame, The S&P 500 Has Always Been Remarkably Predictable
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 2:46pm | 318Read More...If you think the S&P 500 has been unpredictable in recent years, you probably aren’t looking at the big picture. A Wealth of Common Sense’s Ben Carlson recently discussed the rolling 30-year annual returns for the S&P 500 throughout history. When looking at market history...
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Why Did The Hunger Games Make $155 Million?
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 2:19pm | 842Read More...It has become one of the most successful films of all time. But what's the source of The Hunger Games' success? With analyst expectations in the $70 to $100 million range (and my own personal expectation of no more than $120 million), no one expected The Hunger Games to surpass the opening weekend...
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Why Did John Carter, Eddie Murphy and Silent House Flop?
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 12:50pm | 808Read More...Three flops stormed the box office this weekend as The Lorax took the number-one spot for the second week in a row. Who's to blame for Hollywood's setback? While box office receipts are up this year, two major studios – Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Viacom's (NASDAQ: VIA) Paramount Pictures – and one...
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Twitter Predicts Box Office Success
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 11:05am | 1013Read More...Social media has become the “biggest, fastest and most honest” focus group, says Fizziology President and Co-Creator. As a result of the firm's analysis (which predicted that Super 8 would bring in $37 million – just $500K more than the film's opening weekend haul of $36.5 million), Hollywood is...
