Weakened Dollar Helps Most Stocks
But not radio, so that one could notice. Oh, the RBR Radio Index posted a gain – a one hundredth of a percent gain...
Fed Takes Cautious Approach
And the markets therefore threw caution to the wind. But a rough day at SBS and an even rougher one at Cumulus contributed to...
Stock Market Was Well-Fed
Ironically, the Fed lowered its expectations for the US economy, and the stock markets took that as good news, because it meant interest rates...
Broadcast Stocks Reverse Monday Results
On Monday, the market was up, as was TV while radio was down. On Tuesday, the market, skittish about the Fed was down, and...
Dollar Down, Market Up, Radio Misses the Memo
Stocks actually gained on a lowering of the dollar (helps out with exports, among other things). TV took part in the fun but it...
SoundExchange, Noncoms Agree on Rates
Digital streaming rates for NPR and CPB have been set for the next five years
Broadcast Stocks Dodge Doldrums
The markets were worried again, as oil took another hit and Fed fretting continued. But television stocks we follow posted a modest gain as...
Wall Street Rallies, Broadcast Tags Along
The Fed will speak next week, and either allay or confirm the fears that spooked The Street the past two days. Today, stocks rallied...
Broadcast Mixed on Worried Street
Television was up and radio was down as traders fretted about the possibility that a strengthening economy might inspire a credit rate increase at...
Is Wall Street Fed Up?
The encouraging February jobs report is fueling concerns that the Fed will speed up the timetable to start increasing the prime rate, and that...
Broadcast Stocks Rise on Monday
In terms of overall performance the gains made by broadcast stocks were not what you’d call awesome, but of the 17 stocks RBR+TVBR follows,...
Stocks Drop on Strong Jobs Report
Ironically, what was seen as good news supposedly had the opposite effect on Wall Street – more employed Americans was seen on the Street...
TV Does Well on a Choppy Day
The markets were said to have brought a brief skid to a close, but radio kept on shedding value, although in the less-than-one-percent realm....
Another Down Day on Wall Street
March is getting off to a lackluster start, and broadcast issues succumbed to the sluggishness on Wednesday. Radio suffered the bigger hit. Just look...
Stocks Retreat, TV Doesn’t Get the Memo
But radio sure did – although a large part of the loss registered by the radio companies we follow could be blamed on an...