"The correlations between soda and obesity are extremely strong," said Nestle. According to the Centers for Disease Control, roughly one-third of all the calories Americans get from added sugars are from soda and sugary drinks. They get the other two-thirds from processed foods like snack bars, cakes, breads, and ice cream. And the science suggests that cutting calories, especially in the form of sugary beverages, has the potential to have a far larger effect on weight than exercise.
USDA dietary guidelines limit sugar intake - Business Insider
Our poor nutrition has contributed to a generations-long national weight gain. Today two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Half are afflicted with chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure that can often be prevented with better diets.
How Americans Got So Fat, in Charts - Bloomberg Business
David Kostin and his team at Goldman have assembled a list of stocks with the most upside in his new chartbook for the first quarter. These are stocks whose current price is incredibly low compared to Goldman Sachs' analysts' price targets. The list includes huge names like Apple and Ford, along with companies from the much maligned energy sector. We've put together the list of the top 9 stocks, all with upsides to Goldman's target above 44%. In addition, we've thrown in a comment from executives during their last quarterly earnings call.
GOLDMAN: Best values in stock market - Business Insider
The market volatility resulting from this shift of expectations—the “tantrum”—was felt particularly strongly by emerging-market economies. Emerging markets also experienced sharp outflows of financial capital (“hot money”), as international investors sought greater safety. The U.S. economy did not seem to be much affected by these developments, as growth continued in late 2013 and 2014, but some emerging-market economies came under stress, especially the so-called “fragile five”: Turkey, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Indonesia.
As Carlson notes, data show that investors repeatedly make the same basic mistakes, like buying right after an asset's price has run up, and selling as it's crashing. These are seven big things the pros know to avoid that the rookies don't: