It seems like the global market has been waiting for the last couple of days for the next shoe to drop in the U.S. The Christmas holiday meant that U.S. markets closed early, and remained closed for Christmas Day itself as always, but that didn’t stop markets in Asia from their regular activity, and most […]
Read MoreMany biotech stocks were riding high this summer, but have plunged in the last few months along with much of the rest of the market. But for two drugmakers, this selloff looks overblown. And both could prove to be big winners next year with potential blockbuster drugs hitting the market. Here’s what you need to […]
Read MoreInvestors may be spooked, but shoppers sure aren’t. Between November 1 and Christmas Eve, retail sales in the U.S. were up 5.1% to more than $850 billion, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which monitors spending in stores and online with all forms of payment. Online sales during this time were also up just over 19% from […]
Read MoreThe first quarter of 2019 could see a rally in stocks if the Federal Reserve “skips” its meeting in March and doesn’t increase rates again. That’s according to a note from JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) from late last week. “Signs of capitulation by institutional investors are creating a window of opportunity for equity markets into Q1 […]
Read MoreWith technology, it’s important to separate the hype from the reality as for every truly revolutionizing “disruptor,” there are countless imitators riding on a lot of empty promises. But two segments of the technology market have not only lived up to the hype, but promise to deliver explosive growth in 2019 and beyond. Here’s what […]
Read MoreGold has gotten a lot of attention in the last couple of months amid volatile markets and geopolitical concerns. But so far, that buzz hasn’t translated into much new buying interest for the traditional hedge. At the same time, palladium has sparked headlines after hitting record highs. Meanwhile, silver, which was expected to be the […]
Read MoreFor the first time in nearly a year, going long the top U.S. and Chinese tech stocks is not the most crowded trade identified by respondents in Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) monthly poll of 190 Wall Street money managers with a combined $575 billion in funds under management. The FAANG trade “is no longer […]
Read MoreIn the last week, bearish momentum has really started to pick up. This entire year has been punctuated by volatility driven by uncertainty, but it’s really only since late November that the overall market tone has actually started to turn negative. That fact has finally come to bear this week, forcing the S&P 500 below […]
Read MoreDo you remember the last time the stock market was this bad in December? Probably not, as the Dow and S&P 500 are currently on track for their biggest December losses since the country was in the throes of the Great Depression. The S&P 500 has lost nearly 8% of its value so far this […]
Read MoreThe terms I tossed into today’s headline are good examples of what I’m talking about. If you’re an active investor, and you’ve invested time and energy into studying the markets in much detail, you’ve certainly across these terms before, because they are actually very descriptive of a couple of a very specific market conditions, each […]
Read MoreThis week, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management released its list of 10 geopolitical risks that it believes could wreak havoc on the market in 2019. While Morgan Stanley WM sees a few of these scenarios as “frightening but unlikely,” many of the others have surfaced as realities in 2018. Here is the list, from most likely […]
Read MoreThe market has not been kind to the semiconductor over the past several months; since the beginning of September, the sector has led the broad market to the downside, with its overall decline since then at nearly 17%. That covers almost all of the sector’s almost 20% drop since March of this year, and clearly […]
Read MoreLast week, tobacco giant Altria (NYSE: MO) jumped into the marijuana market with an announcement that they were acquiring 45% of Cronos (NASDAQ: CRON). Before that, it was Constellation Brands’ (NYSE: STZ) massive investment in grower Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE: CGC). These two huge deals have rocked the pot industry. And with such M&A activity, […]
Read MoreAs the stock market moves deeper into correction territory and challenges the lowest support levels it reached earlier this year, a natural question becomes what a smart investor should do with your money. Do you take everything out of the market and sit on the sidelines until things start to settle down again? The ultra-conservative […]
Read More2018 has marked a very interesting year for the stock market. After a year of practically uninterrupted increases in stock prices in 2017, where every small dip in price provided a new opportunity to jump back in and made the market look like easy money, 2018 has been anything but predictable. Geopolitical concerns like Brexit, […]
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