Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) just released a report on their top stock picks for 2019. Much like Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and a chorus of prominent voices on Wall Street, Morgan Stanley sees a rough year ahead, and believe 2019 will be a year of consolidation in the stock market. Still, the bank put out […]
Read MoreThe market hates biotechs right now, but some in the sector could bounce back in 2019. Both of the following stocks have been beaten down recently with one down -38% year-to-date, and the other down nearly -40% in the last month. However, both have promising drug candidates in their pipelines, and positive news could send […]
Read MoreFollowing a brutal 2018, Nomura released their annual list of “Gray Swans” for the upcoming year this week. If you’re not familiar, a Gray Swan—cousin to Black Swan events—is an event that can be anticipated to a degree. Considered possible but not certain, a Gray Swan event could have a massive impact on the market […]
Read MoreThe market has been on a wild ride over the past two months, with everything from trade to politics to weak corporate outlooks for the next year sending stocks tumbling lower. But Lindsey Bell, an investment strategist at CFRA Research, says there’s another massive market risk flying under the radar. Bell says that corporate debt […]
Read MoreA survey released Wednesday showed that corporate CFOs aren’t feeling all that positive going into 2019, with almost half of all respondents anticipating a recession will start by the end of the year. Of the 212 chief financial officers surveyed by Duke University, 48.6% believe that the next negative growth period in the U.S. is […]
Read MorePolitics have been putting more pressure than normal on the stock market of late; after the Trump administration announced a preliminary agreement with China to halt imposition of any new tariffs at the beginning of this month following the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the market seemed poised to rise a new wave of bullish […]
Read MoreMitek Systems, Inc. develops, markets, and sells mobile image capture and identity verification software solutions for enterprise customers worldwide. The company’s solutions are embedded in native mobile apps and mobile optimized Websites to enhance mobile user experiences and transactions. It offers Mobile Deposit that allows individuals and businesses to remotely deposit checks using their camera-equipped […]
Read MoreThe market hasn’t been kind to the Transportation sector since the end of the third quarter of the year. As measured by the S&P Transportation SPDR ETF (XTN), the sector declined from its 52-week highs at the beginning of September nearly 20% by Halloween before staging a temporary rally through November. Since the beginning of […]
Read MoreIn an article for the Wall Street Journal that was excerpted from his new book, “Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution,” John Bogle, the founder of The Vanguard Group and creator of the first index mutual fund asked an interesting question: “What happens if it (indexing) becomes too successful for […]
Read MoreThe Bond Yield Curve: A Review The yield curve is simply the yields on bonds of varying maturities, typically from three months to 30 years, plotted on a graph. The yield curve illustrates what is called “the term structure of interest rates,” or the idea that a bond´s maturity and yield are connected. Typically, but […]
Read More52-Week High/Low – The 52-week high and low for a stock represents the highest closing price and the lowest closing price the stock has traded at over a 52-week period. Analyst Ratings – Analyst ratings or stock ratings, such as “Buy”, “Sell”, and “Hold” are an evaluation of a stock’s expected performance and/or it’s risk […]
Read MoreFor the first time in a decade, investors are better off with safe, liquid securities like cash than with the S&P 500 Index. That’s according to JPMorgan Asset Management, with $260 billion under management. JPMorgan’s multi-asset strategy team upgraded its recommendation this week on U.S. cash to overweight for 2019. “Our cash and duration overweights […]
Read MoreThe stock market has felt like a roller coaster lately with more down days than up. Just this week, we witnessed the Dow drop more than 800 points on Tuesday and watched the market continue to fall on Thursday. This after two difficult months of a broad market sell-off. Big tech stocks have been some […]
Read MoreDirexion is a leading ETF provider known mostly for its leveraged and inverse ETFs. It has non-leveraged funds in its exchange-traded product line as well. The firm offers numerous ETFs, and like any successful fund provider, Direxion has quite a few ETFs in development as well. Here’s a list of all of Direxion’s current ETFs that trade on […]
Read MoreTuesday’s stock sell-off sent PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock spiraling downward, pushing the stock into correction territory after it fell more than 10% off its 52-week highs. But Todd Gordon, the founder of TradingAnalysis.com, told CNBC on Tuesday, that “The stock has hung in extremely well in this period of volatility” and is now primed for […]
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