We’re heading into earnings season after a particularly difficult fourth quarter that saw the S&P 500 briefly cross into bear market territory on Christmas Eve. Since then, the index has rebounded. However, there’s still quite a bit of ground to make up. In a report from Goldman Sachs, U.S. chief equity strategist David Kostin said […]
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Read MoreFor the last couple of days, the market has been rebounding, driven primarily by what look like encouraging signs that trade talks between U.S. and China are productive and making progress. It’s a good bet that any kind of deal that eases tensions and tariffs is going to be taken as a positive sign by […]
Read MoreAmazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is that stock that many investors kick themselves over for having not bought the stock from the get go. The stock has returned well over 100,000% since its IPO in 1997. A big part of those returns have come from Amazon having vastly expanded the reach of its business. What was once […]
Read MoreThe last quarter of 2018 was one we’d all like to forget. And while stocks have been on a quiet tear so far this year, there’s still cause for concern. We’ve already seen negative surprises from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), with its strong subscriber growth but disappointing revenue figures that sent the stock falling today, and […]
Read MoreMarijuana stocks have had a rough ride in the last couple of months. As is often the case, reality popped the pot bubble: once marijuana became legalized in Canada—and as a number of states in the U.S. joined the growing list of states that have legalized the drug in some form—and the numbers started to […]
Read MoreSince Christmas Eve, stocks have been on a quiet tear with the S&P 500 climbing around 12% since then. But while stocks are now rebounding after being clobbered for the last several months, don’t be fooled. “Don’t think stocks are back to their old ways of just chugging along and making easy money,” Nick Colas, […]
Read MoreYesterday, the financial world lost a titan, when John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard Group, passed away at the age of 89. If you’ve invested in the markets, and in particular in mutual funds, over the years, he’s somebody that wasn’t very easy to ignore. He was the founder of the index fund that has […]
Read MoreFor the last several days, I’ve been focusing on the semiconductor industry. That’s because as the market has tested bear market levels, semis have slid further than most other industries the market. That decline represents risk, because the almost overwhelming sentiment about semiconductors seems to be more and more bearish. I also think, however, that […]
Read MoreThe longer a market correction lasts, or extends into a prolonged bear market, the more we see stocks drop to incredibly low level versus their historical highs. The market continues to exhibit quite a bit of uncertainty, not only over global growth forecasts, but also whether the global economic slowdown, along with the deleterious effect […]
Read MoreOver the last couple of days, I’ve highlighted a couple of the biggest players in the Electronic Equipment industry that supplies the entire Technology sector. I think it’s always interesting, and useful to pay attention to the industries that supply a sector with the materials, services, and manufacturing or fabrication services it relies on. Since […]
Read MoreBerkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) Finance Corp. is now issuing 30-year fixed-rate bonds to refinance $950 million of floating-rate senior notes that are maturing at the end of next week. But the switch from floating to fixed-rate is what’s piquing curiosity as it seems to be a bet on where interest rates might be heading, […]
Read MoreDid you study the California gold rush in your high school history class? I did, and I remember that one of the most interesting things to me about it was the fact that over the seven years that marked the period, the people that made the most money weren’t prospectors; they were the entrepreneurs that […]
Read MoreETF fund providers Direxion and ProShares specialize in leveraged fund products that cover a multitude of markets, sectors and assets. Therefore, it shouldn’t be surprising that these providers manage the most actively traded leveraged gold ETFs in the marketplace. These leveraged gold funds come at a cost though. Due to the frequent trading and fund management necessary […]
Read MoreDecember was a rough month for stocks, with small caps leading the market in its selloff. While the S&P 500 did briefly dip into bear market territory in a brutal Christmas Eve crash, the Russell 2000 small-cap benchmark had already entered into a bear market with small caps more than 20% off their previous highs. […]
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