Gold 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, […]
Read MoreMorgan 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 […]
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