You have to wonder why a startup is named after an English folklore hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor.For the founders of Robinhood, the inspiration came from the fees that stock brokerage firms charge their customers simply for making trades. To fight these fees, the company announced today that it has raised $13 million in […]
Half a million people have already signed up for Robinhood‘s unlaunched zero-fee stock trading service. Now the startup has raised $13 million to hire talent to make its app totally secure so it can start adding people from its private beta waitlist.Unlike competitors E*Trade and Scottrade that charge people $7 to $10 per trade, Robinhood doesn’t need to spend money […]
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The 4 Stocks That Steered the Market
By Paul Ausick September 3, 2014 4:01 pm EDT
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September 3, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday following a report — later said to be inaccurate — of a cease-fire in Ukraine. Equities have drifted lower all day. The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book was released this afternoon, weighing shares down even more, led by weakness […]
Volatility often gets a bad rap, but many short-term traders actually seek it out. Over the last 30 days these four stocks have averaged moves of more than 5% per day, offering big short-term potential for those willing to take on the risk. While investors and big funds are also trading and speculating in these stocks, with the current volatility these […]
Stocks that have performed the best so far this year may very well end up being the ones that continue to outperform in the near term.
With that being said, it couldn’t hurt for investors and traders to seek out the best performing stocks year to date. Below is a list of the top five biotech stocks so far in 2014.
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NEW YORK Concerns over weaker global growth appeared to overshadow strong reports about the U.S. economy Tuesday, nudging the stock market to a tiny loss.Crude prices sank 3 percent, pulling down stocks of oil producers. Small-companies, which have fewer ties to the world economy, made gains. Meanwhile, the dollar reached a one-year high […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Concerns over weaker global growth appeared to overshadow strong reports about the U.S. economy Tuesday, nudging the stock market to a tiny loss.Crude prices sank 3 percent, pulling down stocks of oil producers. Small-companies, which have fewer ties to the world economy, made gains. Meanwhile, the dollar reached a one-year high against the euro.”It’s the picture […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, lifted by new signs of strength in the U.S. economy and expectations that Europe’s central bank will provide more support to the flagging region.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 percent to 15,798.52 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1 percent to 24,990.16. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 inched up 0.1 percent […]
