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"Drought" Surrounding Last Stock Market High Is "Something To …

Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr,.50-day “droughts” before and after a 52-week high in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have marked several major tops.It has now been 64 days since the last 52-week high in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) on May 19. While that may seem like an eternity in the context of the past 2.5 years, it’s not at […]

Janet Yellen made a terrible stock market call one … – Business Insider

Janet Yellen is facing Congress on Wednesday for her semi-annual testimony.And one year ago today, Yellen’s monetary policy report warned about stock market valuations, particularly in social media and biotech stocks. It was an awful call. Yellen’s testimony last year said:”Some broad equity price indexes have increased to all-time highs in nominal terms since the end of 2013. However, valuation measures for the overall market in […]

Janet Yellen comments on biotech valuations in 2014 – Business …

Janet Yellen is facing Congress on Wednesday for her semi-annual testimony.And one year ago today, Yellen’s monetary policy report warned about stock market valuations, particularly in social media and biotech stocks. It was an awful call. Yellen’s testimony last year said:”Some broad equity price indexes have increased to all-time highs in nominal terms since the end of 2013. However, valuation measures for the overall market in […]

Estimating Crash Risk Potential For The US Stock Market | The …

History shows rather clearly that the stock market is prone to extreme events, aka crashes. The challenge is deciding when the risk for a repeat performance is unusually high. The literature offers endless possibilities, which is a reminder that the market can crumble for any number of reasons. The leading factor, of course, is the business cycle. But internal market […]

Biotech Stock News (AAVL) (AERI) (AGN) (KYTH) (RHHBY) (REGN …

Avalanche Biotech (NASDAQ:AAVL)Shares of Avalanche Biotech fell as much as 40% in after-hours trading on June 15, 2015 after the company announced results from its phase 2 wet-age related macular degeneration — wet-AMD — trial. The drop is huge but many investors should be assured that the drop was justified because the results were mediocre at best. In addition if […]

The problem with stock market charts – Business Insider

David W. Bianchi, “Blue Chip Kids”
May 13, 2015, 3:38 PM
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When I was in college I took an economics class where the professor put up a chart showing the historical price movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.He then put up another chart that looked almost identical to the first one. Every time the Dow went up the other chart went […]

Leon Cooperman just threw out a bunch of stock picks for a bull market

Jonathan Marino

May 4, 2015, 1:50 PM
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Reuters/ Rick WilkingLeon Cooperman has some bearish picks.See AlsoEverything you need to know before the biggest hedge fund conference of the year kicks off next weekAfter a near-death experience, a Bank of America VP started the charity that Wall Street is talking aboutDan Loeb revealed a stake in YUM! Brands and the stock is shooting […]

What does the stock market's valuation tells us about what happens …

Wikimedia CommonsMorgan Stanley’s US equity strategy team published a note Monday titled “We Are Full of Bull.”In it, strategist Adam Parker identifies a multitude of reasons to be bullish.However, many of the more bearish folk continue to point to the S&P 500’s price-to-forward-earnings ratio (P/E), which at 17x is not reflective of a cheap market.Parker actually believes the stock market […]

Trading Volatility? Don't Trade Stocks, Trade Options (TSLA)

In times of high volatility, options are an incredibly valuable addition to any portfolio as part of a prudent risk-management strategy, or as a speculative, directionally neutral trade.After a trader has conducted their due diligence and enters a position, regardless of how certain they may be of the direction a volatile stock will take on, they are very much limited […]

Trading Volatility? Don't Trade Stocks, Trade Options

In times of high volatility, options are an incredibly valuable addition to any portfolio as part of a prudent risk-management strategy, or as a speculative, directionally neutral trade.After a trader has conducted their due diligence and enters a position, regardless of how certain they may be of the direction a volatile stock will take on, they are very much limited […]