SET President Kesara Manchusree said on Tuesday that the trading value amounted to an average of Bt45.46 billion per day.The value was the highest in Asean for the third consecutive year despite varied national poroblems facing Thailand in the first half of last year.The trading volume of futures amounted to as many as 147,025 contracts per day.In the third quarter, […]
Short term momentum extremes over a month period tend to mean revert. A recent example of this is CUBA which went parabolic with gains in excess of 100% over a 4 day period. Another example from last September/October is LAKE which gained nearly 400% over month.
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One approach to these types of extreme moves is to devise tactics for shorting, particularly […]
More Fox Business Block gurus: ; Here were the 2014 stock market predictions:Here are the returns from 1/1/2014 to 12/31/2014:Dow: 16,557 to 17,823 (7.5%, or 10% including dividends)
SP500: 1,848 to 2,059 (11.4%, or 13.7% including dividends)
Nasdaq: 4,177 to 4,736 (13.4%, ; or 14% including dividends)
Oil was down 45% for the year.
On to the Fox Business Network gurus! ; These are […]
Life-changing financial gains are usually generated over the long haul, not in one year. However, sometimes stocks can put up eye-popping returns over a short period of time and when they do they can have a huge impact on investor’s portfolios. For example, these three healthcare stocks tripled investor’s money last year and while no one can know if they’ll […]
So, the Dow was up 7.5% in 2014 — is that good?From a historical viewpoint, that is almost average. What is unusual is that this is the sixth straight year of a bull market, which tells us more about the severity of the Great Recession than it does about the Dow.From a technical viewpoint, analysts wonder if the Dow was […]
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen last week said small-cap stocks appeared to be “substantially stretched.” Now, Goldman Sachs (GS) is on board with a similar view.In a note to clients, Goldman strategist David Kostin said he expects the small-cap Russell 2000 will underperform the S&P 500 over the next 12 months due to pricey valuations and lower earnings forecasts. He […]
Predictions for 2015
CNBC’s Patti Domm looks ahead to what investors should expect in the new year.
2015 by most accounts is expected to be a good, but not a great year for the stock market.The U.S. stock market however, unlike others around the world, is expected to enjoy a “just right” environment of improving growth against a backdrop of tame inflation, […]
“Out with the old and in with the new” also applies to the stock market, although the market doesn’t always precisely follow the calendar.Healthcare stocks, which have been superior performers since 2011, lost their mojo this year, and last week they officially suffered a breakdown relative to the market. But as one season turns into the next, new sectors are […]
View gallery.This week brings to close yet another year of gains for the stock market, the sixth straight year in this bull run.The benchmark S&P 500 started off 2014 at 1848 and as of Friday the index sat at 2088.Some of the top industries of the year include airlines, semiconductors, hospitals, aluminum, Internet service providers and residential REITs.Another industry cracking this […]
Best and worst ETFs in 2014
Best & worst ETFs in 2014
CNBC’s Bob Pisani discusses what was behind the strong performance of biotech ETFs in 2014 and if the NYSE will be sold off in 2015.
The exchange-traded fund winners this year were biotech and mainland China. It was a home run for biotech across the three largest ETFs.SPDR Biotech, an equal-weighted […]
