Our API directory now includes 96 stocks APIs. The newest is the Eurex VALUES API. The most popular, in terms of directory page views, is the Bloomberg API. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of stocks APIs.
In terms of the technical details, REST and XML lead the way. There are 55 stocks REST […]
The number of things a smartphone can do continues to increase. One of the latest innovations in smartphone technology allows investors who wish to manage their personal portfolios online to do so via their phone. More and more, brokerage firms are developing applications (“apps”) that customers can download and install on their smartphones. These apps, often free to registered users, […]
Put away your copy of Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor. Why not plan for your retirement by taking stock advice from 16-year-old Desperate Housewives actress Rachel Fox? She was on CNBC today promoting her day-trading obsession (she’s said to have had a 30.4% return last year) and her Fox on Stocks website. “It’s such an awesome concept…I usually go on technicals,” […]
Homebuilders have been on everyone’s radar lately, and for a good reason: They have been outperforming the S&P500 by a wide margin. The good news is that the rally has been propelled by an improvement in the industry and company fundamentals. The bad news is that the last time the sector was on everyone’s radar was 2007. We all know […]
As I wrote in a previous piece, biotechnology has been among the top performing sectors in the last twelve months. But how should investors trade the sectors from these levels?It depends on the risk tolerance of each investor. Conservative investors should stay with the larger well-established companies like Amgen (AMGN), Gilead Science (GILD), and Biogen (BIIB) with a portfolio of […]
Wall Street is no autobahn. Traders pushing pedal to the metal risk hurtling into the Buttonwood Trees. Knight Capital’s $440 million computer-generated smash-up this month is the latest sign that the world’s most important financial superhighway, where trades take place in less than the blink of an eye, sorely needs a speed limit. Michael Goldstein, a professor of […]
The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseApril 04, 2012FACT SHEET: The STOCK Act: Bans Members of Congress from Insider Trading“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow.” — President Obama, State of the Union, January 24, 2012In the State of the Union Address, the President laid out a blueprint […]
1. Market commentators say money’s going to be made by anyone who goes long volatility. You decide it’s time to:Find out what “going long volatility” means.
Look in the atlas. You know where Long Island is, but you’re not sure about Long Volatility.
Ignore them.
Sell options.
Buy options.
2. Tomorrow is your birthday and you’re feeling good. To celebrate your birthday, you’re going to:Buy […]
In How to Trade in Stocks, Jesse Livermore discussed “the folly of trying to find out a good reason why you should buy or sell a given stock.”He wrote in the context of the behavior of U.S. stocks, whose four major sectors – including steel makers – had risen after World War 2 began. While other sectors continued to advance, […]
