Five years have passed since the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly a 1,000 points in a matter of minutes, and we’re still trying to understand what happened. In the months after the crash, regulators concluded it was due a variety of factors, in particular, the actions of one institutional trading firm.But this month, Navinder Singh Sarao, an independent trader based […]
Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWilliam McNabb, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Vanguard GroupHe also believes index funds will continue to outperform actively managed funds. From 2007 to 2014, index funds saw inflows of $1 trillion, while actively managed funds saw outflows of $659 billion.”It’s the triumph of low-cost investing, and I do think that’s a secular […]
Janet Yellen has a crystal ball. And she sees trouble ahead…Yellen warned the investing public yesterday that stocks and bonds look risky in this ultra-low interest rate environment.But as you’ll see, Ms. Yellen’s crystal ball is notoriously foggy…and we might even make our money by ignoring her fortunetelling…“In a conversation with Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary […]
Markets ended in the red for the second consecutive day following Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s comments that stock valuations are “quite high”. Yellen warned investors of potential dangers they may face due to high equity valuations. Meanwhile, weak private sector hiring numbers added to the bearish sentiment. The soft numbers came in ahead of the much awaited non-farm payrolls report […]
Overnight “manic-selling” in global bond markets (and turmoil in stock markets) has been met – suddenly – this morning by “panic-buying” as mysteriously liquid buyers lift stocks back into the green and send bond yields plunging (right after Euronext breaks)…Europe…And US…As Bloomberg adds,
“At some point the stress on stocks, risk assets, from either earnings fears or higher rates surely has […]
London shares suffered a sharp sell-off on Thursday morning as voting got under way in the closest general election for decades.Fears that Britain is set for a second successive hung parliament added to a global markets sell-off after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen warned share valuations could be dangerously high.The leading FTSE 100 index tumbled by 121 points, or 1.7%, […]
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Today marks the five year anniversary of the Flash Crash, the day in 2010 when the US stock market fell drastically in a matter of minutes then recovered most of the losses.Unlike sharp declines in the past, the Flash Crash happened for apparently no reason. Since then the government has launched multiple inquiries into what happened and recently charged a […]
Shah GilaniIt’s easy to make money when stock prices rise.Just invest in one of the 5,000 stocks listed on major exchanges or one of the hundreds of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are already available – with more being added almost every day.But if you want to make money when the stock market crashes, it’s just as easy.Maybe even easier.Just buy […]
Benchmarks ended in the red on Tuesday, dragged down by losses in technology, biotechnology and small-cap stocks. U.S. trade deficit touched its highest level in almost six and a half years, adding to the bearish sentiment. Meanwhile, investors remained concerned over fresh troubles in Greece and kept an eye on upcoming nonfarm payrolls data to gauge the timing of a […]
