Are stocks in a bubble?Maybe. Maybe not. But this chart, from the folks at Evercore ISI — which we saw flagged on Twitter by Nick from the economics blog floatingpath.com — is pretty simple: The bubble is about to burst when Sotheby’s stock flies higher. Sotheby’s runs high-end auctions, and so the read-through here is that “smart people,” which you could also substitute […]
Stock Market 7 Year Crash Cycle – What’s So Special about the Number “7”?Stock-Markets / Financial CrashAug 14, 2015 – 01:45 PM GMTBy: Peter_DegraafEverything in life moves in cycles. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, all add up to become part of a cycle. Some cycles, such as the beating of the heart move fast, while a millennium moves very slow. This […]
© AFP Johannes EiseleThe Chinese government intervened to stem a rout in the Shanghai market after it crashed 30 percent from its peak in mid-JuneShanghai (AFP) – China’s market regulator on Friday vowed to stabilise the volatile stock market for a “number of years”, saying a state-backed company tasked with buying shares will have an enduring role.”For a number of […]
So you have some money you want to invest but you’re worried because you keep hearing that the stock market is going to crash. Isn’t it better to wait until after that happens so you can buy in when it’s safer?It’s true that the stock market will crash. In fact I guarantee it. The only problem is that no one […]
Using the stock market isn’t free. Well, obviously. You’re buying and selling stock, after all. But on top of that, brokerage firms tend to charge fees to manage financial transactions. The Robinhood app lets you get around that fee, and now it has made its way over from iOS to Android.Robinhood lets you access market data and quotes in real-time. […]
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Veteran stock market strategist Richard Bernstein continues to be bullish on US stocks.While the S&P 500 has more than tripled since its lows in March 2009, investor sentiment shows little sign of mania.”The US bull market is more than six years old, but investors haven’t yet embraced it,” Bernstein writes. “Recent mutual fund flow data continue to show that […]
Will The Stock Market Return to Earth This Summer?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Aug 13, 2015 – 01:11 PM GMTBy: Clif_DrokeWhat accounts for the equity bull market’s stubborn refusal to bend to the bears’ will despite a clear lack of internal strength? That’s the question investors are asking right now in what has been a grinding, directionless stock market this summer.The […]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the start of the trading day in New York on Wednesday. Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA
US stocks rallied late on Wednesday afternoon following an earlier worldwide markets slump due to concerns about the health of the Chinese economy.The major US stock indices end the day roughly flat, after having […]
China surprised everyone for the second day running, slashing the value of its currency against the dollar. There are lots of different explanations. It could be seen as a move to boost falling exports, to prepare for a US interest rate rise or just to give the currency more flexibility to move in the future as growth slows.But the UK, EU and […]
The Singapore stock market with the national Straits Times Index (STI) crashed 2.64% in a single day today (August 12) and even bottomed out at 3,060 (-2.95%) in the morning today. Singapore’s economy is currently facing a downturn with a decline of 4% in GDP from yesterday’s official announcement. The Singapore currency is also currently trading at its 5-year low […]
