Exchange traded funds have become popular among investors but how do they differ from crowd-pleasing index funds?Index funds and ETFs offer a diversified pool of assets, giving investors access to stocks and bonds and potentially other markets. In both an index fund and an ETF, the investor has a straightforward strategy that tracks the breadth of the market by buying shares […]
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If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation.
It was a nerve racking morning.
My favorite Tweet of the morning came from Hunter Walk
And by this I assume he meant that “market prognosticator twitter” was vomitous. And if that’s what […]
CNN: Stock Trading was HALTED 1,200 TIMES TODAY! Five-Minute HALTS due to massive SELL orders!
In a utterly stunning admission, CNN is reporting that stock trading was actually halted 1,200 times today!They took a look at the emergency, 5-minute HALTS that exist and found that those were triggered 1,200 times today alone. . . . and that many of the orders […]
I have to write about today… have to get something off my chest.August 1st, 2011
I remember the first month of live trading at my prop firm. We (myself plus 11 others) were all trainees pikering around with a few hundred shares, risking no more than $150 for the entire day. We spent our morning prep sessions going over stocks gapping […]
What a busy 12 hours we’ve had. And with America waking up, let’s have a recap.China’s central bank has slashed interest rates and allowed its banks to lend more money, in an attempt to prop up its economy.The stimulus move, which has driven shares higher worldwide, came after another day of heavy losses in Asia.In an unscheduled move, the People’s […]
Investing.comThe recent collapse in stocks has been quick and brutal.It has not been a fun couple of days in the stock market. On Monday, the Dow lost 588 points, capping the blue-chip index’s first-ever string of back-to-back-to-back days of 300-point declines. Shortly after the market open on Monday, stocks were in a panic, with the Dow falling more than 1,000 points while […]
Global markets continue to get rocked. Closing at 1,893 on Monday, the S&P 500 fell 3.9% in one day. And it’s now down 11.3% from its all-time high of 2,134, which it set on May 20.So, is it time for investor to panic, dump everything, and head for the hills?BMO Capital’s Brian Belski doesn’t think so.”We remain steadfast with our call […]
The dark veil around China is creating a little too much uncertainty for investors, with the usual fear mongers piling on and sending the vast buy-the-dip crowd running for the sidelines until the smoke clears. Furthermore, Sabrient’s fundamentals-based SectorCast rankings have been flashing near-term defensive signals. The end result is a long overdue capitulation event that has left no market […]
Ahmad Nawawi/FlickrInvestors and financial journalists scrambling to find an explanation for the recent plunge in global stock markets have plenty of suspects. Some look abroad for scapegoats: Greece or China. Others blame Janet Yellen: the Federal Reserve she chairs is at long last on the verge of raising interest rates, if only slightly. Personally, I blame the decline in share […]
