There are more warnings of a stock market correction circulating now – especially since the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both reached closing record highs Friday.The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high on Friday at 5,092.08. That was the first time the index had set a record in more than 15 years. The S&P 500 closed the week at 2,117.69. […]
ReutersOn Thursday morning, the employment cost index, or ECI, for the first quarter will be released. Unlike the average hourly earnings number released in the monthly jobs report, the ECI is a more comprehensive measure of compensation, taking into account things like how much employers spend on things like benefits in addition to wages. Currently expectations are for the report to show […]
ReutersOn Thursday morning, the employment cost index, or ECI, for the first quarter will be released. Unlike the average hourly earnings number released in the monthly jobs report, the ECI is a more comprehensive measure of compensation, taking into account things like how much employers spend on things like benefits in addition to wages. Currently expectations are for the report to show […]
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There’s a huge disconnect in the US stock market right now.A new Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey published Friday finds that US investors have pulled $79B out of equities year to date — including net outflows in 9 of the past 10 weeks — despite stock prices continuing to break new record highs.On Thursday, the Nasdaq closed at its […]
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The Nasdaq is back at all-time highs. After closing at 5,048 back in March 2000, the Nasdaq took more than 15 years to close above that level, closing at 5,056 on Thursday to make a new record closing high. During the day on Thursday, the S&P 500 also breached an intraday record high. And while it’s been a long road for […]
Benchmarks ended in the green on Friday after General Electric’s announcement of a restructuring and buyback plan boosted investor sentiment. Friday’s gains also helped benchmarks settle in positive territory for the second straight week.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained almost […]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Investors looking for early warnings signs of a shift in U.S. market sentiment would do well to watch tech and biotech stocks.That is because a selloff in those sectors is likely to signal that investors’ confidence in U.S. equities is deteriorating, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Michael Hartnett“U.S. bear view requires [a] tech-wreck,” he writes […]
Surveying the Fed’s handiwork during last week’s press conference, Janet Yellen noted that all was awesome except that stocks were now slightly “on the high side” of their historical range. You can say that again! In fact, you can say that any one capable of uttering such tommyrot has been totally bamboozled by Wall Street’s sell-side con artists. Yes, the […]
AEROTERROR: A regular flight from Caracas to Tehran carried more drugs and money than people by BusinessInsider.com : Wednesday 03:14:42 CTCategories: markets, streamFrom 2007 to at least 2010, there was a flight from Caracas, Venezuela to Tehran, Iran that made a stop in Damascus, Syria.Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly called it ‘Aeroterror.’ Only government officials with a special clearance […]
BloombergThe iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF over 12 months
Stocks are selling off on Thursday after a post-Fed rally yesterday.
But biotech stocks are rallying, up nearly 2%. In fact, biotech stocks have been on fire all year. They’re up about 15% year-to-date.Last week, Max Nisen at Quartz wrote that while everyone is focusing on massive tech valuations, the biotech industry is where things […]
