Stock Trading Alert: Positive Expectations Ahead Of Apple's First …

Stock Trading Alert: Positive Expectations Ahead Of Apple’s First Quarter Earnings ReleaseBy: Paul Rejczak | Mon, Apr 27, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on April 27, 2015, 6:47 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,140, and profit target at 1,980, S&P 500 index)Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish:Intraday outlook […]

A record 3.3 million people signed up to ride China's dicey stock …

A record 3.3 million people signed up to ride China’s dicey stock market last week – Quartz

Room for everyone.(Reuters/Will Burgess)
SHAREWritten byRichard MacauleyObsessionChina’s TransitionApril 24, 2015The surging stock markets in both mainland China and Hong Kong in recent weeks have drawn plenty of people to suggest that, when something rises so fast, it can only end badly. If the sheer volume […]

Sensex extends losses, down 297 points at 27,437

The Sensex plunged 297 points or 1.07 per cent to close Friday’s session at 27,437.94. The Nifty also finished down 93 points or 1.11 per cent at 8,305.25.The sectoral indices were all in the red with realty down 3.83% and consumer durables down 3.18%. Among the other major losers were IT (down 2.78%), capital goods (2.57%), teck (2.33%), bank (1.33%) […]

Is Buying A Stock Coincidentally Before An Acquisition Insider …

On Saturday, July 16, 2014 I played in a tennis tournament with a partner that worked at Trulia, an online real estate company. He just got his job and was explaining to me how the company makes money through its ad placements for Realtors. If you’ve ever wondered why companies like Trulia and Zillow have done nothing to lower selling commission […]

The Biggest Mistake Investors and Advisers Make

Study after study of the money managers who have had the best long term performance shows the same thing—-while the money managers made a lot of money over time, the average client lost money. This isn’t some sort of Ponzi scheme, it is because investors and advisers tend to buy into money managers or strategies when they are doing well […]

Are you pursuing happiness? – Wealthsteading Podcast

Episode 102:  The pursuit of happiness is so important that it’s a phrase immortalized in the Declaration of Independence.  Unfortunately for most it is simply a cliché.In this episode I describe four paths to happiness that some listeners of this podcast are pursuing.  In each case, their desires are TOTALLY DIFFERENT.  That’s the point.  Don’t get caught up in media […]

Playing Defense In The Stock Market Right Now Doesn't Make You …

I’ve taken some flak recently for my persistently bearish views of the stock market over the past year. Rightfully so. I’ve been dead wrong. And with a record level of bulls it should come as no surprise that they’d like gloat.But I’d like to make a few things clear. First, I’m not a perma-bear. Far from it. I was rip-snorting bullish […]

The Chinese stock market gold rush continued this week – Quartz

The Chinese stock market gold rush continued this week – Quartz

Enjoy the show.(Reuters)
SHAREWritten byMelvin Backman@melvinbackmanObsessionChina in transitionApril 3, 2015China’s stock market is on fire this year. It’s up more than 47% in just a few short months; that includes a 7.5% surge in the last week alone, making it a standout in world markets.ShareTap image to zoomThat’s the kind of […]

How to trade the riskiest stock out there – CNBC.com

On a weak day for the markets Wednesday, one of the year’s worst performers proved to be a bright spot.Lumber Liquidators was up more than 10 percent and traded 57,000 options contracts. That might not seem like a lot compared to the Apples and Facebooks of the world, but it is substantially more than its much larger home improvement store […]

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks tank as technology, biotech bleed

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, declining for the third straight session, as a selloff in technology and biotech stocks pushed indexes lower.The S&P 500 SPX, -0.88%  lost 19.06 points, or 0.9%, to 2,072.44. Technology stocks were hit hard, with the largest company on the index, Apple Inc. dropping more than 1%.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, […]