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Thanks to the removal of just one word in a monetary policy statement and a subsequent weakening in the U.S. dollar, the equity markets have rallied over the last two-and-a-half trading sessions — and the sea of green was abundant in market action on Friday. All three indices opened for trading in positive territory and only climbed […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s most valuable company is now a member of the Dow Jones industrial average.Apple Inc. was added to the Dow after the market closed Wednesday. The Dow will begin trading with Apple stock when the markets open Thursday.Created in 1896, the Dow is an index that tracks 30 stocks. It is meant to reflect the […]
The world’s most valuable company is now a member of the Dow Jones industrial average.
Apple Inc. was added to the Dow after the market closed Wednesday. The Dow will begin trading with Apple stock when the markets open Thursday.
Created in 1896, the Dow is an index that tracks 30 stocks. It is meant to reflect the U.S. economy and markets.
The […]
NEW YORK — The guessing game over higher interest rates is making for a jerky stock market.A day after their biggest gain in six weeks, stock indexes mostly fell on Tuesday as oil continued to slide and investors fretted over when the Federal Reserve will raise a key borrowing rate. The Fed kicked off a two-day meeting on Tuesday to […]
Free stock trading, zero overhead and the market at your fingertips? Now there is an app for all that. It’s called Robinhood and according to its creators, it’s going to tap the very small investor segment.”We are not setting any account minimums, which we think unlocks a market of investors who couldn’t do this before,” the company’s co-founder Baiju Bhatt […]
Free stock trading, zero overhead and the market at your fingertips? Now there is an app for all that. It’s called Robinhood and according to its creators, it’s going to tap the very small investor segment.”We are not setting any account minimums, which we think unlocks a market of investors who couldn’t do this before,” the company’s co-founder Baiju Bhatt […]
RobinhoodRobinhood is now available to the general public.
It’s sleek. It’s easy to use. It’s designed to give first time, small-scale investors a leg up on Wall Street hotshots.
And after months of waiting, it’s now open to anyone who wants to join.Robinhood, a zero-commission brokerage app for iPhone that launched in December to a 700,000-person waitlist, is now available to the […]
http://www.wealthsteading.com/podcastepisodes/wsp_094_150311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Episode 94: Volatility has returned sooner than I expected. My profits from this run were eroding and so yesterday I liquidated almost all of my long positions. I continue to be short Gold, Oil and also just yesterday initiated a short on S&P500 (when it dropped below its 50 day moving […]
Dear Lifehacker,I’ve been reading a ton about the stock market hitting more new records. Nobel Prize winning economists are warning that the market is overvalued. Does this mean a crash is coming? What should I do?Sincerely,Intimidated InvestorDear Intimidated,There are a few levels to your question, but let’s start with the main one: Is the stock market going to crash? Yes, […]
Benchmarks ended in negative territory on Friday as upbeat nonfarm payroll data reignited fears about sooner-than-expected interest rate hike. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate declined to six and a half year low in February. The S&P 500 witnessed its biggest one-day decline in last two months on Friday. Moreover, benchmarks finished in the red for the second consecutive week.For a look […]
