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 […]
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The Top Performing Stocks Of 2015by Bespoke InvestBelow is a list of the top performing stocks in the Russell 3,000 year-to-date. Of the 3,000 stocks in the index, 18 are up more than 100%. The best performer in the index is Retrophin (RTRX), which is up 161%. In recent years past, there have been at least a couple stocks up […]
Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersAll of a sudden, things in the stock market are boring. Since the excitement we saw earlier this year with the S&P 500 falling 3% in January, oil searching for a bottom, the Swiss National Bank removing its peg against the euro, and the European Central Bank starting a quantitative easing program, US stocks have settled into one of the […]
Pedro Castellano | Getty ImagesInvestors are bailing on biotech stocks at such a rapid pace that it is shocking even some of the most-seasoned traders. It’s a popping bubble that could have implications on the sustainability of this six-year bull market.Consider this, the most popular ETF in the sector—the Nasdaq Biotechnology iShares (IBB)—hit an all-time intraday high Friday of $374.62. […]
A very interesting day in the markets as the S&P 500 fell 1.46% and the NASDAQ 2.37%. Biotechs were crushed today – we’ve been saying the higher they go the more risk they get as they have been on a mostly interrupted run for 4+ years. That said you just never know when they will correct and even if it’s […]
View gallery.(Flickr/Gonzalo Iza)Biotech investors have been here before.
Stocks are lower on Wednesday and the high-flying biotech sector is leading the way down, with the iShares ETF that tracks the sector falling more than 3%. And as the sector has weakened over the last several days, this sell off is starting to look at lot like the sell off we saw in […]
Year to date, the S&P 500 has surrendered 3.6 percent after its staggering 29 percent gain in 2013. A few things have changed regarding market conditions in the new year: The Fed has decided to reduce the pace of its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion, a move that many market pros expect to continue […]
Bespoke Investment GroupWith the stock market hitting all-time highs on a daily basis, optimism does not appear to be slowing down. All three major indices reached new milestones this year and crushed any bear that stood in the way. However, the large crowd of bulls may give some investors reason for concern.Bears appear to be in full hibernation mode. According […]
There are now just nine trading days left in 2013, so below is an updated look at the year-to-date performance (local currency) of the stock markets for 76 countries around the world. The average year-to-date change of the 76 countries highlighted is currently just above 12%. Of the 76 countries, 57 are up (75%) in 2013 and 19 […]
