Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis.The market’s best-performing companies last week included three healthcare stocks that won over investors with can’t-miss news. Two of these companies are highly speculative, emerging-stage biotech stocks that […]
By John Lee.The continuing war against the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL), coupled with the decline in oil prices, have reportedly made Iraqi regulators and government more receptive to reforms that would strengthen the economy and the stock market, according to an article in UAE-based The National.Shwan Taha, head of Rabee Securities, has been pushing for reforms to the stock […]
NEW YORK — Some entrepreneurs looking for startup funding got a wad of money near the end of last year, but there are concerns the boom may not last.Startup iFunding is a beneficiary of the surge. The website focused on real estate investing raised nearly $2 million in just a month. Typically, it would take at least six months to […]
“We have a habit of looking at crude as a barometer for global economic growth,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities. Regressive analysis by his firm showed that for the last 25 years the S&P 500 has only had a 0.03 correlation with crude. That correlation has jumped to 0.7 since crude began its plunge last June.Among […]
Originally published January 30, 2015 at 5:54 AM | Page modified January 31, 2015 at 2:29 AMThe U.S. stock market capped a rough month Friday, delivering its third loss in five days and extending its declines for the year.All told, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3 percent in January, its worse monthly performance in a year. While the […]
Four Billionaire Loved Biotech Stocks That Analysts Think Will DoubleAt Billionairesportfolio.com we actively manage a portfolio of the “best ideas” from the world’s best hedge funds, and our members get to follow along.Following the highest conviction trades of the world’s best hedge funds works especially well in the biotech sector. It gives you direct access to the smartest investment minds […]
SummaryAmerican stock investors and speculators started pouring capital back into gold this week in a serious way, aggressively buying GLD ETF shares.
This buying was so massive that GLD had to shunt enough stock capital into physical gold bullion to grow its holdings by their fastest pace in about 5 years.
And this is likely just the beginning, as American stock investors […]
Originally published January 23, 2015 at 5:55 AM | Page modified January 24, 2015 at 2:28 AMNEW YORK —
A batch of mixed earnings reports Friday helped push the stock market to its first day of losses this week.Shares of tissue and diaper maker Kimberly-Clark dropped after the company’s earnings fell short of expectations and it gave a disappointing outlook. Package-delivery […]
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made waves last week, calling out the regulatory environment for banks as downright un-American.That kind of bluster is old hat for the top bank exec. Dimon was quick to position himself as the chief critic of bank regulation even as J.P. Morgan’s JPM, +0.32% peers Bank of America BAC, […]
Consulting was the top-performing sector of all marijuana penny stocks in 2014, followed by biotech and infused-product companies, according to Viridian Capital & Research. “There’s a demand now for experts to lead the entrepreneur through the application process, and that demand will continue as these entrepreneurs who are licensed will also need to be taught how to sustain a marijuana […]
