(Read more: Kass thinks S&P should fall 9%, but is he right?) “We’re going to have this frustratingly volatile but flat year,” Jim Paulsen, chief market strategist at Wells Capital Management, said in an interview. “You have this big year, and then you’ve got to spend some time to re-establish a base to take off from. […]
2013 has come to an end and what a year it was. With that said, what an unpredictable year 2014 is shaping up to be as well. Since the market bottom in the spring of 2009 the prevailing theme in the financial markets could be aptly described with the saying, “a rising tide lifts all boats.” An improving and stable […]
Originally published February 14, 2014 at 6:44 AM | Page modified February 15, 2014 at 1:43 AM
NEW YORK — The stock market closed out its best week of the year on Friday as investors focused on company earnings and brushed off another weak economic report.Campbell Soup climbed after reporting earnings that beat the estimates of Wall Street analysts. […]
The covered call strategy has some tremendous benefits. It allows us to boost the amount of income we receive from our investment portfolio, while also helping to protect our investments from losses if stocks trade moderately lower.#-ad_banner-#However, the strategy has one primary drawback. If the underlying stock that we own moves dramatically higher, our gains are capped. This is because […]
NEW YORK The stock market ended up more or less where it began Monday in a quiet day for investors who had little economic data or company earnings to react to.Analysts said the market is likely to remain in a holding pattern until traders hear from Janet Yellen in her first testimony before […]
Trillions of dollars have been lost and gained over the last five years. The extreme volatility strangled investment portfolios, and as a result, millions of investors capitulated by throwing in the towel and locking in losses. Melted 401ks, shrunken IRAs, and beat-up retirement accounts bruised the overarching psyche of Americans to the point they questioned whether the stock market is […]
As Sochi Starts, 1929 Stock Market Crash Warnings AccelerateStock-Markets / Financial CrashFeb 08, 2014 – 06:24 PM GMTBy: Doug_Wakefield
“Good evening. This is an extraordinary period for America’s economy. Over the past few weeks, many Americans have felt anxiety about their finances and their future. I understand their worry and their frustration. We’ve seen triple-digit […]
Often when a strong sell-off hits the stock market, the first stocks to go are the big momentum stocks that hedge funds often chase for performance and alpha. Right behind them you can often find the small-cap biotech stocks that have huge promise but do not fit well when there is a risk-off mentality. The recent sell-off, which totaled almost […]
By David L. Allison, CFA, CIPMHere’s a sure-fire way to get gouged: Walk onto a car lot, ask a salesperson to point out the vehicle with the smoothest ride, then purchase that vehicle regardless of price.It sounds reckless, but this is not far from the logic individual investors are using when shopping for the smoothest ride in the stock market.You […]
