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 […]
Personal Financial Adviser with Oran HallWhat is a loser and a winner, as seen on ‘Business Day’, and how does trading of stocks work? Is it done on a floor room or through the stock market?– RogerWhen financial reports refer to stocks as winners and losers, they are referring to changes in their prices relative to a previous period, often […]
Benchmarks tanked significantly on Monday following concerns about corporate earnings numbers and comments from a Fed official hinting at additional tapering. There was hardly any good news for the markets and the triple-digit loss for the Dow dragged it to its worst single-day loss in almost four months. Energy stocks traded lower following a dip in oil prices.For a look […]
Stock Market Investors Get Out Now! No New Paradigm!Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jan 05, 2014 – 03:05 PM GMTBy: Clive_Maund
Welcome to the New Year, and to the “New Paradigm”, where stocks go up in perpetuity because, well, because they’re going up, and because the Fed stands behind the market likes a towering Father Christmas ready […]
The listless trading session on Monday came to an end almost at levels from which the benchmarks started trading. Nonetheless, the Dow’s minute gains helped it to finish at another record high. Also, the benchmarks look comfortably placed to notch record annual performance in many years. There was little activity on the economic front, which perhaps further restricted the benchmarks […]
NEW YORK CITY (CNN)-Despite a recent string of positive economic news, Americans say they aren’t feeling the improvements.A new CNN/ORC poll released Friday showed people were pessimistic that the economy was improving. Nearly 70% said the economy is generally in poor shape, and only 32% rated it good.Two-thirds of respondents said most of the economic news they’ve heard recently was […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS. To learn more click hereMarch E-mini S&P 500 Index futures continued higher overnight. The move is being driven by last week’s tapering by the U.S. Federal Reserve, stronger-than-expected U.S. third quarter growth and higher markets in Asia and Europe. The rally could continue throughout the session despite thin pre-holiday […]
Happy Friday, Friends. The Fed’s tapering process has commenced. As would be expected from the FOMC, particularly given its current composition, the step was a modest one, with the only surprise the equal reduction (by $5 billion each, monthly) of purchases in both Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. The implication is that the Fed believes that the housing market is on […]
Its that time of the week for the usual technical update across the major asset markets.The Swiss team stick to their bullish theme of forecasting a likely near term bottom for the US indexes and a buying opportunity therefore. They also stick to their medium term view that a deeper Q1 2014 7 to 10% correction is a likely event.Here […]
The following was written by Cory Massimino. In the years following the 2008 financial crisis the stock market, unlike the rest of the economy, has been outstanding. Last Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index reached record highs following continued confidence in the Federal Reserve’s expansionary monetary policy. Shortly after trading began, the S&P hit […]
