An electronic display in Shanghai’s business district shows the performance of China’a two main stock market indices. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Chinese stock markets plunged on Friday as investors rushed to sell over fears that frenzied buying in recent months had sent share prices to unsustainable levels.The Shanghai composite index, which reached a post-crash record of 5,166 earlier this month, has since […]
LIVE Stock Market Trade Session Every MorningPosted by: : Shayne HeffernanPosted on: June 15, 2015LIVE Stock Market Trade Session Every MorningLearn Stock Trading Strategies and Investing Strategies“Buy and Hold” TradingThis is the passive approach used by many individual investors. You choose a stock which you hope will go up in price and/or pays an attractive dividend, and plan to keep […]
Jonathan Garber
Jun. 10, 2015, 1:52 PM
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Aside from the inflation fueled Venezuela Stock Market Index, China’s Shanghai Composite is the top performing stock market in the world so far in 2015. The Shanghai Composite is up 58% year-to-date, and 151% year-over-year.However, if the bull market that occurred from July 2005 until October 2007 is any indication, the rally is just getting […]
Tara Clarke: Are U.S. markets soaring to new highs for the right reasons, or are we in a stock market bubble?What Is a Stock Market Bubble?A stock market bubble occurs when investors drive stock prices above their true market value.Have you ever wondered how billionaires continue to get RICHER, while the rest of the world is struggling?“I study billionaires for a living. To be […]
Related Berger: Why I Bought Bank Of America Shares This WeekBig Jobs Report Not The Only Headliner—Watch Europe, ChinaBeyond The Biotech Space – Paycom Software Inc NYSE PAYC(Marketfy)A new report by BNP Paribas looks at the extraordinary recent gains in China’s A-share markets and presents the case that China is in the middle of a major equity bubble.BNP lays out […]
We often hear that the stock market provides a good indication of the health of an economy. It may be time to rethink that notion.The best performing stock market in the world this year, up over 200%, is none other than Venezuela. The Caracas Index has more than quintupled over the past year and has doubled over the past two […]
Political CalculationsUnexpectedly Intriguing!Tracking the Number of Publicly-Traded Companies in the U.S. Stock MarketHow many U.S. companies have been publicly listed on the AMEX, NASDAQ and NYSE stock market exchanges over each of the past 40 years?The answer is graphically presented in the following chart!In the chart, we’ve also indicated the National Bureau of Economic Research’s official periods of recession in […]
Philosophical Economics wrote a terrific post yesterday about how the “Winner take all” economy is affecting companies and the competitive environment. He observed that net margins have been elevated in the last few years. Generally, when margins are high, an industry attracts new entrants who come in and eventually drive down margins. One explanation advanced is that in a “winner […]
Mike Bird
May 1, 2015, 2:37 AM
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China’s stock market has exploded over the last year — over the last 16 months, in fact, the Shanghai Composite Index has more than doubled.Activity has been particularly frenetic in the first few months of this year, and stocks are up by 37% since January 1. That’s driven by an absolutely enormous wave of new […]
An Investment Club involving about 14 commerce students has flourished since a world-class trading room opened its doors on Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus.The finance-focused group is now advancing plans to develop an index of socially responsible companies in Australia, using state-of-the-art Bloomberg terminals which have opened up a world of market data and financial information.“Basically unquantifiable” is how Brett […]
