Trade parameters: Sold CAC-40.I CFDs at 4.140.37 with stop at 4.250 (on close)Trade idea backgroundFrance and its stock market “own” the luxury goods market. According to Bain & Co. it controls 25 percent of the world market for these sought-after products. The problem with this “luxury” is of course that emerging market growth overall, and Chinese growth in particular, is slowing […]
Canadian stock investors are in store for “low-single-digit price returns” in 2014, says a new report from BMO Capital Markets.The muted returns will mark the fourth-straight year that Canadian stocks will underperform their U.S. counterparts, said chief investment strategist Brian Belski.“As the broader de-leveraging of emerging markets and Europe proceeds, coupled with slow grind of over-capacity of metals and commodities […]
* US stock markets rose steadily from the open and held on to early gains despite some profit taking mid-session.* European stock markets rose the most in two weeks, after German consumer confidence and UK growth were better than expected.* Asian markets edged lower across the region for a second session, as traders took profits with stock valuations at six […]
I should probably get this out of the way early – I have absolutely no idea whether we’re in a stock market bubble. I think predicting stock market bubbles is really easy to do – in hindsight. They’re not so easy to predict beforehand. There are, however, legitimate arguments to be made on both sides of the argument.On the pro-bubble […]
Investopedia explains ‘Stock Market’
The stock market lets investors participate in the financial achievements of the companies whose shares they hold. When companies are profitable, stock market investors make money through the dividends the companies pay out […]
Facebook (FB) has been on quite a run in 2013, up 100% from its summer lows. But after peaking at almost $55 a share in October, FB stock is fading fast.And given some of the sentiment lately, Facebook stock could remain under pressure for some time.On the sentiment front, big-time investors are starting to sour on this social media giant. […]
News Releases
NYSE Euronext U.S. Options Exchanges to Begin Trading Options on TWTR Friday, November 15
-Will Be Added to Weekly Option Series
NEW YORK, November 12, 2013 – NYSE Euronext U.S. Options today announced that its NYSE Amex ; and NYSE Arca options exchanges intend to begin trading options on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) at the market open on Friday, November 15. ; […]
stocksStocks close mostly down in ‘nervous’ trading day
Kate Gibson
CNBC
Facebook
[…]
Last week, the NASDAQ exchange froze for three hours due to a faulty connection. On Monday, Europe’s largest derivatives market shut down for an hour because of a glitch. Last month, 14,000 people in rural Iowa lost internet access after a minor car crash crushed a cable. In 2011, the entire country of Egypt had a total internet blackout after […]
