Markets Care About Money PrintingWhile the Federal Reserve has ended its quantitative easing (QE) program, central banks in Europe and Asia continue to implement ultra-easy monetary policies, which provide a tailwind for foreign stock markets. China announced additional economic stimulus last Sunday and more may be on the way. From The Wall Street Journal:
China’s central bank has long been critical […]
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has enjoyed remarkable success in the past year thanks to the launch of two instant billion-dollar blockbuster hepatitis C therapies, however, even best-in-breed biotech stocks like Gilead Sciences still face risks that could leave investors in the lurch. Read on to learn which three risks concern me most, and how they could impact Gilead Sciences down […]
Fed Shies Away From June Rate Hike (Hilsenrath)
Europe Stocks Fall Most in Three Weeks Amid Greece as Banks Drop (BBG)
China Futures Tumble on Trust Curbs, Expansion of Short Selling (BBG)
Oil slips below $64 as ample supplies weigh (Reuters)
Fed officials lean all ways on rate hikes, data in focus (Reuters)
Eurozone deflation eases in March (FT)
U.K. Jobless Claims Hit 40-Year Low as […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes flipped from losses to gains Thursday afternoon following a rebound in crude oil prices. Major markets in Europe finished with losses amid renewed concerns that Greece could default on its debts.KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 39 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,153 as of 2:34 p.m. Eastern time. The Standard […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix soared, big corporations turned in quarterly results, and investors welcomed new companies into the market. There was plenty of news, but major indexes finished the day just short of where they started.Stocks drifted lower at the start of trading, followed oil prices higher in the early afternoon, then flipped back to slight losses in the […]
Some Big Movers: EOG, TSLA, PANW, CYBR, TWTR, CLVS, FDXStocks have been most positive so far this week. Energy stocks have bounced, and oil spiked up over the past two days with Brent testing $60/barrel and WTI trading at around $53/barrel. We trade EOG calls in myHappy Trades portfolio and booked a +81.78% profit:TSLA jumped about on Monday as the […]
Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialjuiceStock-market crashes saw the light of day more and more as the world became industrialized. The 19th century saw a rapid increase in their numbers.There’s money to be had at any time, whether the market is going up or down. But, it’s avoiding the downs and pulling out before the things start to go haywire […]
Today’s Stock Market Rally Only Makes Things WorseStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Apr 06, 2015 – 05:18 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiThe Primary Dealers are using this morning’s action as another selling opportunity. A lot of retail traders had layered in buy orders all the way down to 2050.00 which may have been filled on Friday. This is a ready market for the […]
By Jeff Cooper at Minyanville.comMany leading glamours and generals took gas yesterday as the SPX erased the lion’s share of Monday’s big spike. It’s been a bear market in follow through, nothing new about that.But Tuesday’s selloff had the whiff of liquidation. The selling in biotech generals like Celgene (CELG) and Amgen (AMGN), which had recently set new highs, leaves […]
Has the U.S. stock market been strong or weak so far in 2015? As the above three charts from the excellent FinViz site indicate, the answer very much depends on the segment of the market you’ve been following and trading.With respect to stock sectors, consumer discretionary and healthcare shares have performed well. Note the strength in housing stocks (XHB) and […]
