In today’s markets, gamed equally by HFTs and hardened 1% cynics, you have to play by their idiotic rules.Akron, Ohio headquarters of giant midwestern utility FirstEnergy. (Image via Wikipedia)WASHINGTON, January 26, 2015 − It’s hard to come up with good things to invest in these days, whether you’re dealing with stocks and bonds. Increasing company profits are largely mirages today, […]
Stock Trading Alert: Stocks Fluctuate Following Recent Move Up As Investors Take Some Short-Term ProfitsBy: Paul Rejczak | Mon, Jan 26, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on January 26, 2015, 6:39 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term […]
Friday was a generally quiet session until the closing 90 minutes when sellers came in; the S&P 500 fell 0.55% while the NASDAQ gained 0.16%. A pretty significant warning by shipper UPS might be something to watch for an economic perspective – this is a company that moves a lot of goods around the country. Maybe it was just specific […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch the market report here!Despite more or less doing what was rumored yesterday, the actions by the European Central Bank this morning set indexes on fire. This has been a consistent pattern for years now. One day it will not have the same effect but until that day comes traders will react in knee jerk reaction. The S&P […]
Benchmarks gained for the third-straight session on speculation that ECB might provide more stimulus measures to boost the Eurozone economy. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board has proposed a bond-buying program of about 50 billion euros per month in order to combat concerns over deflation in the Eurozone. ECB is expected to unveil a large-scale bond-buying program on Thursday […]
However, one has to be careful not to grab an ETF that sounds too “cool” or cutting-edge, because it may mean some very illiquid securities are involved and you want to stay away from those.PLUS: 10 Ways to Tax-Proof Your PortfolioInstead, I look for ETFs that are structured in a creative way to distinguish them from other ETFs that are in […]
Source: Flickr user epSos .de .There might not be a bell that will ring to alert investors when they have put their money in the wrong biotech stock, but there are warning signals that can help them avoid owning the most dangerous biotech companies. Our Motley Fool contributors explain what these warning signals are and how to use them to […]
Stock Trading Alert: Negative Expectations Following Swiss National Bank Decision To Unpeg Its CurrencyBy: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Jan 15, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on January 15, 2015, 6:10 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next […]
Benchmarks ended in negative territory for the third-straight session on Tuesday erasing solid initial gains as another slump in oil prices weighed on energy shares. In the opening hours, markets were boosted by Alcoa’s encouraging earnings results and possibility of implementation of monetary stimulus in the Eurozone. The Dow declined around 400 points from its day’s high yesterday, witnessing its […]
Benchmarks turned positive for the year on Thursday after investors welcomed firming up of oil prices and accommodative monetary policies by the Fed and ECB. Charles Evans’ comment that the Fed may not hit 2% inflation rate target until 2018 also boosted investor sentiment. The S&P 500 posted its biggest one-day percentage gain since Dec 18, 2014. The Dow also […]
