In a time of constant handwaving, hair-tearing and op-eds discussing the perils of the collapse in market liquidity due to central planning even as investing experts double down every single time there is a 1-2% “plunge” in the markets because, well, if you don’t BTFD your HFT competitor will, one firm has decided to put its money where everyone else’s […]
Stock Trading Alert: Stocks Fluctuate As Fed Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged Again, Which Direction Is Next?By: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Jun 18, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on June 18, 2015, 6:15 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,140, and profit target at 1,980, S&P 500 index)Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term […]
Buy Undervalued Stocksby Jim Walker on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 | Comments Off on Buy Undervalued StocksThe stock market is overvalued and probably ready for a correction but there are still opportunities to buy undervalued stocks. An insightful article in InvestorsPlace suggests that IBM, Chevron and the shipping container company, Textaniner Group Holdings, are all undervalued stocks and set to […]
Summary: Overall, fund managers’ asset allocations in June provide a confused view.On the one hand, fund managers raised cash to a 6-month high and reduced their global equity exposure to an 8-month low. Relative to recent history, this is contrarian bullish.Note, however, that most of the fall in their equity allocations came from further reducing emerging markets exposure; allocations to […]
Setback in bailout talks between Greece and its creditors over the weekend continued to negatively impact benchmarks on Tuesday. The lack of progress in Greek debt talks raised fears among investors of a possible default by Greece and the country’s exit from the Eurozone. Meanwhile, manufacturing activity worsened slightly for New York manufacturers and decline in U.S. industrial production in […]
MSCI? We don’t need no friggin MSCI.
The decision by MSCI, the giant indexing company, to not include Chinese mainland A-shares in its emerging-market benchmark last Tuesday had little effect on the market. Neither did the huge outflows by foreign investors.
The Shanghai Composite Index climbed 2.9% last week to its highest level since January 2008. It also pushed the Chinese stock […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives at his office in Maximos Mansion for a governmental council meeting. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
Time for a recap, as we await Mario Draghi’s appearance at the European Parliament this afternoon.The Greek government and the European Commission have blamed each other for the collapse of negotiations over its bailout programme last night, amid rising concern […]
There is also the U.S. Producer Price Index Friday, and a heavy calendar of overseas data that could influence markets. Chinese consumer and producer inflation data is released Tuesday, and retail sales and industrial production is Thursday. German industrial production is reported Monday, and euro zone GDP is Tuesday.Markets are also watching the volatile bond market where yields ripped higher […]
When an already attractive company in the small cap biotech space announces positive developments, it can take the market weeks or even months to price the news into the shares. Bret Jensen identifies three cheap companies with strong catalysts to power the next leg of their rallies.There are few things more exciting than buying a small biotech stock just before […]
* New platforms responding to regulatory changes* ERIC offers analysts to the highest bidder* Research budgets, spending set to shrink* Critics say small funds at a disadvantage* Advocates say too much research “mediocre”LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – Scotland-based investment strategist Russell Napier gave up his high-powered finance job as a star analyst bankrolled by a big-name broker in order to […]
