Eleven Ways to Avoid a Stock Market Crash
By Jon C. Ogg May 31, 2014 9:15 am EDT
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May has come and gone, and at least so far it looks as though the “Sell in May and Go Away!” theme did not materialize in 2014. Of those who responded to our poll, some 58% said not to sell in May and only […]
Hello!I’m Andrew Smithers; I studied economics at Cambridge and used to run the fund management business at S G Warburg which became Mercury Asset Management and is now BlackRock.I set up Smithers & Co in 1989 as an economics consultancy. Much of the comments on economics and markets that I read as a fund manager struck me as nonsense and […]
My colleague Ryan Cooper argues that one key factor in millennials missing out on the current stock market boom is distrust in the financial system. Like very many millennials, he is apprehensive about becoming an investor, and cites numerous financial scandals from the past five years as events that have influenced this view:I hear “we’ll help you design the investment […]
SummaryA new paper by Claude Erb notes that over time the beta, size and value premiums have all declined.
The paper questions whether or not the trades are too crowded with investors demanding too much from a limited supply.
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Groupon Spending Too Much. But Stock Could Yet Prove A DealBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 6th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsGroupon needs to spend too much money to make money. That was the verdict on StockTwits.com after the group discount site posted a smaller than expected loss on better than anticipated revenues, but fell short […]
Google FinanceStocks are sliding deeper into the red in early afternoon trading.
The Dow is now down 124 points or 0.7%. The Nasdaq is down 51 points or 1.2%.Twitter is leading the way lower with shares down 15%. The company’s lockup expires today, which means its the first day since the IPO that employees can cash in on their stock.Other stocks […]
Google FinanceThe stock markets opened and traded in the red earlier today, but have climbed all the way back into the green.
At its low of the day, the Dow was down by 132 points.Earlier, we learned that the ISM non-manufacturing index climbed to a six-month high of 55.2 in April.”In our mind, any reading above 55 is a good one […]
Google FinanceThe markets are sliding early in the U.S. trading session.
The Dow is down 141 points (0.8%).The S&P is down 14 points (0.7%).The Nasdaq is down 64 points (1.5%).Shares of Amazon.com are weighing on the tech-heavy Nasdaq. On Thursday afternoon, the company announced quarterly financial results that were largely in line with expectations.”One factor could be that the company’s sales […]
SummaryBank of America is still struggling with legacy issues, but most of its operations have been stabilized.
Many investors are mostly focused on the legacy issues, but they are neglecting the bank’s asset base.
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by Rob Jenkins, Global Center of Excellence, SAPBig Data is often mentioned as one of the game-changing technology trends that every company must capitalize on to stay competitive. Most CIOs are familiar with how Big Data can be leveraged for transforming marketing (like multi-channel promotion effectiveness), manufacturing (defect prevention) or distribution (dynamic routing systems). In this era of technology innovation, […]
