Although China’s economy has been leading the world in annualized growth since the days that mobile phones had retractable antennas, there have always been some aspects of the country’s commercial and financial system that loudly broadcast the underlying illogic of a Communist Party’s firm control of burgeoning capitalism. China’s stock markets were one such venue where things just didn’t add […]
Stock Market Poised for a Flash CrashStock-Markets / Financial CrashApr 15, 2015 – 07:56 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiMy earlier thesis of an unfinished retracement in SPX hit the nail on the head. Note that it didn’t go above the March 23 high, verifying the weakening uptrend. I recalibrated the Megaphone formation and verified it as an Orthodox Broadening top rather than […]
Benchmarks ended Monday’s trading session in the red as investors feared a stronger dollar and weaker oil prices may affect first quarter earnings results. Investors were also apprehensive about the timing of the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike federal funds rates.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe […]
By Mark Hansen, Australia, MarketCap:There are six large (with a market cap of over AUD50 billion) listed companies in Australia. The biggest four are banks, the fifth is BHP, one of the world’s largest mining companies. The sixth is the world’s most over-priced Telco, Telstra. The table below puts these companies into international perspective. They are small on a world […]
Why China’s stock market surge is too powerful to ignoreJONATHAN SHAPIROLast updated Mon Apr 13 03:09:31 UTC 2015
ChinaFotoPressChina’s stock market is up 20 per cent this month, 30 per cent for the year and almost 100 per cent over 12 months.
China’s stock market is on fire. The Shanghai Stock Market Index is up 20 per cent just this month, 30 […]
I’ve taken some flak recently for my persistently bearish views of the stock market over the past year. Rightfully so. I’ve been dead wrong. And with a record level of bulls it should come as no surprise that they’d like gloat.But I’d like to make a few things clear. First, I’m not a perma-bear. Far from it. I was rip-snorting bullish […]
There are a lot of options for your hard earned capital and no shortage of folks wanting to tell you how to use it.Recent trends have been very profitable in different sectors. On the other hand, energy has displayed a horrendous previous 52 weeks.So here are 5 reasons not to invest in energy.Biotech is hot right now, having risen 30% […]
Published: Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 5:30 a.m.
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With the nation’s equities markets roiling with volatility these days, some investors are getting nervous. Fueling those concerns are the prospect of an increase in interest rates, sluggish gross domestic product growth and global concerns from the Eurozone to the Middle East. But the view […]
About the AuthorMatt Coffina, CFA, is editor of Morningstar® StockInvestorSM.Contact Author | Meet other investing specialistsInterest Rates: Gravity for Asset Prices
Investors always hang on the Federal Reserve’s every word, but the obsession with monetary policy is reaching new heights as we approach the first short-term rate hike in almost a decade. The target federal funds rate has been around zero […]
Hear that hissing noise?That’s the air coming out of the stock market.Here’s what’s happening and what to do about it…U.S. stocks are plummeting supposedly because Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Yemen, which has retaliated by lobbing missiles into Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, you know, where all the oil is.In the Middle East the Saudi market took a 5% hit yesterday. […]
