By Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense
“The thing that most affects the market is everything.” – James Playsted Wood
While it’s never fun to lose money, the past couple of weeks reminded me once again why I love the stock market. Mr. Market is basicallly a crazy person that takes pride in frustrating people on a consistent basis. Every investor […]
Parts of Europe are in deflation, growth worries continue in China, and Islamic extremists have added a new layer of instability to the Middle East.Read MoreOptions trader bets big time on bottom for stocksPerhaps predictably, stocks have wobbled, with a series of triple-digit up and down moves on the Dow industrials and another round of worry that the long-anticipated correction […]
SummaryThe BlackBerry business model has all but collapsed in recent years.
A recent $1.25 billion convertible bond deal has stabilized BlackBerry business results. The debt financing, however, should not be confused for improved business performance.
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Stock Market Status Quo….Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 30, 2014 – 12:39 PM GMTBy: Jack_SteimanThis an abbreviated holiday edition.Folks, to be honest, there’s not much to day about this market that we haven’t discussed repeatedly for weeks, if not months. There are a number of issues the market is facing that one would think would be the beginning of the […]
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The S&P 500 Index, which most financial professionals use to track the performance of the overall U.S. stock market, has now officially tripled in value — along with breaking through the 2,000 level for the first time, ever.In a recent post, we looked at how often investors should expect 5% corrections, based on market history. This time, however, we’ll examine previous […]
Stock Market Negative Expectations Following Short-Term ConsolidationStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 28, 2014 – 02:21 PM GMTBy: Paul_RejczakBriefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,030, and a profit target at 1,900, S&P 500 index)Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: bearishShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: bearishMedium-term (next […]
To invoke the memory of a familiar 80′s E.F. Hutton ad, when Douglas Merrill of ZestFinance speaks of finance, we should listen. (You might want to listen merely because he was previously CIO and VP of engineering at Google.) Midway through 2013, the Los Angeles-based startup received Series C financing to the tune of $20 million.Zest for Lending – And […]
Stock Market Staring Into the Great AbyssStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 27, 2014 – 03:59 PM GMTBy: DeviantInvestorIs a looming war coincident with a depressed gold price and a stock market peak an example of — staring into the great abyss?From Peter Cooper:“A five-year regime of artificially low interest rates is responsible for a bubble in stocks, bonds, real estate, […]
There was great economic news on Monday – for somebody.
Monday morning the stock market passed another historic milestone, as the S&P 500 composite index briefly passed the 2,000 mark before ending the day on a record-breaking high. That barrier had symbolic value for many investors, although perhaps not as much as the once-unimaginable goal of seeing the Dow Jones Industrial […]
