Submitted by Lance Roberts via STA Wealth Management,Since the beginning of this year the markets have primarily treaded water. The primary support for the bulls has been continued acknowledgement by the Fed on an inability to remove accommodative policy by raising interest rates. (Which should make you question what happens the first time they do.) The bears have been feasting […]
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What does the size of a country’s market tell you about a country’s economy and its standard of living?That’s a question frontier markets strategist Andrew Howell aimed to answer in Citi’s massive new report on global public assets.”Governments should encourage the growth of equity markets, because they tend to be associated with economic development,” Howell wrote. “Whether or not […]
Stock Market Failed Rally?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Jun 15, 2015 – 02:26 PM GMTBy: Andre_GratianCurrent Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend – Bull MarketIntermediate trend – Waiting for confirmation that the ending triangle is complete.Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of […]
LIVE Stock Market Trade Session Every MorningPosted by: : Shayne HeffernanPosted on: June 15, 2015LIVE Stock Market Trade Session Every MorningLearn Stock Trading Strategies and Investing Strategies“Buy and Hold” TradingThis is the passive approach used by many individual investors. You choose a stock which you hope will go up in price and/or pays an attractive dividend, and plan to keep […]
All eyes turn to the Fed this week as the FOMC gathers in Washington to decide whether the time has come to raise the Federal funds rate, something that hasn’t been seen in America in nearly eight years. And while September remains the odds on favorite for the first rate hike, it was only a few weeks ago that money […]
The Stock Market Meets the FED This WeekStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Jun 14, 2015 – 03:43 PM GMTBy: Brad_GudgeonLast weekend, I was looking for bottom late Monday near 2067/70 and then a strong rally to perhaps as high SPX 2101/13 by Wednesday. The SPX bottomed early Tuesday at 2072 and rallied to 2115 by Thursday. I give myself an A- […]
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Greg Miller has spent over 20 years in the financial industry, working up from analyst, to portfolio manager, and eventually to an institutional investor, where […]
It is no secret that in recent weeks Goldman has been particular bearish (if only to the outside world), with statements such as the following by chief equity strategist David Kostin:
… by almost any measure, US equity valuations look expensive. The typical stock in the S&P 500 trades at 18.1x forward earnings, ranking at the 98th percentile of historical valuation […]
Indexing is the new stock picking.It is, by far, the most efficient way to obtain a low-cost and diversified portfolio. So it makes sense that index funds are gobbling up the financial markets. But that has some people concerned. What will happen when indexing gets so large that it becomes “the market”? Will prices become less efficient? Will the market […]
The second-best performing sector in the S&P 500, financials advanced with the continued rally in yields as the sector is expected to benefit from higher interest rates. The S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) gained 1.08 percent. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) hit its highest level since October 2008.PNC Financial, Capital One, BB&T, Zions Bancorp, People’s United Financial and KeyCorp […]
