Sam Ro
Nov. 19, 2014, 3:59 PM
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JP MorganA country’s stock market and its economy are far from being the same thing (Read LPL Financial’s write-up on the matter.)One big reason for the discrepancy is that many of the companies that make up a stock market engage in business overseas.This chart from JP Morgan highlights just how much of a country’s stock […]
Today was a perfectly healthy session for a market that has changed complexion over the past week. We said numerous times in yesterday’s recap we could stand a day or two of rest after a hectic move up, especially in the NASDAQ. The S&P 500 fell 0.11% and NASDAQ 0.28% – these are reasonable pullbacks. There was a sharp drop […]
REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboGeorge SorosOne day every quarter, the world’s big fund managers reveal some of what they’re buying and selling in their 13-F regulatory filings.
Generally speaking, these revelations aren’t taken too seriously as they are 45-day-old snapshots. But over the weekend, one gigantic $1.3 billion position raised some eyebrows.Soros Fund Management disclosed that it held put options on 7,090,000 million shares […]
Personal Financial Adviser with Oran HallWhat is a loser and a winner, as seen on ‘Business Day’, and how does trading of stocks work? Is it done on a floor room or through the stock market?– RogerWhen financial reports refer to stocks as winners and losers, they are referring to changes in their prices relative to a previous period, often […]
