ShutterstockThe SEC has gone from tracking illicit traders from chat rooms to an international game of cat-and-mouse. Sometimes the crooks keep one step ahead of regulators.See AlsoWatch Out For Twitter Stock Hoaxes, Which Are Getting Trickier By The DayHow To Effectively Regulate Mortgage LendingWhy Cash Incentives For Whistleblowers Are Actually UsefulOn May 14 a Bulgarian stock schemer is alleged to […]
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Stock investors are always on the lookout for signs of irrational exuberance, or people getting too excited about the stock market.
And if you’re looking for a new thing to make you nervous, this post on Reddit might be it. Jesse Felder, author of the Felder Report and a Business Insider contributor, tweeted a link to a Reddit […]
Myles Udland
Jun. 3, 2015, 7:06 AM
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Wikimedia CommonsIt’s about to be a lose-lose situation for stock market investors. In a note to clients on Tuesday, Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett wrote that with the Fed set to raise rates and the US economy underperforming, we could be be facing a tough period for investors this year. Hartnett writes:We have been urging caution. No […]
The way I do research has been the area that has changed and evolved the most since starting to invest. I used to put together detailed stock screeners on places like FINVIZ.com – Stock Screener. And look for companies that had good-looking ratios. That was about it.I looked for things like a high current ratio, high margins, growing revenues, high […]
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Apr. 16, 2015, 4:14 PM
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Business Insider / Jillian D’OnfroEtsy had a huge first day as a public company. Shares of the online craft marketplace rose 87% in their trading debut on Thursday.Etsy shares closed at $30 after its IPO priced at $16 per share on Wednesday night. At the current share price, Etsy’s market cap is around $3.3 billion.The Brooklyn-based company […]
US high school wiz makes $72mn on stock marketPublished time: December 15, 2014 12:13Get short URLMohammed Islam (Photo from linkedin.com)TagsFinanceMohammed Islam, a 17-year old school student from New York’s Stuyvesant High School, has made a $72 million fortune trading stocks in lunch breaks. The young investor hopes to become a billionaire next year.The son of Bengali immigrants from Queens, Islam […]
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Major financial media is confused by CYNK’s extreme runup:Don’t be confused all you cute investor-types, just recognize that your rules/valuations don’t apply to penny stock pump and dumps and that it’s up to veterans like me who have far too much experience with these kinds of plays to inform people of what’s going on.See this video I just made on […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
Phillip Frost, Chairman and CEO of multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company Opko Health (NYSE:OPK), bought 129,800 shares of company stock for $1,043,618.
George Sakellaris, CEO of energy efficiency solutions provider Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC), bought 73,689 shares of company stock for $515,823.
Donald Hess, director at […]
The recent dip in the stock market has people talking about a bubble and a potential big decline in the market again. I discussed my general view on this last November, but I think Goldman puts things in the right perspective – while there might be pockets of excessive behavior, this is still nothing like the broadly excessive euphoria […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
Mark Rachesky, a director at commercial and military truck company Navistar International (NYSE:NAV), bought 911,774 shares of company stock for $30,206,736.
Bill Gross, co-founder of Pimco, bought 100,000 shares of the non-diversified, closed-end management investment company Pimco Dynamic Credit […]
