Benchmarks ended the first trading session of the second quarter in the red on weak economic data. Both private payrolls and manufacturing data were weaker than anticipated. The S&P 500 closed below its 50-day moving average, with 7 out of 10 S&P 500 sectors ending in the red. The Dow also witnessed more than two-third of its 30 components ending […]
Is there some secret holiday at work in the stock and currency markets that I’m unaware of? Volume is non-existent, with only deal buzz potentially stirring the Street from this spring slumber.Conditions can only be characterized as rail-thin, holiday-like volumes that leave major stock averages teetering just below record highs.In fact, the bond market has rallied for three days in […]
Putin biographer: He’s not dead — but chaos is brewing in the Kremlin by BusinessInsider.com : Friday 02:45:00 CTCategories: markets, streamThere’s something going on behind the scenes in the Kremlin.Russian president Vladimir Putin hasn’t been seen in public since March 5. (Video featuring Putin on March 13 was not live.)Analysts are speculating that his absence suggests there may be a […]
In 2014, the Green Economy — dominating the media enviro beat and UN negotiations since well before the 2012 Rio Earth Summit – merged and morphed into the Sharing Economy and the Maker Economy to offer us a vision of Transformative Transnationalism. But, is this really a new Triple Bottom-line or just the same old Triple-Bottom Feeders? ETC Group takes […]
Americans are feeling better about their job security and the economy, but most are theoretically only one paycheck away from the street.Approximately 62% of Americans have no emergency savings for things such as a $1,000 emergency room visit or a $500 car repair, according to a new survey of 1,000 adults by personal finance website Bankrate.com. Faced with an emergency, […]
Watch tonight’s video market recap on my Ticker.tv channel, Mark333.Indexes continued their rotten start to 2015 as the S&P 500 fell 0.89% and the NASDAQ 1.29%. Markets opened up and then sellers came in which is not the type of action you want to see during a bull market move – you want the opposite (morning weakness bought!). Oil continues […]
Benchmarks finished the first trading session of 2015 almost unchanged while investors received discouraging economic data. Weaker-than-expected reports on U.S. manufacturing and construction dented investor sentiment. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed in negative territory, but the Dow ended its three-straight session losing streak and closed with meager gains on Friday. Meanwhile, benchmarks snapped a two-week winning streak and […]
Source: Celgene Corp.The volatility that comes with investing in biotech stocks can test the patience of even the most risk-tolerant investor. Many investors may be better served focusing on companies with proven track records of success rather than concentrating on emerging biotech stocks that are more promise than profit. Fortunately, investing in proven performers doesn’t have to mean sacrificing growth! […]
William Patalon III: When I earned my MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) back in the mid-1990s, my focus was finance and investing.But it was a management professor who clued me in to some of the best ways to “look past the numbers” and understand what really makes a big company tick.The professor, Janet C. Barnard, retired a few […]
William Patalon IIIWhen I earned my MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) back in the mid-1990s, my focus was finance and investing.But it was a management professor who clued me in to some of the best ways to “look past the numbers” and understand what really makes a big company tick.The professor, Janet C. Barnard, retired a few […]
