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Investor confidence that the US will avoid a stock-market crash in the next six months has dropped dramatically since last spring.The Yale School of Management publishes a monthly Crash Confidence Index. The index shows the proportion of investors who believe we will avoid a stock-market crash in the next six months.Yale points out that “crash confidence reached its all-time […]
Stock Trading Alert: Indexes Continue Their March Up As Investors’ Euphoria ExtendsBy: Paul Rejczak | Mon, Dec 22, 2014SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on December 22, 2014, 6:17 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next 1-3 months) […]
Markets finished a choppy session in the negative territory on Monday as yet another slide in oil prices dented investor sentiment. Moreover, mixed economic data on the domestic front weighed on the benchmarks. The Dow had gained more than 100 points in the initial session, but lost all the gains by the closing bell.For a look at the issues currently […]
Bloomberg, US TrustSee AlsoThis Crazy Chart Perfectly Illustrates Why You Should Never Expect ‘Average’ ReturnsThis Brilliant Chart Reveals How Patience Pays Off For InvestorsWe’ve Seen Uglier Stock Market Sell-Offs In 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…Regular 10% returns per year in the stock market are a myth. So are 9% returns and 11% returns.In introductory finance courses, you might be taught that […]
If there’s one thing you can expect at holiday parties, it’s all the bragging about the stocks people owned. Funny, they’re all the stocks that went up.There are 10 stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500, including biotech Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Electronic Arts (EA) that you can be certain to hear people talk about owning. We […]
Breaking–A+Apple reaches record breaking $700 billion market cap as stock surge continuesBy Neil HughesTuesday, November 25, 2014, 06:42 am PT (09:42 am ET)Shares of Apple reached another major financial milestone on Tuesday, crossing the $700 billion market capitalization threshold just after trading began on Wall Street.
With shares of AAPL trading at an all-time high, Apple is more valuable than it […]
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 Trading Alert: Stocks Fluctuate Along Their Record Highs As Investors Await Fed’s ConferenceBy: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Aug 21, 2014SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on August 21, 2014, 5:55 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next […]
Astrology fascinated some of the most brilliant minds of the past. They included Galileo and Kepler. Today some lesser lights devote much effort and time to technical analysis of the Stock Market. In both cases, people are fascinated by the challenge of discovering meanings hidden in numerical sequences as observed in the sky or charts of the stock market. And […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market pulled back slightly Tuesday, following two days of gains, as investors focused on the damage that ongoing geopolitical tensions were causing the global economy.Energy stocks were among the biggest decliners, dragged down by lower oil prices.U.S. stock indexes opened modestly higher but turned lower at mid-morning and stayed there for the rest of […]
