A copyright lawsuit has finally stopped the crazy stock market streak …

A copyright lawsuit has finally stopped the crazy stock market streak of Beijing Baofeng Technology – Quartz

For whom the bell tolls.(Reuters/Stringer)
SHAREWritten bySteve MollmanObsessionChina’s TransitionMay 15, 2015It had to end eventually. News of a copyright dispute has broken the breathtaking post-IPO rise (paywall) in the share price of Beijing Baofeng Technology, which offers online videos, a media player, and a low-price […]

The problem with stock market charts – Business Insider

David W. Bianchi, “Blue Chip Kids”
May 13, 2015, 3:38 PM
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When I was in college I took an economics class where the professor put up a chart showing the historical price movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.He then put up another chart that looked almost identical to the first one. Every time the Dow went up the other chart went […]

The post-Tory election stock market bounce is over – Business Insider

Oscar Williams-Grut

May 12, 2015, 3:57 AM
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Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesThe party is over for tradersThe FTSE 100 opened over 1% lower this morning as the jubilation over a Tory victory wears off in the City.The FTSE 100 and 250 both jumped on Friday on news of a surprise Tory majority in the UK elections.But Britain’s index is over 110 points lower this […]

Suddenly, the stock market has gotten boring – Business Insider

Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersAll of a sudden, things in the stock market are boring. Since the excitement we saw earlier this year with the S&P 500 falling 3% in January, oil searching for a bottom, the Swiss National Bank removing its peg against the euro, and the European Central Bank starting a quantitative easing program, US stocks have settled into one of the […]

Leon Cooperman just threw out a bunch of stock picks for a bull market

Jonathan Marino

May 4, 2015, 1:50 PM
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Reuters/ Rick WilkingLeon Cooperman has some bearish picks.See AlsoEverything you need to know before the biggest hedge fund conference of the year kicks off next weekAfter a near-death experience, a Bank of America VP started the charity that Wall Street is talking aboutDan Loeb revealed a stake in YUM! Brands and the stock is shooting […]

Carl Icahn thinks the stock market's most valuable … – Business Insider

Myles Udland

Apr. 28, 2015, 11:45 AM
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Apple reported another monster quarter on Monday, with earnings, revenue, and iPhone sales all topping expectations.The company also announced that it would return $200 billion to shareholders over the next two years.But activist hedge fund manager Carl Icahn still doesn’t think investors get it.In a tweet on Tuesday morning, the 79-year-old said:Apple’s market cap is […]

What does the stock market's valuation tells us … – Business Insider

Wikimedia CommonsMorgan Stanley’s US equity strategy team published a note Monday titled “We Are Full of Bull.”In it, strategist Adam Parker identifies a multitude of reasons to be bullish.However, many of the more bearish folk continue to point to the S&P 500’s price-to-forward-earnings ratio (P/E), which at 17x is not reflective of a cheap market.Parker actually believes the stock market […]

What does the stock market's valuation tells us about what happens …

Wikimedia CommonsMorgan Stanley’s US equity strategy team published a note Monday titled “We Are Full of Bull.”In it, strategist Adam Parker identifies a multitude of reasons to be bullish.However, many of the more bearish folk continue to point to the S&P 500’s price-to-forward-earnings ratio (P/E), which at 17x is not reflective of a cheap market.Parker actually believes the stock market […]

The stock market should be VERY interested in … – Business Insider

ReutersOn Thursday morning, the employment cost index, or ECI, for the first quarter will be released. Unlike the average hourly earnings number released in the monthly jobs report, the ECI is a more comprehensive measure of compensation, taking into account things like how much employers spend on things like benefits in addition to wages. Currently expectations are for the report to show […]

The stock market should be VERY interested in the big wage report

ReutersOn Thursday morning, the employment cost index, or ECI, for the first quarter will be released. Unlike the average hourly earnings number released in the monthly jobs report, the ECI is a more comprehensive measure of compensation, taking into account things like how much employers spend on things like benefits in addition to wages. Currently expectations are for the report to show […]