By Ashley Redmond, ContributorTechnological advances in financial and investment tools give investors a myriad of options, including online trading. Online trading accounts can benefit many types of investors, from the beginner who needs assistance getting an investment plan started to the knowledgeable investor who can use the online trading tools to pursue an investment strategy.GOBankingRates surveyed the best stock brokers […]
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Activist investor Elliott set sights on Asia’s family-run firms by BusinessInsider.com : Thursday 09:02:30 CTCategories: markets, streamBy Denny Thomas and Svea Herbst-BaylissHONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. billionaire Paul Singer appears to have paved the way for activist investors to fight for shareholders’ rights where few hedge funds have ventured: Asia’s biggest family-run firms.In the past few months, Singer’s $26 […]
In a time of constant handwaving, hair-tearing and op-eds discussing the perils of the collapse in market liquidity due to central planning even as investing experts double down every single time there is a 1-2% “plunge” in the markets because, well, if you don’t BTFD your HFT competitor will, one firm has decided to put its money where everyone else’s […]
Trading the rally: 5 stocks to buy
The “Fast Money” traders give you 7 plays following the market’s record-breaking rally.
Traders saw a lot of bright spots in the market’s record-breaking rally on Thursday. CNBC “Fast Money” trader Guy Adami said Thursday that two stocks in particular are attractive plays.Palo Alto and FireEyeSource: Palo Alto Networks”Palo Alto Networks, all time high. Look […]
“Don’t fight the Fed,” unless The Fed says “sell.” That appears to be the message loud and clear from an absolutely exuberant Biotech bubble that is now up over 75% from Janet Yellen’s “stretched valuations” warning last year…Up almost 90% from post-Yellen dip lows…Yellen’s “irrational exuberance” moment.
Nevertheless, valuation metrics in some sectors do appear substantially stretched—particularly those for smaller firms […]
The list of problems with investing in micro-cap biotech stocks begins with extreme volatility and lack of liquidity and ends with the inability to get validation from sophisticated investors who are unable to own such small companies.
Nevertheless, sift through the pile and investors can find gems. Joseph Pantginis of ROTH Capital Partners recognizes the characteristics that make some of these […]
SEC Says Fantasy Stock Trading Violates Securities Laws; Charges Others for Selling Illegal Security-Based Swapsby Steve Quinlivan | June 17, 2015The SEC issued an Investor Alert which says fantasy stock trading for small amounts of money can violate provisions of securities laws implemented by the Dodd-Frank Act. I bet the Congressional drafters of these provisions who were trying to prevent […]
