Rumor has it that if the S&P 500 finishes its first five trading days of the year with a gain, then the year in question will — 80 percent of the time — end with a gain as well.Last Thursday’s rally gave the S&P that five-day gain. However, since that day, the market has seen a decent amount of weakness.The […]
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The stock market hasn’t had a great start to the year. In 2015’s first full week, the S&P 500 lost ground and on Monday the price of oil was crashing again and bringing stocks lower, too. Still, the benchmark index is less than 3% away from all-time highs, and according to Jim Paulsen at Wells Capital, using the median price-to-earnings […]
Source: Flickr user Chris PotterBiotechnology stocks were among the market’s top performers in 2014, but biotech stocks were also among the market’s riskiest plays. For risk tolerant investors, biotech’s pop-and-drop nature may be enticing, but should investors focus on big or small cap biotech stocks? We asked some of our top Motley Fool analysts for their opinion. Read on to […]
Posted Saturday, January 10, 2015 @ 8:14 pm by Dr. WishGMI Sell signal remains in place; very cautious as bonds march higherGMI2/6GMI-24/8What is the GMI?WORDEN T210846%My indicators weakened on Friday and so the GMI Sell signal remains in place. My more sensitive measure of the short term trend of the QQQ also remains down, now having reached 6 days. I […]
Source: Flickr via Idaho National Laboratory.Biotech stocks have the uncanny ability to absolutely crush it following a positive clinical or regulatory catalyst. And this trend has been especially pronounced among standout clinical-stage companies over the past few years.In 2014, for instance, we saw bluebird bio more than triple in share price after reporting positive early- to mid-stage study results for […]
Final reminder! Please take our quarterly reader survey here; just 3 quick questions to help us continue to serve you. Even if you have taken it in previous quarters please do so again. Thanks!Watch tonight’s video market recap on my Ticker.tv channel, Mark333.Friday closed out a very volatile week as two big down days were offset by two big up […]
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, […]
Thinking about buying into biotech ahead of the JPMorgan Health Care Conference? History says the best play is to buy the day before the meeting starts and hold until the end.The JPMorgan conference, from Monday to Thursday, is the health industry’s biggest annual event, setting the agenda for the year. Sentiment out of the conference can dominate the first half […]
Benchmarks turned positive for the year on Thursday after investors welcomed firming up of oil prices and accommodative monetary policies by the Fed and ECB. Charles Evans’ comment that the Fed may not hit 2% inflation rate target until 2018 also boosted investor sentiment. The S&P 500 posted its biggest one-day percentage gain since Dec 18, 2014. The Dow also […]
Quick note – Please take our quarterly reader survey here; just 3 quick questions to help us continue to serve you. Thanks!Thursday’s rocket move upward is exactly the type of session that bears have had nightmares about for years on end. What looked like nothing more than an oversold bounce yesterday to offset some pressure turned into a huge move […]
