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Jim Grant: The Fed Turned the Stock Market Into a 'Hall of Mirrors …

Jim Grant: The Fed Turned the Stock Market Into a ‘Hall of Mirrors’
The editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer on the recent turmoil.
Matt Welch & Jim Epstein | August 26, 2015
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“Confoundingly to me, people have come to be quite accepting of the value attached by fiat to these pieces of paper we call currency,” says Jim Grant, who’s the editor […]

Bad news: Even after panic, stocks aren’t cheap

Bad news: Even after panic, stocks aren’t cheapMonday, August 24th, 2015 | Posted by Michael JonesThe most famous minder of valuations, Robert Shiller, said Friday morning on CNBC that “valuations are high, quite high by historical standards. It’s only been a few other episodes in U.S. history when they’ve been this high.”Shiller’s reference point for valuations is not the forward […]

Bad Day at the Stock Market, Ellen Page vs. Ted Cruz, Dr. Dre Is …

Bad Day at the Stock Market, Ellen Page vs. Ted Cruz, Dr. Dre Is Sorry: P.M. Links
Robby Soave|Aug. 21, 2015 4:30 pm

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ABC News screenshotThe Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 500 points on Friday.
Actress Ellen Page, who came out as gay last year, ambushed Ted Cruz at the Iowa State Fair. They argued about gay issues.
Dr. Dre issued an apology for […]

Commission-Free Stock Trading App Robinhood Is Coming To …

Android: Most brokerages charge you every time you buy or sell a stock or ETF. Robinhood, however, lets you trade for free and is at last available now for Android users, as well as those on iOS.In addition to charging $US0 commissions on trades of US-listed securities, the mobile app also has features like seeing your portfolio and personal watchlist […]

No-Fee, Stock-Trading App Robinhood Is Now On Android …

Zero-fee, stock-trading app Robinhood is now on Android. The app launched on iOS late last year and has grown to “hundreds of thousands of customers” and made over $1 billion in trades on the platform, according to the startup.Robinhood estimates it has already saved those on the iOS platform more than $22 million in ETF, or stock-trading fees. It would like to continue doing […]

After $103M IPO, Rapid7 Stock Up in Early Trading | Xconomy

After $103M IPO, Rapid7 Stock Up in Early Trading

Gregory T. HuangJuly 17th, 2015BostonDing, ding. Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq this morning, and the Boston area’s first tech IPO of 2015 is in the books.Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) raised $103.2 million by selling 6.45 million shares at $16 a pop, which was above the […]

Greece STOCK MARKET May Not Open Monday, Greek Officials Warn

Despite all the talk of “containment” and “Greece doesn’t matter,” not only are we told by anonymous EU officials that some banks may not open Monday but now, a Greek SEC Official has warned…*GREEK BOURSE MAY NOT TRADE MON IF NO ELA EXTENDED: SEC OFFICIAL
Greeks just got CYNK’d (or Hanergy’d).As a reminder, here is the exuberance in Greek stocks from […]

S&P500 may break below 100 dma, Building Wealth, Investing …

Episode 122:  The DOW has broken below its 50 dma and the S&P500 is hovering just barely above its.More importantly, the S&P500 is only 0.5% above its 100 dma.   If it breaks the 100 dma and doesn’t quickly recover, that’s a huge red flag because the 100 dma has been an extremely dependable support level.That being said, this is an […]

Crash Course in How I Approach Markets…

Share on StockTwitsEmbedI am being asked by many new followers for a refresher crash course in how I look at markets…here goes:I believe you should invest in stocks, but if you are to take the time, aim to crush the averages.The best way for ME (not necessarily you) to do this has been trend investing and angel investing.Drawdowns are inevitable […]

LinkedIn Earnings Push Stock Down More Than 25 Percent | Re/code

LinkedIn hit Wall Street’s financial expectations Thursday, but lowered its revenue guidance for next quarter as investors sent the stock down more than 25 percent during after-hours trading.LinkedIn reported 57 cents per share on $638 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2015. That’s a revenue jump of more than 35 percent over the same quarter last year.Those numbers […]