In this challenging market, investors seem to be looking over their shoulders constantly for fear they will either be buying a top or missing the next rotation.But while it’s tempting to think that you need to be making big moves right now, churning your portfolio can result in much more pain than gain. So don’t rack up trading fees chasing […]
The most common debate amongst traders is when the prolonged uptrend across the financial markets will come to an end. After such a long run, it is reasonable to believe that the trend is nearing overbought levels and could be preparing to make a sudden reversal, but based on the weekly chart of the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), […]
Tax scare on Yahoo’s Alibaba stake spin-off seen premature by BusinessInsider.com : Wednesday 05:30:11 CTCategories: markets, streamBy Supantha Mukherjee and Abhirup Roy(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s planned spin-off of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is likely to proceed on a tax-free basis, analysts said, as Yahoo shares regained most of their losses after concerns of a possible change in […]
By Justin Fox, Bloomberg ViewEvery once in a while a business journalist notices how well Danaher Corp. has performed during the past few decades, and feels compelled to remark upon it. Well, now I’ve noticed, and I guess the most appropriate remark is, “wow.” Or maybe “jeepers.”Tektronix dealDanaher paid nearly $3 billion for Washington-County based Tektronix in 2007. The deal’s […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — It’s a bad sign for the stock market that many investors are souring on the hedge fund industry.That’s because hedge funds are in the business of — I know you’ll be surprised by this — hedging. In essence, the average hedge fund offers investors a trade-off: In return for outperformance during bear markets, it lags […]
Stock Market Diagonal Pattern Nearly CompleteStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 16, 2015 – 10:17 PM GMTBy: Tony_CaldaroThe market did this week what it had done the previous three weeks: open higher, dip mid-week, then close the week over 2100. Last four weekly closes: 2118, 2108, 2116 and 2123. For the week the SPX/DOW were +0.40%, the NDX/NAZ were +0.85%, and […]
U.S. stock indexes spent Friday mostly drifting between tiny gains and losses, but the small moves were enough to nudge the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its second record high in two days.The Dow Jones industrial average also notched a gain for the second day in a row. The Nasdaq bucked the trend, closing slightly lower.Utilities stocks were among […]
Mergers & acquisitions once again took center stage in the biotech sector with Alexion (ALXN – Analyst Report) announcing its intention to acquire Synageva (GEVA – Snapshot Report). Meanwhile, there were some important updates on the regulatory and pipeline front from companies like Vertex (VRTX – Analyst Report) and Orexigen (OREX – Analyst Report).Recap of the Week’s Most Important Stories1. […]
BEIJING (AP) — Major Asian stocks markets were muted Wednesday after a bond sell-off nudged Wall Street lower.KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index was little changed at 4,400.28 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was steady at 19,615.55. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was stable at 27,423.29. Seoul’s Kospi gained 0.7 percent to 2,112.37 and Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.5 percent at […]
Last week started off ugly and could have gotten even uglier when Janet Yellen “quite high’d” the market into a tizzy. The savvy trader might have spotted her cautionary flag on uppity valuations as a reason to buy. That trader would have been rewarded handsomely when Friday’s jobs report helped to drive blue chips to their best day in more […]
