Trading stocks on your iPhone without spending a fortune is finally here.And by that, we mean that Robinhood’s long-awaited app is finally available after about six months of beta testing, one-and-a-half years after the company was founded.Robinhood’s founders, Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, two young men with backgrounds in finance, set out to build a mobile-only solutions for stock trading. […]
Dubai stocks fell 7.4% on Thursday, the worst one-day drop for that market since 2009 as oil price declines hammer the outlook for the country.Here’s the ugly chart of Thursday’s action, which wrapped up trading at 5 a.m. ET.Bloomberg.comThursday’s drop also wiped out almost all of the remaining gains seen by Dubai’s stock market since the start of February as […]
My 2015 PredictionsPosted by Ivanhoff
on December 9th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsPredictions are very one-dimensional. You are either right or wrong and as we know from George Soros this is not the most important thing in investing. It is far more important how much money we make, when we are right and how much we lose when we end up being wrong.There […]
DEC 5thUpbeat Jobs Data Leads To Modest Strength On Wall Street – Shy of a Major Milestone, Dow Closes at New High – Nov jobs report comes in well ahead of expectations – Financials lead on the day, energy falls againU.S. stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 on track for their seventh straight weekly advance after […]
SummaryThe last straw for investors concerned about slowing growth and margin compression may have been the recent doubling of the authorized share count in connection with a recently failed acquisition.
Authorized shares are not the same as actual shares; concerns are overplayed given the recent top line growth, stable gross margins and the highest EBITDA in company history.
The fact that management […]
Mergers and acquisitions show no signs of slowing down in the biotech sector with a $3.5 billion acquisition agreement being announced. Meanwhile, Biogen (BIIB – Analyst Report) is advancing towards developing a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.Recap of the Week’s Most Important Stories1. Biogen is set to move its experimental Alzheimer’s disease treatment, BIIB037, into late-stage testing based on promising interim […]
Benchmarks began December on a dismal note as discouraging domestic as well as overseas economic data dented investor sentiment on Monday. Moreover, decline in sales during Thanksgiving weekend also dragged down retail shares on Monday. However, rebound in oil prices boosted energy shares. The Nasdaq registered its biggest one-day decline in seven weeks and the S&P 500 witnessed the same […]
Biotech stocks are infamous for their volatile ways — shooting higher one minute, only to crater the next. After a biotech crashes, investors should always assess their options going forward. Sometimes a marked sell-off represents a compelling buying opportunity that can pay off handsomely over the long run. On the other hand, a mass shareholder exodus can trigger a series of events […]
Markets ended Friday’s holiday-shortened session on a mixed note following decline in oil prices that dragged down energy shares. However, slide in oil prices boosted airlines and retail shares on Black Friday. Moreover, major benchmarks registered weekly gains for the sixth consecutive week and also managed to finish in positive territory in November.For a look at the issues currently facing […]
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