It was the worst week for the S&P 500 in 2 years (-2.7%) which speaks more to how smooth things have been on that index than anything too horrible with this week’s performance. The NASDAQ had a weak period this spring but if you recall the S&P 500 and Dow Jones had not been hit very hard at all as […]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Mobileye NV /quotes/zigman/36259923/delayed/quotes/nls/mbly MBLY +48.00% surged in its first few minutes of trading in the U.S. stock market Friday, attesting to strong investors’ interest in the Israeli technology company. The maker of camera systems that help cars detect other vehicles and obstacles priced 35.6 million shares at $25 a share. Mobileye is offering 8.3 million shares […]
US Stocks, 9 Of 10 Sectors Posted Losses On Light TradePosted by: : Paul EbelingPosted on: July 30, 2014US Stocks, 9 Of 10 Sectors Posted Losses On Light TradeIBB, RSX, XTR, AMD, BRCM, UPS, HMC, TSM, WIN, T, VZDJIA +2.0% YTD, S&P 500 +6.6% YTD, NAS 100 +6.4% YTD, Russell 2000 -1.8% YTDDJIA-70.48 at 16912.11, NAS 100 -2.21 at 4442.70, S&P 500 -8.96 at 1969.95Volume: trade was on the light […]
SummaryWith the stock trading at a P/E of 9, these shares are still cheap.
Pfizer is trading at a P/E that is almost 30 points below Merck (MRK), 13 points below Novartis (NVS) and 15 point below Sanofi (SNY).
At around $30 per share, investors that are looking for exposure in the health care industry and values 3.5% dividend yield should not […]
SummaryA prolonged bull market has provoked questions about an inevitable downturn, with some pundits arguing there is more upside left, and others arguing that a major correction is imminent.
Analyses of historic trading ranges as a function of earnings per share for specific stocks provide plausible criteria by which we might recognize substantial downside potential for stocks.
Three stocks are analyzed from […]
SummaryA prolonged bull market has provoked questions about an inevitable downturn, with some pundits arguing there is more upside left, and others arguing that a major correction is imminent.
Analyses of historic trading ranges as a function of earnings per share for specific stocks provide plausible criteria by which we might recognize substantial downside potential for stocks.
Three stocks are analyzed from […]
Indexes were in a light pullback mode until news hit of the Malaysian Airlines crash, which accelerated selling significantly. At the end of the day the S&P 500 fell 1.18% and the NASDAQ 1.41%. This was the biggest one day drop for the S&P 500 since early April, as most of the pullbacks this spring came in the NASDAQ not […]
SummarySometimes, investors end up being too focused on short-term price fluctuations, while ignoring fundamentals.
The emotional investors tend to forget that stocks are not some lottery tickets or numbers blinking on a computer screen, but ownership pieces of real businesses.
Dividend investors know that dividend stocks represent ownership stakes in real businesses. As a long-term investor, your success is dependent on the […]
GoGrowth Stocks Showed Weakness On Above Average TradePosted by: : Paul EbelingPosted on: July 16, 2014GoGrowth Stocks Showed Weakness On Above Average TradeIBB, GS, JPM, LO, RAI, FB, MCO, TWTR, YELP, JBHTDJIA +2.9% YTD , S&P 500 +6.8% YTD, NAS 100 +5.7% YTD , Russell 2000 -0.8% YTDDJIA +5.26 at 17060.68, NAS 100 -24.03 at 4416.39, S&P 100 -3.82 at 1973.28Volume: trade was above average at 716-M/shrs changing hands on the […]
Indexes gapped up at the open and then traded in a very narrow range all session; the S&P 500 gained 0.48% and the NASDAQ 0.56%. Precious metals had a nasty session after finally looking promising for the first time in a while late last week; this is why they are a lot more difficult to chart – their actions are […]
