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Overvaluing Liquidity: Invest For The Future, Not For Today | Benzinga

If you talk to individual investors about which stocks they own, you will undoubtedly hear a recitation of the same stocks that dominate the financial media on a daily basis.Everyone owns and trades stocks like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) that the big funds tend to own. Investors who label themselves as more conservative in nature all tend […]

Stock Market News for February 28, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks ended higher on Thursday and the S&P 500 closed at a record high after the Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen blamed the harsh winter climate for the recent weakness in the economy. Retailer J C Penny and drug maker Mylan’s upbeat earnings reports were welcomed by investors. The […]

The Death of the Gun Stocks, for Now – Sturm, Ruger & Company …

The gun trade in stocks is over — at least for now. If you have followed the gun and ammunition demand in America over the past 15 months or so, you will know that there was nothing short of a frenzy for close to a year. Now it turns out that shortages have turned into surpluses, and there may be more […]

A Real Yen For Stocks? | Benzinga

Let’s see a show of hands. How many of you out there struggle from time to time to ascertain why Ms. Market is doing whatever the heck she is doing on a given day?
Monday was a perfect example of why the word logic is rarely used in connection with the action in the stock market. In short, anyone perusing the […]

TraderFeed: Useful Trading Tools – Part Four: Stock Market Breadth

TraderFeed: Useful Trading Tools – Part Four: Stock Market Breadth

Useful Trading Tools – Part Four: Stock Market Breadth
Previous posts in this series have looked at unique data visualization, volume information, and the NYSE TICK. Today we’ll take a look at stock market breadth and what we can learn from measures of strength and weakness across a broad […]

Stock Market News for February 21, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks moved up on Thursday as investors received a boost after a reading on manufacturing activity hit a four year high. Also, Facebook’s deal to buy WhatsApp and Tesla Motors’ strong results somewhat added to the positive sentiment. The gains on Thursday came despite weak data from China, Japan and Euro zone amidst a report of contraction in Philadelphia Fed’s […]

Stock Market News for February 20, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks ended lower on Wednesday after minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed policymakers may continue with the tapering process. At the same time, they also debated when to raise short term interest rates. The largest drop in housing starts in about three years also weighed on the benchmarks coupled with International Monetary Fund’s view that that […]

Stock Market News for February 19, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks finished mixed yesterday following merger and acquisition news, disappointing corporate results and dismal economic data. While news about a business acquisition boosted investors’ confidence in markets, dismal economic data was overlooked as an outcome of the bitter winter season. However, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq settled in the green, Dow closed in negative territory following Coca Cola’s dismal results. […]

Stock Market News for February 18, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Investors focused on some encouraging earnings results and better-than-expected consumer sentiment gauge numbers to help drive benchmarks into the positive zone on Friday. Gains on Friday came despite a surprise drop in industrial production data. Eventually, Nasdaq soared to its best level since July 2000 and benchmarks had their best weekly run this year.For a look at the issues currently […]

TraderFeed: Useful Trading Tools – Part One: NYSE TICK

Suppose you could follow every single stock listed on the NYSE and track every few seconds how many of the stocks were trading on upticks versus how many were trading on downticks. What would that information tell you?
A buyer who wants to own shares aggressively will execute with a degree of urgency and will pay up for those shares. […]