Myles Udland
Jun. 1, 2015, 7:00 PM
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jmcangel / flickrWhen you’re reading a book on the beach this summer, don’t forget to keep an eye on these 10 big market themes.Summer is almost here, and for investors June marks the final month of the second quarter: we are almost halfway done with 2015. Right now the big questions surrounding markets are how the […]
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee tells Republicans on Friday the way to get votes in 2016 is get people to focus on whether their own personal economy has recovered. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee told Republican party faithful Friday the key to winning the White House is getting people to ignore a booming stock market and […]
Cuba once had a stock market, the La Bolsa de Valores de la Habana, which lasted from the 1920s until 1959, when the Cuban revolution ended private ownership in the country. The Havana exchange was, in fact, one of the largest stock exchanges in Latin America.Now, as President Obama moves the U.S. closer to ending the 60-year-old trade embargo with […]
The bad news is that we just finished lower for a fourth-straight session. The good news: Hey, at least the market didn’t just add another black crow to the flock. Not the “She Talks to Angels” kind. Rather, the kind that pecks away at positions.Here’s how it works: After a decent stretch, the S&P SPX, +0.24% started with three trading […]
Dismal monthly car sales report dragged benchmarks down from their record highs in light volume trade on Tuesday. Profit taking also retreated Nasdaq from its key 5K level, a 15-year milestone. Also affecting the markets was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criticism of White House and Iran’s attempts of a nuclear deal.For a look at the issues currently facing the […]
View photo.Biotech companies have been in the spotlight over the past few months with many investors considering the sector a goldmine for great investment opportunities. President Barack Obama in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech highlighted the need for more investment in medical research, a sign that biotech is set to continue as a hot spot in within the market.Precision […]
Sam Ro
Jan. 8, 2015, 7:34 AM
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REUTERS/Carlos BarriaA man talks on the phone inside the Shanghai Stock Exchange building at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai.JonesTrading’s Dave Lutz has what traders are chatting about right now.Good Morning! US Futures are jumping nearly 1% following strong European market action – More hopes that Crude is in a bottoming process helping sentiment, Very […]
Quick note – Please take our quarterly reader survey here; just 3 quick questions to help us continue to serve you. Thanks!Watch tonight’s video market recap on my Ticker.tv channel, Mark333.Indexes had a decent bounce back day as oil finally stopped its relentless drop and some news in the housing sector helped to lift spirits. In Europe, Germany left open […]
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Robert Litan
Dow Jones Industrial Average over 2014.
The Wall Street Journal
With the stock market’s unexpected boom toward the end of 2014, what better way to ring in the new year than to reexamine that age-old question: What drives stock returns? Is it earnings’ growth fundamentals or short-term momentum swings in investor behavior?
The answer matters because most forecasters expect the economy to […]
beneath the radar of my new caseworkerfictionedward w pritchardMy caseworker for my health insurance never calls me. She never asks me about my health or how my trips to the heart doctor went or responds or interacts towards me in any way at all really. That is except for threatening and high handled letters about dropping my benefits and ceasing […]
