NEW YORK — Stocks climbed back close to record levels Thursday as technology, materials and energy companies all notched big gains.Cisco Systems led the technology sector higher after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Energy stocks rose as the price of oil rebounded from two days of heavy losses.There were big gains for online travel companies. Expedia and Orbitz jumped after Expedia said […]
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Waves of cheap money from central banks have shielded stocks from the volatility besetting currency and commodity markets, but increasing disparities in company earnings forecasts suggest that could soon change.Analyst forecasts for European and U.S. companies have reached levels of dispersion not seen since 2010 and 2011 respectively, according to Thomson Reuters data, at a time when […]
Oil Price Crash Brings Pain, and Opportunity, for Energy InvestorsAs of this writing in mid-December, the S&P 500 is trading near all-time highs, but that figure understates the extent of recent volatility. Energy stocks are down by nearly 25% over the past three months, and there are now 37 energy companies carrying Morningstar’s 5-star rating. That’s compared with just 10 […]
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Investors have reaped the benefits of a market recovery since March 2009. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) is now trading significantly higher than the market peaks from […]
ArchivesSee AlsoOne Of Warren Buffett’s Top Investing TipsInvesting Alone Can’t Secure Your RetirementThis Is The Clearest Picture We’ve Seen Of What The Stock Market Could Look Like In 2015The world’s stock markets suddenly look wobbly.So it seems a good time to remind everyone that, if stocks suddenly crash, say, 30%-50%, it should not come as a surprise.Why?Because based on valuation […]
Excerpted from IceCap Asset Management’s Keith Dicker’s latest letter to investors,Three hundred years ago, physicist Isaac Newton, compiled the Third Law of Motion. Ever since, people everywhere have noticed how every action does indeed have an equal and opposite reaction.This Third Law of Motion is certainly evident in the music world where The Rolling Stones gathered a lot of moss. […]
NASDAQ leads -up 0.6% to 4787
The October correction of ~7% was a “headfake” as macro events scared many investor away
Technology and Healthcare Stocks Lead The Way
The healthcare SPDR (XLV) is up 24.5% YTD and the technology SPDR (XLK) is up 18% YTD.
Biotech stocks are at new highs with all major ETFs rallying in November. Our top ETF pick FBT is […]
With warmer weather arriving to melt the early snowfall across much of the country, investors seem to be catching a severe case of holiday fever and positioning themselves for the seasonally bullish time of the year. And to give an added boost, both Europe and Asia provided more fuel for the bull’s fire last week with stimulus announcements, particularly China’s […]
Last week, earnings remained in focus with several companies reporting their third quarter results. While AbbVie’s (ABBV – Analyst Report) results remained strong with the company raising its outlook, companies like Regeneron (REGN – Analyst Report) and Aegerion (AEGR – Analyst Report) narrowed their sales outlooks for their key products.Among all this, Geron (GERN – Analyst Report) made it to […]
As mention in most of our seminar, we only like to trade Up trending stock that have more smart money in the stock. Riverstone is one of the counter that we have been following the trend. This is one of the best trending stock for the past 2 year, and it is still not dropping. So if market is good, […]
