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The Federal Reserve poses the biggest threat to the stock market

Akin Oyedele

Jun. 15, 2015, 10:47 AM
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Flickr user markusramNot yet.The biggest threat to stock probably isn’t what you think.People who think the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases drove the rally in stocks are dreading higher interest rates.They argue that higher rates will derail the rally by increasing the cost of borrowing and putting pressure on company’s earnings.But analysts at Bank of America […]

Bojangles IPO share price, May 8 – Business Insider

Akin Oyedele

May 8, 2015, 12:04 PM
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Facebook/Bojangles’Bojangles’ sweet tea is a staple in the South.Shares of Bojangles spiked by up to 29% on Friday, its first day on the market.The fried-chicken-and-biscuit-chain priced its IPO at $19 a share, which was at the higher range of its expectations.A Bojangles’ regulatory filing showed that it had expected to sell 7.75 million shares at between […]

The US stock market disconnect is growing – Business Insider

Akin Oyedele

May 8, 2015, 10:11 AM
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The big disconnect in the US stock market just keeps getting bigger.A new Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey published Thursday finds that US investors have pulled $99 billion out of equities year-to-date — including net outflows in 11 of the past 12 weeks — despite stock prices continuing to break record highs.This week also […]

The biotech sector looks an awful lot like a bubble (IBB, BIIB, AMGN, CS)

Wikimedia CommonsThere is probably a bubble in biotech stocks. In a big note on published on Friday, analysts at Credit Suisse ask if we’re in a biotech bubble, and answer that no, it’s not a bubble, merely a “new era” for biotech stocks. Which is exactly what it sounds like when something is a bubble. Credit Suisse hinges its argument on what it […]

Biotech bubble, March 27 – Business Insider

Wikimedia CommonsThere is probably a bubble in biotech stocks. In a big note on published on Friday, analysts at Credit Suisse ask if we’re in a biotech bubble, and answer that no, it’s not a bubble, merely a “new era” for biotech stocks. Which is exactly what it sounds like when something is a bubble. Credit Suisse hinges its argument on what it […]

Biotech stocks have been getting destroyed, but one analyst says the sell off is 'misguided' (IBB, ALXN, BIIB, VRTX …

Akin Oyedele

Mar. 26, 2015, 8:22 AM
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Wikimedia CommonsSome investors have been worried about a bubble in biotech stocks, and Wednesday’s sell off seemed to prove those fears.Biotech stocks fell more than 3%, their biggest one-day drop this year.But the industry is still one of the best-performing in the market: it’s up 35% over the past 12 months and 9.3% year-to-date, compared to year-to-date gains […]

One analyst is convinced the biotech stock plunge … – Business Insider

Akin Oyedele

Mar. 26, 2015, 8:22 AM
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Wikimedia CommonsSome investors have been worried about a bubble in biotech stocks, and Wednesday’s sell off seemed to prove those fears.Biotech stocks fell more than 3%, their biggest one-day drop this year.But the industry is still one of the best-performing in the market: it’s up 35% over the past 12 months and 9.3% year-to-date, compared to year-to-date gains […]

US stock market diversity – Business Insider

Akin Oyedele

Feb. 23, 2015, 2:14 PM
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Most of the world’s largest stock markets are dominated by a few industries.In contrast, the US has the most diverse range of industries that investors can pick from.According to Credit Suisse’s Global Investment Returns Yearbook for 2015, the three largest industries in 42 of the countries in the FTSE all world index make up at […]

Global stock market 1899 – 2014 – Business Insider

Akin Oyedele

Feb. 19, 2015, 4:24 AM
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The global stock market looks very different today than it did 115 years ago.From Credit Suisse’s new Global Investment Returns Yearbook:”Figure 1 shows the relative market capitalizations of world equity markets at our base date of end-1899. Figure 2 shows how they had changed by end-2014. Markets that are not included in the Yearbook dataset […]