Indexing is the new stock picking.It is, by far, the most efficient way to obtain a low-cost and diversified portfolio. So it makes sense that index funds are gobbling up the financial markets. But that has some people concerned. What will happen when indexing gets so large that it becomes “the market”? Will prices become less efficient? Will the market […]
Tara Clarke: Are U.S. markets soaring to new highs for the right reasons, or are we in a stock market bubble?What Is a Stock Market Bubble?A stock market bubble occurs when investors drive stock prices above their true market value.Have you ever wondered how billionaires continue to get RICHER, while the rest of the world is struggling?“I study billionaires for a living. To be […]
The second-best performing sector in the S&P 500, financials advanced with the continued rally in yields as the sector is expected to benefit from higher interest rates. The S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) gained 1.08 percent. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) hit its highest level since October 2008.PNC Financial, Capital One, BB&T, Zions Bancorp, People’s United Financial and KeyCorp […]
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FILE – Ultra orthodox Jews of the “Toldot Aharon” community attend and learn at a computer and Internet lecture in Ramat Gan. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90Ramat Gan, Israel – Every afternoon, after Aharon Rayner completes his daily Torah studies, he gets in his car, drives to Ramat Gan, logs onto a computer and starts […]
Are We Heading for 1987 All Over Again?Bysilveristhenew|PublishedJune 7, 2015news.goldseek.com / By Gary Savage, Smart Money Tracker / 7 June 2015History has been pretty clear. When the Fed prints too much money, and holds interest rates too low for too long, it eventually it creates a bubble followed by a market crash. It happened in 2000 with tech stocks. Then again […]
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Stock investors are always on the lookout for signs of irrational exuberance, or people getting too excited about the stock market.
And if you’re looking for a new thing to make you nervous, this post on Reddit might be it. Jesse Felder, author of the Felder Report and a Business Insider contributor, tweeted a link to a Reddit […]
PBS NewshourRobert Shiller.There isn’t a full-on stock market bubble breaking out, but it sort of looks like it. In an interview with Goldman Sachs’ Allison Nathan this weekend, Yale professor and Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller was asked if the stock market is currently in a bubble. Shiller wouldn’t go so far as to say we’re definitely in a bubble, but said there are […]
A customer strolls into a bookstore, goes the popular Chinese joke, and tells the salesperson: “I’m looking for a book with no killers, but much bloodshed; with no love, but great regret; with no spies, but constant paranoia. Can you make a recommendation?” Just one, the salesperson replies: The State of the Chinese Stock Market.Then there’s this one about a […]
Others note continued opportunity in biotech.Robert Christian, who analyzes hedge funds as head of research at K2 Advisors and Franklin Templeton Solutions, said biotech stock-focused managers stand out as one of his favorite strategies among the few dozen he tracks.Christian’s optimism rests on what he called exciting new technologies that justify higher company valuations.”Biotech used to be about making life […]
A “Goldilocks” jobs report from the government Friday helped lift markets – by goldilocks analysts have said this was a number that showed growth for the U.S. economy …but not enough to push the Fed to raise rates anytime soon. So the market got the best of both worlds. Futures leaped on the data and indexes stayed firm all day […]
