Benchmarks’ upward move continued for the fourth-straight trading day on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept its monetary policy “highly accommodative” and suggested there would be no immediate rate hikes. The central bank’s move to trim the bond repurchase yet again by $10 billion was widely accepted as the benchmarks scored their best gains in about four weeks. The S&P […]
Benchmarks suffered their worst losses in five weeks on Thursday, dragged down by declines in small-cap stocks and Wal-Mart’s disappointing numbers. The S&P 500 slumped the most in a month and the Dow registered its biggest drop since April 10. Investors were also concerned about Euro zone’s less-than-expected first quarter GDP growth.For a look at the issues currently facing the […]
A new blog from Lucena’s CTO, Tucker Balch, Ph.D!“It is clear, in hindsight, that investors would have done better in 2008 if they had known to move from stocks to fixed income at the beginning of 2008. And similarly, if we could anticipate future bull markets we’d like to be able to shift assets into equities beforehand. Is it possible […]
Stock Market Critical ThinkingStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014May 08, 2014 – 06:57 PM GMTBy: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Yesterday, I shared the “secret” to my success…As I explained, this secret is not hard to understand or to put into action. And it works in both the markets and in life.In short, the idea is to […]
Yesterday, I participated in a panel discussion on CNBC about the markets and the economy. It was during the course of that discussion that one of the participants uttered the most important phrase:”Everbody knows interest rates are going to rise.”
First, let me explain my reasoning for why it is possible that “everybody” is wrong. As I addressed last […]
The Federal Reserve’s upbeat view on the economy’s prospects and their decision to further trim the monthly bond repurchase plan helped benchmarks end higher on Wednesday. The day’s initial decline owing to weak first-quarter economic growth was completely offset by the time markets closed. The Dow closed at a record high and the S&P 500 closed just 7 points […]
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As the saying goes ‘there is more than one way to skin a cat’ and this is true for trading where there is more than one way to make a living. While some traders rely […]
RBNZ Raises OCR from 2.75% to 3.00%The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) was expected to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 2.75% to 3.00%. This is the 2nd rate hike from the 2.50% OCR that persisted since March, 2011. The RBNZ statement noted inflationary pressure several times, so it might pay to pay extra attention to inflation data […]
Submitted by Economic Noise blog,How bad have markets been recently? If you are watching them day by day or week by week recently, they seem severe. Is this reaction because we have been spoiled and expect markets to always go up? Or, is something else going on?This chart shows SPY from January 2012 to the present. Each bar represents a […]
Receding fears of further military action related to Russia’s annexation of Crimea helped benchmarks end in the green for the second straight day. The S&P 500 moved close to its record high following reports that Russia may not occupy other parts of Ukraine. The Nasdaq got a boost from the surge in technology stocks. Meanwhile, investors look forward to the […]
