The NASDAQ capped off a strong week of out performance as we finally saw some rotation back into high growth / momentum type of stocks. Today the S&P 500 gained 0.42% but the NASDAQ jumped 0.76%; this continued a trend we saw much of the week. Weeks just ahead of a holiday are generally very light in volume and tend […]
It is said that they don’t ring a bell at stock market tops.However, the housing industry has sometimes been quite adept at doing just that. In fact, it has been quite prescient in leading the economy, and thus the stock market, in both directions.The most obvious tops followed the bursting of real estate bubbles, such as in 1989, which led […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
Phillip Frost, Chairman and CEO of multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company Opko Health (NYSE:OPK), bought 129,800 shares of company stock for $1,043,618.
George Sakellaris, CEO of energy efficiency solutions provider Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC), bought 73,689 shares of company stock for $515,823.
Donald Hess, director at […]
The price of Google shares is going to be cut in half on Thursday.That is not because the company is worth less than it was. It is because an unusual stock split will take effect.Owners of Google Class A shares — ticker symbol GOOG through Wednesday — will get an equal number of new Class C shares. Those Class C […]
Stock Trading Alert: Sentiment Worsens As Indexes Move Down Within Recent Trading Range By: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Mar 27, 2014 SharePrintEmailStock
Trading Alert originally published on Mar 27, 2014, 7:39 AM:Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook remains neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next 1-3 months) outlook: neutralLong-term […]
Wikimedia CommonsTwo academics from the University of Virgina got a hold of the trading records of SEC employees — then they built a mock hedge fund to see how it would do. The results are all in a paper presetned at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
The academics, Emory University professor Shivaram Rajgopal and Georgia State University accounting PhD candidate Roger […]
Stock Market Ghosts of Bubbles PastStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 26, 2014 – 10:26 PM GMTBy: Jesse
The New Homes Sales number came in much higher than expected this morning, and so stocks reversed from their initial slump. They rose to challenge the overhead resistance once again, only to fall back down in the afternoon.Rinse, wash, […]
Y Combinator-backed online retailer platform and former TechCrunch Disrupt participant, 42, is today making its official debut. The company, founded only a year ago, is working to turn raw point-of-sale data into actionable insights for brick-and-mortar businesses that can help them boost their sales.This includes details about a store’s best customers or which products are top sellers, among other things.The […]
Wow, what an incredible start to the year! Within the first week we saw marijuana stocks go up by 1,000%, and I’ve nailed 5 profitable Bitcoin trades in a row. Unfortunately, e-mini futures and stock indices have been a little slower, but I expect that to change this week.Recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado on January 1st, 2014. Apparently, their […]
The listless trading session on Monday came to an end almost at levels from which the benchmarks started trading. Nonetheless, the Dow’s minute gains helped it to finish at another record high. Also, the benchmarks look comfortably placed to notch record annual performance in many years. There was little activity on the economic front, which perhaps further restricted the benchmarks […]
