Are U.S. markets soaring to new highs for the right reasons, or are we in a stock market bubble?Two indices just hit record highs: The Nasdaq Composite reached 5,107 on May 27, and the S&P 500 climbed to 2,130.82 on May 21.But Nobel Laureate and Yale professor of economics Robert Shiller told Goldman Sachs on May 29 that while he […]
Stock Market Crash – Are We Heading For 1987 All Over Again?Stock-Markets / Stock Market CrashJun 06, 2015 – 10:58 PM GMTBy: Toby_ConnorHistory 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 […]
Submitted by Lance Roberts via STA Wealth Management,This past week, Houston, where I live, was flooded by a torrential down pour. However, it was not the rain itself that was the problem, it was the surge in rivers that flow through Houston. As far away as Austin and Dallas, rainfall had already began to flow into the San Jacinto and […]
Stock Market Continues Defying Gravity, Dow New All Time HighStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 19, 2015 – 03:09 AM GMTBy: Nadeem_WalayatThe stock market continues to confound the doom merchants who have long since convinced themselves that another crash, collapse or bear market was always imminent. Which in many cases is not just for the whole of this year but for […]
There are more warnings of a stock market correction circulating now – especially since the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both reached closing record highs Friday.The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high on Friday at 5,092.08. That was the first time the index had set a record in more than 15 years. The S&P 500 closed the week at 2,117.69. […]
Long story short… yes, there appears to be a relationship between economic growth and stock market performance within the U.S. (and developed world), but that relationship holds only over longer periods of time and does not hold for all countries (less developed countries often “divert” growth to the political elite). Also, for those interested in the relationship between long-term economic […]
A series of unsettling trends from soaring debt to falling spending suggest a U.S. stock market crash in 2015 looks increasingly likely.Lately the six-year bull market has been looking tired. Despite a lot of volatility, stocks overall are flat on the year.Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 are both within 3% of their all-time […]
Nigeria: Stock Market Rides On Elections Success, Gains N178 Billion by MrKnowitall: 12:06am
Lagos — The peaceful election over the weekend reflected on stock market yesterday when it recorded N178billion after going down on Friday.The equities market closed yesterday on a positive note, as market capitalization appreciated by N178bn from N10.319 trillion it opened to close at N10.497 trillion during the […]
TraderFeed: New Highs and Lows in the Stock Market and What They Tell Us
New Highs and Lows in the Stock Market and What They Tell UsIf you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know that tracking the number of stocks across all exchanges making fresh one- and three-month new highs versus lows is one of my favorite measures of […]
The stock market is volatile, yet most of us store our retirement savings in its unpredictable clutches. So what do you do when the stock market crashes before the day you chose as your retirement?Contrary to media reports, people in that position rarely “lose everything,” unless they invested in penny stocks or other clearly risky assets (as opposed to the […]
