With less than a week left in what has been the best year for the S&P 500 since 1997, we have reviewed our top Wall Street firms for their stocks priced under $10 that may have gigantic upside potential for 2014. Investors that carve out part of their investment capital for these top stocks to buy may be in for […]
By Michael Snyder, on December 26th, 2013
It is time to crank up the Looney Tunes theme song because Wall Street has officially entered crazytown territory. Stocks just keep going higher and higher, and at this point what is happening in the stock market does not bear any resemblance to what is going on in the overall economy whatsoever. […]
The holiday-shortened trading session on Tuesday saw the Dow and S&P 500 extending their record runs propelled by encouraging economic numbers. Higher orders for manufactured goods, encouraging new home sales and a report which revealed that corporates were investing at a rapid pace in their businesses acted as gifts on Christmas Eve. Volumes were among the lowest for the year […]
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Wall Street picked up where it […]
Originally published December 23, 2013 at 12:56 PM | Page modified December 23, 2013 at 8:56 PM
NEW YORK — 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn’t going to […]
One of the biggest problems facing investors yet again this year will be the search for income producing investments.
The last few years of a zero interest rate policy has forced traditional fixed income investors out of their comfort zone and into stocks and other alternative investments. Given the recent Fed announcements on interest rates this is unlikely to change for […]
It’s safe to say 2013 turned out better than expected for the stock market.In the year to date, the S&P 500 index is up over 27%.As the chart below from options guru Jared Woodard of Condor Options illustrates, 2013 was the first year in a long time that the market was able to outperform the upper end of the range […]
Stocks ended nearly flat, as investors took a breather after yesterday’s bull run. Meanwhile the Dow finished at new record high for the second consecutive day. Trading volumes for the day remained low. The energy sector was the biggest gainer among the S&P 500 industry groups while utilities stocks incurred maximum losses.For a look at the issues currently facing the […]
Editor’s Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” -Attributed to Albert EinsteinI wrote Seems Like Old Times in May 2007. It was an effort to draw attention to elements nestled within our socio-economic sphere that spooked […]
My friends on Wall Street and Sand Hill Road will likely place a number of bets on big data security analytics in 2014. Good strategy as this market category should get loads of hype and visibility while vendor sales managers build a very healthy sales pipelines by March. Yup, there should be plenty of opportunities for big data security […]
