Stock markets around the world have been on an extended bull run for a long time now, but economists are getting increasingly worried that it could soon be coming to an end.Two new charts, from Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, show that shares are in too-good-to-be-true territory and that if history is anything to go by, they’re […]
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The stock market in Shanghai has been on a tear in recent months, but it took a hard tumble on Thursday. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 6.5 percent in one day as over-leveraged investors fled the feverish market conditions, the Wall Street Journal reported. The index is up about 134 percent over one year ago.Does the Chinese stock market have […]
It was more whimper than roar, but the S&P 500 (SPX) ground to another record high last week. This achievement was scored within whisker-thin trading ranges as select measures of broader-market volatility probed 2015 lows. Now, economic data comes into focus in this holiday-shortened week and in the week following, which features the typically closely watched monthly jobs report.Volatility flared […]
A recent article in Seeking Alpha focused on the traditional role of some of Wall Street’s biggest players: hedge funds.In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been little need for hedging or protection from a weak stock market. However, a large part of what hedge funds are meant to do […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market eked out another record close on Thursday as rising oil prices boosted energy stocks.Best Buy was among the biggest gainers after reporting earnings that exceeded the expectations of Wall Street analysts. Lumber Liquidators, a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring, plunged after its CEO abruptly quit the company.Stocks are trading at record levels, but […]
Benchmarks ended mixed yesterday after Fed minutes showed officials looked past a June rate hike amid slow economic growth. While the S&P 500 and Dow ended in negative territory, Nasdaq ended in the green boosted by gains in biotech stocks. These three benchmarks had briefly touched their respective closing highs before settling lower.For a look at the issues currently facing […]
In this challenging market, investors seem to be looking over their shoulders constantly for fear they will either be buying a top or missing the next rotation.But while it’s tempting to think that you need to be making big moves right now, churning your portfolio can result in much more pain than gain. So don’t rack up trading fees chasing […]
It was a very quiet session at the index level for the markets as the S&P 500 fell 0.06% and the NASDAQ 0.17%. Indexes stayed around the flat line all session. There are Federal Reserve minutes to be released tomorrow but there is a slow down of macro news right now. April’s housing starts totaled 1.135 million in April, nearly […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as a rebound in U.S. home construction data and a surprise announcement by the European Central Bank to frontload bond buying sent the greenback higher, giving a boost to Asian exporters.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 percent to 20,170.51 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.6 percent to 2,133.31. […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — It’s a bad sign for the stock market that many investors are souring on the hedge fund industry.That’s because hedge funds are in the business of — I know you’ll be surprised by this — hedging. In essence, the average hedge fund offers investors a trade-off: In return for outperformance during bear markets, it lags […]
