Benchmarks finished mostly lower on Tuesday as investors grew jittery ahead of FOMC’s statement regarding rate hike. Investors are looking for clues as to when the Federal Reserve will start hiking rates. The Federal Open Market Committee meeting kicked off on Tuesday. Fed officials are expected to begin the rate hike process by dropping the “patient” phrase. While the S&P […]
NASDAQ 5000 – Crash? Bubble? Fair Value? by Contributor : Thursday 04:01:29 CTCategories: economy, markets, streamNASDAQ 5000 – Crash? Bubble? Fair Value?March 4, 2015Almost fifteen years ago, on April 1, 2000, we wrote and published a piece entitled “Will the NASDAQ sell-off become a crash?” We have now retrieved that piece from our archives and posted it on our website.In […]
The reflexive reaction from anyone who was there for the dotcom bubble is ‘Uh-oh.’And while anyone who says that this time its different should probably be offered some perfectly good swampland in Florida or a slightly used bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn, the reality is that a lot of new wealth has been created. Approximately $1 trillion in new market […]
Are we at the tail end of the stock market bubble to end all stock market bubbles? Wall Street was full of glee Monday when the Nasdaq closed above 5000 for the first time since the peak of the dotcom bubble in March 2000. And almost everyone in the financial world seems convinced that things are somehow “different” this time […]
I’ve just had the most exciting education experience in many years — three half-hour sessions with Jon Markman and the amazing wealth-building power of what he does. Here’s the transcript, edited for clarity and brevity. — MartinTechnology Investing Bootcamp: How to Profit in the Best and Worst of TimesPart I. Why Tech Stocks? And Why Now?Martin Weiss: […]
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— Victor Hugo/1845… but Flash-based storage has such a different performance profile from rotating media, that I suspect that it will end up having a large impact on filesystem design. Right now, most filesystems tend to be designed with the latencies of rotating media in mind.– […]
For some time now, Europe’s economy has been traversing rough waters. Economic data has been disappointing and geopolitical tensions have kept investors worried. While an uneasy truce has been reached on Ukraine, Greece debt negotiations remain unresolved. But new economic data and stock market performance indicate that it may a good time to buy into Europe after all.Markets Moving NorthMarkets […]
Benchmarks closed at record highs on Friday after higher oil prices boosted energy shares. While the S&P 500 closed at an all-time record high, the Dow ended above the 18K mark for the first time this year. The Nasdaq hit a 15-year high, boosted by gains in technology stocks. Friday’s gains helped benchmarks settle in positive territory for the second-straight […]
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Zulily Inc (ZU) Disappointing Q4 Results Send Stock Trading Down 26%
Zulily stock is down 26% in pre-market trading on Thursday, following the release of disappointing 4Q results
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By: Joshua GriffinPublished: Feb 12, 2015 at 9:03 am EST
Zulily Inc (NASDAQ:ZU) is trading down by around 25.84% as of 7:43 AM EST on Thursday. The selling spree comes as a result of the […]
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Here’s Why Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Stock Is Trading Up 9.1%
Following the release of an amended supply agreement with Inotera, Micron Technology stock is trading up by around 9.1% today
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By: Joshua GriffinPublished: Feb 10, 2015 at 3:24 pm EST
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is trading up by around 9.1% as of 3:02 PM EST today. The rally in the stock price […]
