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Stock Market News for June 15, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks ended the last trading day of the week in the red following a deadlock between Greece and its creditors over the country’s bailout program. Positive consumer sentiment data also raised anxiety about a possible hike in interest rates sooner than later. For the week, the S&P 500 and the Dow ended in the green, while the Nasdaq finished in […]

Warning: Top Healthcare Performers Now Overvalued

ShareOver the past five years, one sector has outperformed all others in the S&P 500: healthcare.Biotech stocks have led the way, with the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index climbing a whopping 520% since early 2009.The sector’s incredible run hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for the future, either. Healthcare stocks continue to receive bullish outlooks, and some are even taking on an air of invincibility.In […]

The Stock Market is Not the Economy – Pension Partners, LLC

We often hear that the stock market provides a good indication of the health of an economy. It may be time to rethink that notion.The best performing stock market in the world this year, up over 200%, is none other than Venezuela. The Caracas Index has more than quintupled over the past year and has doubled over the past two […]

Novogen Limited Announces Closing of Rights Issue … replied by Helen.zhang @ Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:04:24 +0800

Novogen Limited Announces Closing of Rights Issue Entitlement Offer and Notice of ShortfallSYDNEY /PRNewswire/ — US-Australian drug discovery and development company, Novogen Limited (ASX:NRT; NASDAQ:NVGN), announced today the non-renounceable pro-rata rights issue entitlement announced on 21 April 2015 (Rights Issue) was completed successfully.The Rights Issue offered up to 58,971,207 new shares at an issue price of $0.30 per share and […]

Lance Roberts, Things To Ponder: Is The Stock Market Rational Or Nuts?

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 Colorado rivers which eventually culminated in rising […]

5 Things To Ponder: Is The Stock Market Rational Or Nuts?

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 […]

Is the Next Black Monday Stock Market Crash Right Around the …

Is the Next Black Monday Stock Market Crash Right Around the Corner?Stock-Markets / Financial CrashMay 26, 2015 – 07:08 PM GMTBy: DailyWealthDr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Black Monday happened in 1987, the year before I went to college…The stock market fell 23% in one day. It was the worst one-day fall in stock market history.”Overvaluation” was one of the causes, according […]

The Diversification Dividend

by Lars Kroijer, The CFA InstituteThe world equity portfolio is the most diversified equity portfolio available — or as I described it in my last post, “the cheapest, broadest, most tax-efficient index tracker of aggregate world equity markets” an investor can find.In order to get a sense of the overall benefits of diversification in a given domestic market, consider the following chart:Printer-friendly […]

Stock Market News for May 18, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Markets added modest gains on Friday amid discouraging economic data. A flurry of weaker-than-expected economic reports increased expectations that the Fed will refrain from raising interest rates in the near term, which eventually helped the S&P 500 and the Dow end marginally higher. The day’s minute gains were enough for the S&P 500 to close at a record level for […]

Don't Fret About Tobin's Q Crossing Wall Street

Don’t Fret About Tobin’s QBloomberg has a piece this morning on another valuation indictor, this time it’s Tobin’s Q, showing that the stock market is dramatically overvalued.
If you sold every share of every company in the U.S. and used the money to buy up all the factories, machines and inventory, you’d have some cash left over. That, in a nutshell, […]