Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the financial markets, the world economy, the eurozone and business.Markets took the news that US interest rates could rises sooner than expected in their stride yesterday. New Fed chief Janet Yellen caught markets on the hop when she indicated that the first hike could come as early as March 2015. But […]
Originally published March 21, 2014 at 6:51 AM | Page modified March 22, 2014 at 3:29 AM
NEW YORK — An early surge on the stock market evaporated Friday, as health care stocks tugged major indexes down.Biotech companies were especially hard-hit after U.S. lawmakers questioned the pricing of a Hepatitis C drug made by Gilead Sciences.The Standard & Poor’s […]
Audio Interview – How To Trade Parabolic Moves, MXWL Maxwell Technologies, Gold, SMH Semiconductor Indexby Olivier on March 20, 2014Mike Swanson who runs www.wallstreetwindow.com was so kind as to interview me again. He asked me about my thoughts on Parabolic moves, Gold, the next sector with the potential to move higher, SMH – Semiconductor Index ETF, and to describe the entry […]
Loud and proud. Boohoo.com makes extensive use of social media. Photograph: boohoo.comThe clamour to invest in fashion website Boohoo.com put a rocket under its share price when it floated on Friday, with the fast-growing fashion website finishing the day with a market value of £840m, nipping at the heels of established FTSE 250 retailers such as Ted Baker and Debenhams.Shares […]
The share price of Boohoo.com (LSE:BOO) jumped 60% to 85p during early trade this morning, as the online fashion retailer made its stock market debut.The firm, founded in 2006, is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and recorded sales of £92m in the 10 months leading to December last year.At present the shares in boohoo.com are only available to […]
Stock Market JitterbugsStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Mar 14, 2014 – 08:59 AM GMTBy: Jesse
Geopolitical considerations overwhelmed those peachy US economic results this morning.China is only projected to turn in about 7.4% growth this year, and of course Russia’s actions in the Ukraine, particularly in the Crimea, has everyone all twitchy. How dare they meddle with […]
People charged with making sense of big data should understand one thing: You’re working against human evolution. Not surprisingly, that can cause problems.“Big data is very sexy and makes it seem like we can figure out anything. Well, maybe,” says Dr. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine. Shermer, who holds a Ph.D. in the history of science, has written more than a dozen […]
The MSCI World Index closed at an all-time-high Thursday, blowing past the pre-recession peak in October 2007 for the first time.This coincided with the S&P 500’s all-time-high, which came on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. bull market.As American Enterprise Institute’s Mark Perry notes, the MSCI has spiked 17.5% in the past year.”Bottom Line: The global stock market rally […]
While I realize that fundamentals are important to investment success I also appreciate the relevance of technical analysis in gauging investor sentiment and in timing entry and exit points.From the technical point of view the market is in a strong bull trend and would appear to be poised to reach new highs. However, when I research into the fundamental reason […]
Ukraine Crisis: RTS Russia Stock Market What’s Next?Stock-Markets / RussiaMar 04, 2014 – 06:37 PM GMTBy: EWI
Social mood is another term for the shared inclination of a society. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a dramatic example of social mood in action. Editor’s note: You’ll find a text version of this article below the video.
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