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Eric Dutram: Due to the extremely weak economy at home and growing troubles abroad, many analysts had looked for the Fed to add more to its easing programs far beyond the pretty much guaranteed ’Operation Twist’ Read more…
Larry Levinson: The free-wheeling trading of China’s currency in Hong Kong has pushed the “redback” to its widest discount to its mainland counterpart since China relaxed its control. Read more…
Shah Gilani: Maybe you didn’t know that the rogue trader at UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) who lost $2.3 billion last week was trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Or that Jerome Kerviel, another rogue trader at Societe Generale SA Read more…
China is one country where 10-percent economic growth in a given year doesn’t necessarily lead to a strong stock market. As an investor in the Asian markets since the 1980s, I have learned this lesson the hard way. Sure. A loss of capital is worse than a loss of opportunity. Read more…
Jon D. Markman: If you’re not investing in gold-mining stocks now, you should be. Why now? Analysts at TIS Group reminded me last week that not only are gold-mining stocks very cheap now versus gold (NYSE:GLD) bullion, but this also happens to be the best time of the year to buy the stocks. Read more…
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it would proceed with a new $400-billion program that will tilt its $2.85-trillion balance sheet more to longer-term securities by selling shorter-term notes and using those funds to purchase longer-dated Treasuries. Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: Now that we are past the Fed circus we can get back to reality. But what is reality? Is it inflation? Deflation? A repeat of 2008? What matters is the message of the markets and the correct interpretation of the message. With regards to the mining stocks we are seeing a stark contrast relative Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: Global leaders continue to make statements, vows, and promises, but they have done next to nothing in terms of concrete actions. According to Bloomberg: Read more…
US stock futures again set for a lower open Friday, following am extremely volatile European session, but are starting to pare those overnight losses into the open. Investors are now looking toward international policy makers to find solutions for what appears to be a mounting European debt crisis. Global worries have triggered another harsh equity sell-off following the Read more…
Thursday was a miserable day for Wall Street as bears dominated the market on heavy trade. The only bright note is that stocks did end off session lows. All five major indices closed in the red as the market saw broad based selling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) plunged by 3.5% while the Nasdaq Read more…
Scott Pluschau: The iShares 20+ year Treasury ETF (NYSE:TLT) is forming a potential “Exhaustion Gap” on the daily chart. TLT had a “Breakaway gap” back in July 2011, and has now had three continuation gaps since then. Read more…
Richard Rittorno: The U.S. dollar rose against many major currencies as investors fled stocks on fears sparked by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and signs of a slowdown of industrial production in China. Read more…
George Maniere: ProShares Ultra Pro S&P 500 (NYSE:UPRO) is a triple leveraged fund that seeks a 300% return on the performance of the S&P for a single day. Conversely, The Pro Shares Ultra Pro Short S&P 500 (NYSE:SPXU) Read more…
Tyler Laundon: As an analyst, I’m not only interested in how high gold (NYSE:GLD) might go over the next year. My suspicion is that it will go much higher than $1800. Read more…
Forty-four percent of individual investors surveyed plan to invest more in ETFs over the next 12 months, and eight in ten who currently own ETFs say they will invest more in ETFs over the next two years Read more…
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