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Eric Dutram: Improving consumer confidence and a continued rise in the employment rate gave the U.S. a good start to the year, sending all indexes to near all time highs. The S&P 500 index crossed its $1500 level Read more…
George Leong: The equities market continues to hover near its multi-year highs. There are still many Wall Street analysts who suggest that the bulls are in full control and will drive stocks higher. Read more…
Sy Harding: Until recently, the recovery from the 2008 financial crisis and meltdown has been in stealth mode all the way, much of the country either unaware of the progress – or in denial that it was happening. Read more…
Eric Dutram: All current discussion about stocks centers on whether stocks can continue their climb upwards. While there have been countless small issues tugging at the market, little has happened to change the positive sentiment overall, leaving bulls firmly in charge Read more…
George Leong: At the beginning of January, I said “small-cap stocks will be a key driver of the broader market should the U.S. and global economy continue to improve” in 2013. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: As intraday or short-term traders, we often get caught up in our particular futures contracts, ETFs, or favored indexes and we can easily miss the bigger picture in related or similar indexes, especially Read more…
Ask anyone what the primary difference between an ETF (exchange traded fund) and a mutual fund is and chances are you’ll hear something along the lines of they’re just like regular funds except they trade on an exchange and you can buy and sell them anytime, just like a stock. Read more…
Sy Harding: There’s never a shortage of ‘big picture’ theories, usually of the gloom and doom variety. They certainly sell books; often cause anxiety, sometimes even fear, often keep investors out of the Read more…
Tom Essaye: Recently a little-followed economic index flashed a warning sign for equity prices. And I wanted to point it out to you today given the general sense of bullishness in the U.S. markets right now. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: With U.S. markets making new highs, many have put Europe on the back burner. It may be time to slide that pot forward a bit. According to the AP: Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: A common sense tenet of investing is assessing possible risk relative to the possible reward. As we have noted since January 24, the stock market’s risk/reward ratio has entered unfavorable territory. When markets correct, it is typical to “retrace or give back” 38.2% of the recent gains. Read more…
Eric Dutram: The fourth quarter earnings season has been fairly upbeat given the fact that a majority of companies that have reported so far have beaten expectations on both the bottom and top lines. Read more…
George Leong: Small-cap stocks will be a key driver of the broader market should the U.S. and global economies continue to improve. In 2012, small-cap stocks trailed only the technology sector as far as performance. The Russell 2000 advanced the most in December. Read more…
Sy Harding: Once again the stock market’s favorable season is producing an impressive rally. The Dow has gained more than 10% since its November low, with the rally accelerating Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: The great market prognosticators have by now came out with their 2013 predictions about financial markets. It seems to me to be a fool’s game to try to predict what financial markets are going to do in the future. Read more…
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