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US stock futures point to a slightly higher open on Wall St Monday as another earnings season gets set to kick off. Aluminum giant Alcoa (NYSEArca:AA), whose announcement generally marks the beginning of earnings season, will report after the bell Read more…
US stock futures point to a higher open on Wall Street Tuesday following Monday’s decline. Better than expected economic sentiment numbers out of Germany is being credited for the increased risk appetite, and investors will also be anticipating the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Read more…
S&P futures are up more than 30 handles this morning in sharp contrast to the heavy selling we have seen for the last two weeks. The catalyst for the big up open is optimism based on new proposals to contain the Europe’s debt crisis and a strong start to the US Christmas shopping season. Stocks reached extremely Read more…
Feeling thankful for the +0.03% gain in your portfolio this year? Good, you should. With the S&P 500 falling back in the red this week, now down 3.3% in 2011 (as of Thursday’s close), any profit, even pennies is a positive. And with the cost of Thanksgiving dinner rising Read more…
US stock futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Wall Street a few hours ago, but have pared those losses and are now only marginally lower this morning. While Greece seems to have sorted out its mess for now, the focus has shifted to Italy, where bond yields are surging. Adding to the turmoil is Read more…
“Please, God, get me back to even and I’ll never buy stocks again.” To give some insight on both the market’s direction and stock picks that will work right here and now, Breakout welcomed the fearless Jay Pestrichelli, co-author of the book “Buy and Hedge: The 5 Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term.” Pestrichelli starts with a message sure to Read more…
US stock futures are unchanged this morning as investors remain cautiously optimistic about Europe and continue to digest corporate earnings. Tomorrow, European leaders will once again convene to try to put together a plan to address the region’s sovereign debt crisis. While to this point there has been much talk and little action, investors seem to Read more…
US stock futures are flat on Monday morning as investors continue to wait on an aid resolution from European leaders. At Sunday’s summit in Brussels European leaders expressed optimism that they could find common ground, but acknowledged that there are differing opinions and still work to do. As they departed the summit, leaders pledged to draft a far-reaching plan in time for Read more…
To say that the past few months were rough on the markets is an understatement… After smooth sailing in the first half of 2011, the markets became dreadful, choppy waters for most investors. Fear was the main driver as financial catastrophe in Europe and America are thought to be triggering a global recession Read more…
Now that NASA has gotten out of the rocket launching business, there must be an unemployed countdown expert out there somewhere, who could give the proper finesse and delivery to that famed phrase Read more…
WisdomTree’s David Abner discusses misconceptions about ETF product proliferation, liquidity, and the flash crash. David, who is interviewed by Robert Goldsborough of Morningstar, is bullish on the Read more…
Since the beginning of August, if the whipsawing of stocks didn’t shake you out of the market and you just hung in there, you’d be down about 12% right now. However, had you owned the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) during that same period of time, you’d be Read more…
In his new book, The Great Crash Ahead, self-styled “economic futurist” Harry Dent warns equity investors to cup their groins. Stocks, he declares, will “crash to between 3,300 and 5,600 on the Dow by the end of 2013, or 2014 at the latest… Hold onto your life jacket and climb into the lifeboat. The next few years Read more…
Dismissing exchange traded funds as a product that’s been “bastardized” beyond repair by the industry, Munson says there 20 or 30 
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