By Jon D. Markman On August 20, 201804:05 AM Eastern
Stocks started out in the red on Friday, but turned around midday and mostly beamed higher into the close.
By the bell, the Dow Jones Industrials were up 110 points, or 0.4%, while the S&P 500...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 201803:19 PM Eastern
Stocks were beaming higher in midday trading as fears of contagion from Turkey’s currency crisis continued to taper off.
Through 2:30 p.m. Eastern, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 128...
By Mike Larson On August 17, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Egad. How did I get so old?
In one more month, I turn 62 years old. And if I were so inclined, I could start collecting a monthly Social Security check.
Of course, I am still productive and...
By Juan M. Villaverde On August 17, 201807:55 AM Eastern
The takeaway from our Wednesday issue, “5 Myths of Crypto Market Manipulation,” is that the game is not rigged.
Beyond a few obvious pump-and-dump schemes that can be spotted from a mile away,...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 201805:11 AM Eastern
Stocks ripped higher out of the opening bell on Thursday and never looked back, never took a coffee break, never ate lunch, never paused at yellow lights, and never pulled over for ambulances....
By Juan M. Villaverde On August 16, 201805:13 PM Eastern
Last week, I wrote that Bitcoin’s next logical move was to rally, or at least stabilize. That stabilization is now here. Our model was calling for a 20-day cycle rally on or about Aug. 6. Sure...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 201803:19 PM Eastern
U.S. stocks are ripping higher today, putting the major big-cap indexes on track for their best single session in four months. A spate of positive earnings reports helped investors forget about...
By Sean Brodrick On August 16, 201809:35 AM Eastern
It’s time to exit some positions that are showing tidy gains. And at the same time, we’ll sell a couple stocks that aren’t performing as we’d like.
If you bought near our tracked entries, you...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 201804:28 AM Eastern
Stocks and commodities tumbled around the world on Wednesday — market participants weighed the hazards of trade tensions, an emerging markets currency rout, and fresh evidence of a global growth...
By Jon D. Markman On August 15, 201802:35 PM Eastern
Stocks and commodities were falling around the world on Wednesday as market participants weigh the hazards of global trade tensions and an emerging markets rout.
U.S. investors don’t really care...