By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Stocks held on to early gains in midday trading on Friday, keeping key indexes around record levels on hopes of an economic recovery this year driven by heavy stimulus packages and COVID-19...
The energy sector was left for dead last year — and for good reason.
Demand for oil, natural gas and derivative products like gasoline plunged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and its...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202112:38 PM Eastern
It has been a great week for the Weiss Technology Portfolio. Many of our core holdings have raced to record levels on strong financial results. The even better news is the trends underlying these...
By Juan M. Villaverde On February 5, 202111:58 AM Eastern
Last night we found out there was an exploit with yield-farming protocol Yearn.finance (YFI, Availability/Liquidity Grade “D+”), prompting a quick retracement on the price of the DeFi blue chip....
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Everywhere I look in the Weiss Technology Portfolio, I see good things.
Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) soared to a record high on big earnings surprise Tuesday. Sony (NYSE: SNE) followed a day later,...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks cruised higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite surpassing records set in late January, as investors cheered slightly better labor data.
The Dow climbed 1.1% to...
By Tony Sagami On February 5, 202106:00 AM Eastern
“The near-term outlook remains highly uncertain.”
— The World Bank 2021 Annual Forecast
Like millions of Americans, I’m anxiously awaiting my turn to get vaccinated.
...
By Juan M. Villaverde On February 4, 202105:30 PM Eastern
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ETH Surges to All-Time Highs! Again!
What to Do Now …
By Juan Villaverde and Dr. Bruce Ng
Yesterday, Ethereum...
By Alex Benfield On February 4, 202103:37 PM Eastern
• Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) also appears to have made itself comfortable trading above $36,000 again, which marks an important step on its journey to new all-time highs.
• ...
By Jon D. Markman On February 4, 202103:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are rising and the dollar is strengthening after initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since the end of November, beating market expectations.
Through midday, the Dow climbed by...