By Jon D. Markman On February 22, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The major market averages remained stalled just beneath record highs on Friday as a fresh sign of a strong pickup in U.S. business activity pushed up interest rates and small-cap stocks.
The S&P...
By Jessica Borg On February 21, 202106:00 AM Eastern
You may not be seeing the effects on Main Street, but Wall Street is certainly lapping up the current “money flow.” Cash from pandemic relief bills and trillions in money printing from the Federal...
By Alex Benfield On February 19, 202103:51 PM Eastern
• Binance Coin (BNB, Tech/Adoption Grade “C-”) is having a day, trading up over 60%, as the Friday Index Roundup confirms the start to altcoin season.
• Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”)...
By Jon D. Markman On February 19, 202103:31 PM Eastern
Stocks are chopping around the unchanged line today, keeping the major indexes close to record levels while bond yields rose further on fears of a pick-up in inflation.
The Dow is heading for...
By Sean Brodrick On February 19, 202112:52 PM Eastern
We’re at an exciting and scary time for the economy and the markets. There’s a flood of money coming out of Washington, and the Biden administration is looking to spend more on economic growth...
You know what I really enjoy? Sharing more good news on a Friday! And that’s exactly what I’m going to do now.
First, you should have had no trouble rolling forward your position in NextEra...
By Sean Brodrick On February 19, 202110:40 AM Eastern
In the last couple of issues, you banked 65.31% on Lakeland Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAKE) and 34.63% on Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ). Nice! Now, on to new stuff.
DRDGOLD Limited (NYSE:...
By Sean Brodrick On February 19, 202110:27 AM Eastern
What you might call the “new energy” stocks — lithium, other battery metals, EV stocks, uranium, etc. — have been under pressure since Tuesday. This is probably normal profit taking.
Still, as...
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By Jon D. Markman On February 19, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Stocks have come under pressure this week. It does not seem like anything too serious, at least not yet. More likely the markets are beginning a corrective phase.
That is not a terrible...
By Jon D. Markman On February 19, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks careened lower on Thursday amid investor concern over a surprise increase in initial jobless claims and a broad but probably brief repudiation of big technology stocks.
The Dow fell by...