By Jon D. Markman On September 10, 202002:55 PM Eastern
Stocks are lower in choppy trade Thursday as investors assessed U.S. jobless claims that were flat on a weekly basis while technology shares’ effort to rebound were blunted.
More than two-thirds...
By Sean Brodrick On September 10, 202011:03 AM Eastern
The stock I’m recommending today is risky. Make no mistake about that. So, if you prefer less risk, stop reading and go on with your happy life. If, however, you have big brass ones to go with an...
By Jon D. Markman On September 10, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: I may take one or two days off again this week.
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Stocks regained a measure of mojo Wednesday as investors sought bargains in tech shares and cheered a monthly reading on...
By Mike Larson On September 9, 202004:39 PM Eastern
I’m guessing Icarus enjoyed his flight over the Mediterranean Sea … for a while anyway. The view off the coast of Crete must’ve been nice the higher he flew.
But of course, it didn’t last....
By Jon D. Markman On September 9, 202003:00 PM Eastern
Stocks leapt Wednesday, buoyed by a clawback by technology shares after their slide into correction territory and by a better reading on monthly job openings in the U.S. than Wall Street had...
Previously, we showed you how to open accounts on Kraken and Coinbase, which are both major, widely-used American cryptocurrency exchanges.
But neither of them accommodate the small,...
By Mike Larson On September 9, 202008:00 AM Eastern
Momentum is great. Until it isn’t.
That’s a lesson many investors painfully learned in the dot-com bubble and bust of 1999-2003. And it’s a lesson the market is teaching a new generation of...
By Jon D. Markman On September 9, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: I may take one or two days off again midweek.
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Stocks blitzed lower on Tuesday in sync with news that the White House is considering a “decoupling” of the U.S. and Chinese...
By Jon D. Markman On September 8, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are sinking again Tuesday, with investors continuing to knock down high-flying technology shares as they assess economic recovery prospects amid the pandemic.
Investors returned from the...
By David Dittman On September 8, 202002:27 PM Eastern
It struck me early this morning as I was reading a book about the grand, grotesque Reconstruction Era in the United States ...
This scene in question was merely a subplot in A. J. Langguth’s...