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By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 2, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Oil has been on a tear, there’s no doubt about it -- doubling in price since its low of $26.05 reached in February of this year. But even after doubling, we’re still 57% below the highs (above...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 2, 201707:30 AM Eastern
If you’re anything like me, you probably have an email inbox jam-packed with post-holiday offers. 60% off shirts and pants. 70% off arts and crafts stuff for the kids. “Everything must go” deals...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 2, 201707:30 AM Eastern
2016 was a year of surprises. Things that no one thought possible happened and the markets reacted in ways not many anticipated.
The move by OPEC and non-OPEC countries to reduce oil production...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
2016 was a year of surprises. Things that no one thought possible happened and the markets reacted in ways not many anticipated.
But few industries (and stock market sectors) were impacted as...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
There’s no doubt the stock market has behaved much differently after the election than it did in the first half of the year. Riskier, formerly dormant small cap stocks awoke in a big way --...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
I’ve seen some pretty crazy moves during my two decades of following the markets closely. The Long-Term Capital Management debacle. The dot-com boom and bust. The mortgage mania ... and...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
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After much debate and anticipation, the Federal Reserve finally hiked interest rates again last week. It raised the benchmark short-term rate to a...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Follow the money. That’s what the tipster code-named “Deep Throat” told Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein when they were reporting on the Watergate scandal. But that advice applies in investing,...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
For many years, we were stuck in a binary “Risk On” and Risk Off’ environment -- where almost all stocks go up and down together in unison. But after another rise in interest rates last week, and...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 12, 201603:03 PM Eastern
It was the best of times for some stocks earlier this year. But it’s the worst of times for them now – and that has implications for investors like you.
The year started off with markets mired...