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By Mike Larson On April 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Who’s winning the ETF performance derby so far this year – stocks or bonds? The answer might surprise you.
Take a look at this table. It shows the performance of ten benchmark ETFs, including...
By Mandeep Rai On April 18, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Financial stocks have done very well since Donald Trump was elected for a number of reasons. But one of them is paramount: The U.S. banking industry has been on the mend since the 2008 financial...
By Mike Larson On April 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
I’ve been plenty bullish on a wide range of sectors – including financials, infrastructure, and defense. But autos are definitely not one of them. That’s because more than a year ago, my...
By Mandeep Rai On January 10, 201704:50 PM Eastern
There’s a lot of chatter in the media right now about the valuations of small cap stocks, and why not? They’ve surged 14% since the election, as measured by the Russell 2000 Index. So it’s easy to...
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 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...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 5, 201602:40 PM Eastern
Last week we said the minor increase in BUY rated stocks should not be viewed as the breaking point from which the ratings would only get better. As expected, the positive development did not...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 5, 201602:37 PM Eastern
Is it time to invest in oil companies? Low oil prices over the last year had been chipping away at the profits of oil companies, causing business failures, and raising industry-wide concern. Some...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On November 14, 201602:19 PM Eastern
Weiss Safety Ratings (comprised of bank, credit union and insurance company ratings) represent our opinion of the financial well-being of an institution. The higher the rating, the more likely the...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On October 31, 201602:11 PM Eastern
Weiss ratings upgraded 223 stocks over the last three business days and downgraded 281.
The upgrades include companies such as Procter & Gamble, Papa Johns, and Charles Schwab Corporation.
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