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By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The average stock in the Russell 1000 was up more than 6% from Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. Bespoke Investment Group ran its famous decile analysis on these results to see which...
By Jon D. Markman On August 25, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 has lost critical technical support at the 200-day moving average and the 2,000 level — putting its post-2011 uptrend in jeopardy. Many observers pooh-poohed the importance of the...
By Jon D. Markman On August 18, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The Chinese yuan dropped in value three straight days until Friday, finishing the week with a 3% loss. Beijing authorities tried to stabilize the situation by saying the currency didn’t have...
By Jon D. Markman On August 4, 201507:30 AM Eastern
In a follow-up to a column by my colleague Mike Burnick last week, I am taking a look at the important market topic. Technical analysts have been fretting a lot recently about the narrowing...
By Jon D. Markman On July 28, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Stocks have stayed largely in reverse gear in the last week following weaker-than-expected earnings reports and a continued rout of commodities, energy stocks and high-yield bonds.
When you...
By Jon D. Markman On July 21, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Apple (AAPL) will obviously lead earnings report headlines Tuesday after the close because of its huge market capitalization and over-weighting in the major averages. The company is expected to...
By Jon D. Markman On June 30, 201507:30 AM Eastern
What worries me the most about the current economy is not corporate masters keeping entry-level workers down overtly, but the trend toward robots, artificial intelligence and machines learning...
By Jon D. Markman On June 9, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Video chip juggernaut Ambarella (AMBA) closed above $100 for the first time last week, which is not bad for a stock that started the year at $50, and which I first recommended to New Tech...
By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The slowdown in retail sales growth has been a big surprise this spring, as lower gasoline pump prices were expected to boost spending. What’s going on?
Analysts at TIS Group have a fascinating...
By Jon D. Markman On April 7, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Academics love to say that the market is efficient and reflects all publically available information with Vulcan-like logic and lack of emotion.
Yet any third-grader with experience in a sandbox...