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By Jon D. Markman On April 3, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Bloomberg View columnist Matt Levine always does a great job making sense of the complicated world of investment banking, hedge funds and credit.
Last week, he tackled a February working paper...
By Mike Larson On April 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Donald Trump’s economic policies get a lot of credit for the recent market surge. And there’s no questioning his positive influence on everything from defense to infrastructure to financial...
By Mandeep Rai On March 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Sentiment readings have been soaring post-election, with the possibility of tax cuts, regulation reforms, and infrastructure programs clearly getting people excited.
In fact, yesterday’s...
By Mandeep Rai On March 22, 201707:00 AM Eastern
We’ve long known that the Weiss Ratings Model gives us insights to a company’s future prospects, but I’m also finding we can use it to gauge the health of the general market. Let me explain…
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By Mike Larson On March 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The Federal Reserve did exactly what I predicted it would: Raise interest rates for the third time in this rate-hiking cycle. Wednesday’s move boosted the benchmark federal funds rate to a range...
By Mandeep Rai On March 15, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Every few years, a new trend emerges, it gets hyped up, and everyone wants to invest in it. All too often, though, the sector doesn’t live up to the hype for one reason or another, and it tanks....
By Mandeep Rai On March 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Small cap biotechnology stocks are some of my favorite investments. The innovations and cures you can find companies working on, and the rocketing of their stock prices once approvals are...
By Mandeep Rai On March 1, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Over the last few weeks, I put out a couple of notes telling you that the market was flashing some warning signals beneath the surface, and to be cautious of a potential correction.
Now, that...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 25, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Almost a decade has passed since the 2007-2009 financial collapse, and the memory of careless mortgage lending that led us there is fading away. But now, we have something else that might be a bit...
By Mike Larson On February 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Can this market really just keep going up? I’ve heard and seen several versions of that question on TV, online, and even here in the hallways at Weiss Ratings.
So what’s my take? Sure, we’re...