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By Jon D. Markman On September 15, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The Wall Street Journal on Friday noted that the market for technology initial public offerings has struggled this year, as it did last year. Is that meaningful?
In April, analyst Jason Goepfert...
By Jon D. Markman On September 8, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Morgan Stanley has issued a “full house” buy alert on international stock markets for the first time since early 2009, effectively calling the bottom of this summer’s equity slump.
The...
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 11, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Let’s take a look at sentiment from the perspective of Drach Market Research, a small firm that was run by Bob Drach for decades out of the Florida panhandle before he passed away and was...
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 July 14, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Say what you will about “green cred” — the social brownie points awarded in certain areas of the country for driving a battery-powered Nissan Leaf or Toyota Prius plug-in — but electric vehicles...