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By Jon D. Markman On June 3, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Stocks are mixed midday on Thursday, with the Nasdaq dropping and government bond yields rising after weekly jobless claims dived to the lowest level since March 2020, fueling speculation about an...
By Jon D. Markman On June 3, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Trade has been frustrating lately. Opening rallies have been thwarted. Late declines have not followed through. Stocks began Wednesday with a solid rally only to have most of the gains fade by the...
By Kelly Green On June 3, 202106:00 AM Eastern
At least once a day I wish that I had more hours in the day.
The real truth is that if I had more hours in a day, I would probably get involved in more things … and then need even more hours in...
By Jon D. Markman On June 2, 202103:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are chopping around the unchanged line today while Treasury yields nudged lower ahead of the U.S. employment report due later this week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the...
By Sean Brodrick On June 2, 202112:30 PM Eastern
I have a new pick for you in communications infrastructure: Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN). Lumen is one of the biggest network providers in the world. In fact, the company has more than...
By Jon D. Markman On June 2, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 began Tuesday with a bang. By 10 a.m., the index was very near its record high at 4,238. Unfortunately, that is when sellers emerged, sending most of the averages lower into the...
By Mike Larson On June 2, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Highly rated stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ...
A healthy dollop of precious metals and mining shares ...
Income-generating investments to counter interest rate repression ...
Those...
By Jon D. Markman On June 1, 202103:05 PM Eastern
Stocks are swirling in afternoon trade, with the Nasdaq giving up early gains after government bond yields rose and a closely watched manufacturing gauge beat expectations for May.
The Dow Jones...
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By Sean Brodrick On June 1, 202101:24 PM Eastern
We may be coming to a buying point in miners sooner than later. I explained last week that I was looking for a pullback in gold and miners. We got one — sort of — as the yellow metal pulled back...
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By Jon D. Markman On June 1, 202111:33 AM Eastern
Stocks are once again moving higher on good news. More positive investor sentiment should mean broadly higher stock prices in the near term.
This was on display Friday as our long-term positions...