The energy sector was left for dead last year — and for good reason.
Demand for oil, natural gas and derivative products like gasoline plunged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and its...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202112:38 PM Eastern
It has been a great week for the Weiss Technology Portfolio. Many of our core holdings have raced to record levels on strong financial results. The even better news is the trends underlying these...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Everywhere I look in the Weiss Technology Portfolio, I see good things.
Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) soared to a record high on big earnings surprise Tuesday. Sony (NYSE: SNE) followed a day later,...
By Jon D. Markman On February 5, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks cruised higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite surpassing records set in late January, as investors cheered slightly better labor data.
The Dow climbed 1.1% to...
By Tony Sagami On February 5, 202106:00 AM Eastern
“The near-term outlook remains highly uncertain.”
— The World Bank 2021 Annual Forecast
Like millions of Americans, I’m anxiously awaiting my turn to get vaccinated.
...
By Jon D. Markman On February 4, 202103:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are rising and the dollar is strengthening after initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since the end of November, beating market expectations.
Through midday, the Dow climbed by...
By Jon D. Markman On February 4, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks spun sideways with a modest upward bias on Wednesday — investors celebrated a blowout quarter for Alphabet (GOOGL), but remained skeptical about the pandemic relief package.
The Dow rose...
By Kelly Green On February 4, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I was well into my adult life before I ever took advantage of food delivery services.
It’s not that my family never ate carryout. But my parents would always call it in, wait the 15 minutes and...
By Mike Larson On February 3, 202103:39 PM Eastern
The Scottish poet and journalist Charles Mackay wrote 180 years ago about the “popular delusions and the madness of crowds” — how “whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and...
By Jon D. Markman On February 3, 202103:25 PM Eastern
Stocks were spinning sideways with an upward bias in midday trade on Wednesday, with Alphabet (GOOGL) outshining Amazon.com (AMZN) following Jeff Bezos’ announcement that he will be leaving his...