By Jon D. Markman On August 6, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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The S&P 500 finished Thursday up 0.6% at 4,429 – negating all of Wednesday’s losses and shrugging off...
By Tony Sagami On August 6, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I’m a big boxing fan. Muhammad Ali is the greatest, but I’ve always enjoyed the lighter-weight fights more. I watched every Sugar Ray Leonard fight, especially the epic battles against Tommy...
By Jon D. Markman On August 5, 202103:10 PM Eastern
The parade of economic and earnings reports continued this morning with initial claims for unemployment and several high profile corporate reports.
New filers for unemployment insurance dipped...
By Sean Brodrick On August 5, 202110:32 AM Eastern
I hope you acted on my two recommendations on Tuesday. While Livent Corp. (NYSE: LTHM) got dragged down with the broad market yesterday, Standard Lithium, Ltd. (NYSE: SLI) jumped 7% on the day to...
By Sean Brodrick On August 5, 202110:06 AM Eastern
The market went on a wild ride on Wednesday … but it was mostly down. The Dow had its worst loss in two weeks. Many of the big “tentpole” stocks managed gains, but most others were in the red as...
By Jon D. Markman On August 5, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Stocks began Wednesday lower, following weak quarterly earnings results from General Motors (GM), and...
By Kelly Green On August 5, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I’ve been working on a project, taking a closer look at the performance of the S&P 500. It’s fascinating that it’s used as a benchmark of the stock market, and I’ve seen it used as a benchmark for...
By Jon D. Markman On August 4, 202103:12 PM Eastern
Stocks are mixed today on the back of weaker-than-expected financial results from General Motors (GM) and softer employment data from the ADP private sector survey.
The weak data is another shot...
By Jon D. Markman On August 4, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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The S&P 500 slipped on Tuesday toward the first support level at 4,360, then proceeded to go straight up...
By Mike Larson On August 4, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I was one of the biggest real estate bears on the planet in the mid-2000s. And boy did that sector crater during 2008’s housing bust.
That was then. Circumstances are completely different now....