By Mike Larson On July 14, 202008:00 AM Eastern
Forget A Tale of Two Cities. We have A Tale of Two Markets on our hands.
On the one hand, we’re seeing extraordinary momentum and eye-popping gains. I’m talking about higher-risk, higher-reward...
By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: We might skip a day or two of publication this week and just update the Speculations.
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Stocks swung around like a weather vane in a stiff wind Monday — investors’ concern...
By Jon D. Markman On July 13, 202003:00 PM Eastern
Stocks are ripping higher on Wall Street Monday, aided by a positive update about a potential COVID-19 vaccine as investors prepared to see how corporate financial results fared for the second...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On July 13, 202012:07 PM Eastern
Since the coronavirus pandemic early this year, the threats to your income have been rampant …
The biggest cuts in stock dividends since the Great Recession.
The worst unemployment since the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 13, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks cruised higher again Friday, buoyed by positive news from Gilead Sciences (GILD) on a COVID-19 treatment as infections and hospitalizations continue to rise in the U.S.
The Dow Jones...
By Jon D. Markman On July 10, 202002:50 PM Eastern
Stocks are charging higher today, almost erasing yesterday’s deficit, as investors find optimism in an update from Gilead Sciences (GILD) about its potential COVID-19 treatment at a time when U.S....
By Tony Sagami On July 10, 202001:53 PM Eastern
She was the prettiest girl in school, so I almost fainted when she handed me an invitation to her birthday party. It was my first boy/girl party, so I was both nervous and excited.
On the day of...
By Mike Larson On July 10, 202012:00 PM Eastern
I call it the ‘Income Disaster’. The inability to slake the powerful thirst for yield, to find something – anything – you can buy or strategy you can use to generate consistent, reliable,...
Great news: You should have had no trouble locking in a nice chunk of income just before the holiday!
Specifically, you closed out your July Newmont Corp. (NYSE: NEM, Rated “B”) put spread at a...
By Jon D. Markman On July 10, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks windmilled on Thursday as another record for new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. raised concerns that the economy is bouncing back with all the alacrity of a cold tub of molasses.
The Dow...