By Jon D. Markman On September 10, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: I may take one or two days off again this week.
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Stocks regained a measure of mojo Wednesday as investors sought bargains in tech shares and cheered a monthly reading on...
By Mike Larson On September 9, 202004:39 PM Eastern
I’m guessing Icarus enjoyed his flight over the Mediterranean Sea … for a while anyway. The view off the coast of Crete must’ve been nice the higher he flew.
But of course, it didn’t last....
By Jon D. Markman On September 9, 202003:00 PM Eastern
Stocks leapt Wednesday, buoyed by a clawback by technology shares after their slide into correction territory and by a better reading on monthly job openings in the U.S. than Wall Street had...
By Mike Larson On September 9, 202008:00 AM Eastern
Momentum is great. Until it isn’t.
That’s a lesson many investors painfully learned in the dot-com bubble and bust of 1999-2003. And it’s a lesson the market is teaching a new generation of...
By Jon D. Markman On September 9, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: I may take one or two days off again midweek.
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Stocks blitzed lower on Tuesday in sync with news that the White House is considering a “decoupling” of the U.S. and Chinese...
By Jon D. Markman On September 8, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are sinking again Tuesday, with investors continuing to knock down high-flying technology shares as they assess economic recovery prospects amid the pandemic.
Investors returned from the...
By David Dittman On September 8, 202002:27 PM Eastern
It struck me early this morning as I was reading a book about the grand, grotesque Reconstruction Era in the United States ...
This scene in question was merely a subplot in A. J. Langguth’s...
By Sean Brodrick On September 8, 202012:47 PM Eastern
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) traded down through our stop. You should be out already.
It’s a shame because I like the stock. But I was too early on calling a bottom in oil, which is getting...
By Jon D. Markman On September 8, 202012:18 PM Eastern
Technology stocks are finally falling back to earth. From a long-term perspective, that is a good thing because it means buying opportunities are shaping up.
The technology heavy Nasdaq closed...
By Sean Brodrick On September 8, 202010:47 AM Eastern
Gold and silver prices are weaker this morning as the U.S. dollar rallies. Since the precious metals are priced in dollars, when one goes up, the other usually goes down. It’s what I call the...