By Jon D. Markman On September 3, 202011:18 AM Eastern
The recent gains for big technology stocks have been off the charts. Prices are going parabolic as investors begin to realize that the digital transformation is the real deal.
And it doesn’t...
By Mike Larson On September 2, 202004:10 PM Eastern
I’ve been a vocal bull on precious metals since late 2018 for several reasons.
Gold and silver offer “chaos insurance” in times of market volatility. Central banks have been big buyers in recent...
By Jon D. Markman On September 2, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are advancing again Wednesday as the tech-concentrated Nasdaq Composite rebounded from a brief trip into the red while the broader market took in stride a slowdown in the amount of private...
By Jon D. Markman On September 2, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: Like last week, I might take one or two days off this week.
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Stocks ripped broadly higher on Tuesday, bolstered on the first trading day of the month by better-than-expected...
By David Dittman On September 1, 202004:13 PM Eastern
This was always going to be a wild one.
Indeed, in the beginning of the year 2020, Martin Weiss wrote of a Bitcoin bounce because of what appeared then to be a brewing World War III concentrated...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 202003:00 PM Eastern
U.S. equities advanced Tuesday, buoyed during September’s first trading session by recovery prospects for the world’s two largest economies as manufacturing activity expanded.
The Nasdaq...
By Sean Brodrick On September 1, 202001:40 PM Eastern
Gold was up strongly this morning, nearing $2,000 an ounce, as the U.S. Dollar Index neared a two-year low. But then gold backed off hard on news that the U.S. Institute for Supply Management...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 202011:58 AM Eastern
Blowout earnings at Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) got a lot of attention last week, but investors should be turning their focus to Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE: PLAN), an emerging player in the digital...
By Sean Brodrick On September 1, 202010:12 AM Eastern
You were stopped out of Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) with a small gain at the end of July.
I’ll take small gains all year long if that’s what’s on the menu, but I’d rather aim for much bigger...
By Jon D. Markman On September 1, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Note: Like last week, I might take the coming Wednesday and Friday off. Because summer.
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Stocks swirled quietly and inconclusively Monday on the final trading day of August as...