By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 22, 202112:09 PM Eastern
Martin here with an early warning:
The yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds has just doubled in the last eight months.
It was 1.18% on Aug. 4 of last year; now, it’s 2.45%.
A...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 closed on Friday only a tiny fraction lower. That doesn’t tell half of the story, though.
The index sputtered and slipped mid-morning all the way to 3,887 before recovering to...
By Tony Sagami On March 21, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Financial Anchor Jessica Borg is working on a longer-term assignment this week, which gives us an opportunity to take a look back at our recent video coverage of one of the most important trends...
By Sean Brodrick On March 19, 202104:00 PM Eastern
I still hold to the “10 Big Trends That Will Shape 2021,” which I outlined in the January issue — including inflation, infrastructure and electric vehicles. Basically, we’re looking at an economy...
By Jon D. Markman On March 19, 202103:15 PM Eastern
Stocks were mixed in midday trade on Friday, with financial stocks pressured by the approaching end to a relaxed capital rule introduced at the start of the pandemic last year while technology...
I have a fresh income opportunity for you to take advantage of today. But before I get to it, I want to provide a few updates regarding recent trades and today’s expiration cycle …
First, you...
By Jon D. Markman On March 19, 202106:58 AM Eastern
The stock market is at an inflection point. The consensus opinion is that digital transformation is over because the economy is reopening. That assessment misses the point.
Accenture Ltd. (NYSE:...
By Jon D. Markman On March 19, 202106:28 AM Eastern
For most of Thursday the stock indexes were spinning sideways with a split bias. Cyclical issues lifted the Dow Jones Industrials Average to a record high, while weakness for technology stocks...
By Tony Sagami On March 19, 202102:17 AM Eastern
My sons keep buying wacky things — cryptocurrency coins I’ve never heard of, Reddit-touted “value” stocks and some “non-fungible tokens” — and making huge profits on them.
In fact, they’re...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 202103:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are largely down in midday trading on Thursday, led by technology shares, after government bond yields hit their highest level in 14 months following improved expectations at the Federal...