By Tony Sagami On July 30, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Did you collect baseball cards when you were a kid? I sure did. Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers was my favorite player, and I desperately wanted his All-Star baseball card. I spent what seemed...
By Jon D. Markman On July 29, 202103:09 PM Eastern
Stocks are marching higher today, pushing mainstream indexes into record territory, while gold jumped to its highest level in more than a month as second-quarter economic growth missed forecasts a...
By Jon D. Markman On July 29, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Trade was dull as dishwater on Wednesday as traders digested terrific big tech company earnings and...
By Kelly Green On July 29, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I don’t normally get my news from Yahoo! Finance, but a recent headline caught my eye: “Consumer Confidence Hits a Pandemic-Era High.”
The basis for the headline was The Conference Board’s...
By Jon D. Markman On July 28, 202103:15 PM Eastern
Stocks are mixed today as traders digest a batch of earnings reports and react to the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy statement.
Deciphering earnings season is tough. Apple...
By Sean Brodrick On July 28, 202111:07 AM Eastern
It’s a good thing we added ProShares Short Russell2000 (NYSE: RWM). It’s acting as it should — as a hedge — as the market bumps and grinds against uncertainty.
What is the market uncertain...
By Sean Brodrick On July 28, 202110:31 AM Eastern
The market is on a wild ride, and COVID-19 fears are bubbling to the fore. We have a great way to play coronavirus worries AND protect your portfolio from a potential sell-off. It’s one that...
By Mike Larson On July 28, 202106:00 AM Eastern
A funny thing happened on the road to soaring internet rates ...
Lower interest rates.
Yes, it’s true. Despite extraordinarily hot readings on inflation ... news that the COVID-19 recession...
By Jon D. Markman On July 27, 202102:20 PM Eastern
Stocks opened lower this morning on general apprehension ahead of big tech earnings.
Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) will release quarterly financials after the close...
By Sean Brodrick On July 27, 202112:18 PM Eastern
It looks like my decision to exit some energy positions and add the Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Bear 2X Shares (NYSE: DRIP) as a hedge was the right thing to do.
Oil...