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By Jon D. Markman On September 7, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Stocks were mixed as of midday Friday, seemingly stuck in a strange limbo where bad economic news means the Federal Reserve will maintain its hyper-accommodative monetary policy longer.
That bad...
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By Tony Sagami On September 6, 202109:00 AM Eastern
It’s Labor Day … the unofficial end of summer. And even though the markets — and your office — are closed, I wanted to send you some Disruptors and Dominators portfolio news. I’ll keep it short...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On September 6, 202106:00 AM Eastern
The first Labor Day was on Sept. 5, 1882.
Its purpose was to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of everyday working families.
Trouble is, those same hardworking families aren’t...
By Jessica Borg On September 5, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Fasten your seatbelt because developments are happening at breakneck speed in the world of crypto. And this is no longer a world far, far away. Cryptocurrency is slowly entering mainstream...
By Jon D. Markman On September 3, 202102:22 PM Eastern
The economy created only 235,000 nonfarm payroll jobs during August, far below the consensus estimate of 720,000. The stock market is little changed. Traders get themselves tied into knots over...
By Jon D. Markman On September 3, 202101:49 PM Eastern
A previous version of this email went out with an incorrect recommended stop limit. This has been corrected and updated for clarity.
Investors seems to be rotating...
By Sean Brodrick On September 3, 202112:00 PM Eastern
The markets have been in a party mood since last Friday. That’s when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the Jackson Hole Symposium.
Powell signaled that the U.S. central bank could...
The good news just keeps on coming!
First, you should’ve had no trouble locking down an estimated $675 in income on your September 2021 NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE, Rated “C”) put options with a...
By Jon D. Markman On September 3, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks pushed on Thursday to another record close. The S&P 500 bounced to 4,536, a gain of 0.3%.
It was the 54th record close this year and came one day ahead of the August nonfarm payroll...
By Tony Sagami On September 3, 202106:00 AM Eastern
It’s back to school time. The time of year when most kids groan about having to return to the classroom. Or — in 2021’s lingering COVID-19 environment — back to the kitchen table for remote...