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By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 201804:58 AM Eastern
Stocks closed mostly lower on Friday ahead of the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% to close the week with a modest 0.3% gain. The Nasdaq gained 0.1% to extend a weekly rise...
By Tony Sagami On May 28, 201811:55 AM Eastern
Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day,” was created in 1868 in order to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers that died during the Civil War.
Today, it honors all the...
By Mike Larson On May 28, 201807:55 AM Eastern
It’s Memorial Day, which means the stock and bond markets in the U.S. are closed. I hope you’re enjoying the holiday with your family and/or friends, and are using the time to “recharge your...
By Jon D. Markman On May 25, 201803:36 PM Eastern
Stocks ran into a wall on Friday in synch with a serious skid in crude oil prices and a renewal of political risks from North Korea and economic risks in Italy.
Shares have struggled for...
By Sean Brodrick On May 25, 201812:00 PM Eastern
Issue #6 of Wealth Supercycle is now available for immediate download.
Inside …
Page 1 — Get Ready for Tsunami 2020
Page 5 — A Great Way to Play the Oil Bull
Page 6 — Portfolio Update
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By Tony Sagami On May 25, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I was raised on a vegetable farm near Tacoma, Wash., and attended the University of Washington. And even though I moved to Asia years ago, my brother, sister, daughter and my precious 8-month-old...
By Jon D. Markman On May 25, 201805:02 AM Eastern
Stocks showed that they actually kind of cared about North Korea on Thursday, which is adorable. They swooned at the open before crawling back toward the unchanged line by the close.
The idea...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201803:24 PM Eastern
Stocks swooned at the open this morning, taking the major indexes down by as much as 1%, following the cancellation of the North Korea-U.S. summit — an event that caused investors to reassess...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201804:55 AM Eastern
Stocks were on low simmer in the red zone most of the Wednesday session. Then around 2 p.m., a wave of buying suddenly emerged, and pushed most of the major indexes into the black.
The market is...
By Jon D. Markman On May 23, 201803:16 PM Eastern
Stocks are on low simmer this afternoon for the second day in a row following sizeable overnight declines in Asia and Europe, after new data suggested growth in the eurozone is slowing down. Also,...