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Another earnings season is here. The financial sector typically gets the most attention in the first days of quarterly reporting. Yet, many other closely-followed companies in other sectors report...
Gold longs who loaded up at above $1,900 an ounce might be between a rock and a hard place this week. Just as perilous could be the case of oil bulls, with crude’s rally above $50 per barrel...
Bond investors kept their eye on the ball as the prospect of a Democratic president and Democratic control of Congress makes further stimulus and other government spending a near-certainty.Markets...
The FAANG group of mega cap stocks produced hefty returns for investors during 2020. The group, whose members include Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix...
Stocks rose on Friday to cap off the first trading week of 2021. Most of Wall Street’s major indexes closed at fresh record highs amid ongoing hopes for more fiscal stimulus.The Dow Jones...
Stocks accelerate on Biden promise of additional stimulus Bitcoin tops $40K, hits new record doubling value in just weeks Yields move beyond 1% for the first time since March, slowing dollar decline,...
Equity market investors ignored all the political drama unfolding in Washington this past week as they bet on bigger stimulus checks coming up after the Democrats took control of both chambers of the...
Companies return cash to investors by two methods—share buybacks and dividends. We regularly discuss exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that pay dividends. But today, we focus on share buybacks and...
The past two months have been quite an eye-opening journey for Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Holdings (NYSE:BABA). Its shares, after hitting a record high of $319.28 per share in late October, have...
With less than two weeks before he takes office to possibly announce COVID-relief checks of $2,000 for each American—in what could be his first order of business—President-elect Joseph...
Innovation is one of the most important drivers of growth worldwide. Today, we introduce two UK-based chemicals groups that heavily depend on technology in their manufacturing processes. Their...
If UK regulators approved the use of AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ:AZN) COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 30, and began administering it this past Monday—becoming the first country in the world to do...
Government bond investors are sensitive to political developments but this week has provided a surfeit of political convulsion rarely before seen. Nonetheless, markets took it in stride.The surprising...
A new year typically means renewed hopes for many people. It is also a good time for retail investors to review long-term portfolio holdings.Concerns about how COVID-19 could affect some sectors were...
Will it come? Or rather WHEN will it come?Expectations over “real” cold weather—the kind that forces one to bundle up, even indoors, and crank the heat up all the way—are...
Federal Reserve policymakers have honed their messaging for the new year—no monetary policy changes in 2021 regardless of COVID-19 vaccines and the prospect of economic recovery in the second...
Who knows what’s in store for investors this year. If 2020 proved anything, it's that forecasting for the coming 12 months is an extremely risky business. At the start of 2020, nobody was...