U.S. stocks recovered from overnight losses to touch new records midday Wednesday, after remarks by President Trump suggested the U.S. and Iran were refraining from further military action in the aftermath of attacks on U.S. bases overnight in retaliation for last week’s killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by AmericanRead More →
Original Post By Rob Bennett I argued in my article from two weeks ago that Buy-and-Hold remains popular today because the strategy has performed well in the post-Shiller era. From 1981 forward, the S&P 500 has provided an annualized real return of 8.1 percent. I also noted that on theRead More →
U.S. stock indexes again set records Friday, after encouraging U.S. economic data and optimism about international trade deals helped end the decade’s last full week of trading on a high note. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose for seven of the last eight days and has now risen for fourRead More →
It has been a notably strong year for U.S. equity markets, and that strength is compelling investors to wonder wether this powerful ascent will translate into a down market in 2020. However, if statistics over the past 70 years hold true, next year is likely to produce healthy, if notRead More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – Stocks moved very slightly higher for a sixth-straight day, perhaps because of the uncertainty caused by the House vote on impeaching President Donald Trump. The , , and indexes hit intraday highs before the gains faded. The Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100 Indexes rose about 0.05% each.Read More →
© Reuters. A passerby walks past an electronic boards Japan’s Nikkei average, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and foreign exchange rates outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares gained on Tuesday, but a lack of detail about the Sino-U.S. trade deal tempered some ofRead More →
Biotechnology stocks are hot. New developments in clinical trials and drug approvals have become commonplace. And buyouts of biotech stocks at high premiums are increasing. Here is how to get your share of the outsized gains that are being generated. Let’s explore the issue with the help of two charts.Read More →
I’ve become aware that there’s still confusion out there about the current federal income tax rates on capital gains. We live to dispel such confusion. Here goes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) included many changes that affect individual taxpayers. However, it maintained the status quo for the taxesRead More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – Wall Street surged on Wednesday as investors snapped back from a trade-driven sell-off on reports that the U.S. and China are still closing in on a ‘phase-one’ deal, despite all appearances to the contrary. Bloomberg reported that U.S. officials still expect a phase one deal withRead More →
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian equities rose on Friday after the S&P 500 index notched a new record closing high, but investor sentiment remained fragile following weak data from China and Germany, which reinforced concerns about the global economy. Early in the Asian trading day, MSCI’s broadest indexRead More →
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 14.17% To 47.61% Net Gains By Top Ten US REITs Come November, 2020 Three of ten top dividend-yielding US Real Estate Investment Trust stocks found their way into the top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They are tintedRead More →
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose to 14-week highs on Monday as growing optimism over U.S.-China trade talks and upbeat U.S. job data boosted global investors’ appetite for riskier assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan () was up 0.2% in early trade, having earlierRead More →
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters began to get the upper hand on a destructive wildfire in a Southern (NYSE:) California farming region on Saturday, taking advantage of lighter winds as authorities let some evacuated residents return home. The Maria fire erupted on Thursday near the community ofRead More →
Gold futures gave up most of their earlier gains on Friday, but hold ground above the key $1,500 price and look poised to score a second weekly climb in a row. Downbeat economic data, with a reading on U.S. consumer sentiment revised down to 95.5 in October from an initialRead More →
Oil futures drifted into negative territory Friday, but remained on track for weekly gains as concerns over supply appeared to take over the spotlight from longer-term worries over global economic growth and the outlook for crude demand. West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery CLZ19, +0.07% on the New YorkRead More →
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares inched up on Friday, tracking small gains in world markets as positive earnings offset economic growth concerns, while sterling weakened as the prospect of a UK election added fresh uncertainty to Brexit dramas. In early trade in Asia, MSCI’s broadest index ofRead More →
Investment thesis: Biotechnology investors work on the assumption that news surrounding assets in clinical development impact company valuation significantly. Our analysis suggests that focusing on earlier events, such as Phase 2 and 3 data release, represents a stronger short-term, catalyst-based investment strategy in the biotechnology sector, relative to PDUFA events.Read More →
The latest gender-parity report from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. reveals a mixed bag for women in the workplace — including an early “broken rung” that hamstrings women as they begin climbing the corporate ladder. The good news: Companies have expanded women’s executive presence, with the share of women inRead More →
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 17.58% To 34.16% Net Gains By Ten US REITs Come October 2020 Six of ten top dividend-yielding US Real Estate Investment Trust stocks found their way into the top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They are tinted grayRead More →
Gold prices pulled back Wednesday morning, a day after assets perceived as havens attracted bullish bids following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Gold for December delivery GCZ19, -0.36% on Comex fell $6.30, or 0.4%, to $1,533.90 an ounce, afterRead More →
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Global shares ticked up on Tuesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said U.S.-China trade talks will resume next month, but lingering concerns about slowing global growth tempered the overall appetite for riskier assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan moved upRead More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – A strong opening stock rally Thursday faded in the afternoon in part because of worries about the upcoming U.S.-China trade talks. The concern was prompted when Michael Pillsbury, a prominent adviser to President Donald Trump, told the South China Morning Post that Trump on Chinese importsRead More →
(Bloomberg) — Japanese stocks pared gains and the yen climbed after the Bank of Japan left its policy settings unchanged while noting rising risks from overseas. Australia’s dollar slumped after the unemployment rate rose. U.S. stock futures retreated, Hong Kong shares slumped and China’s yuan dropped as investors took stockRead More →
The world economy appears to be slowing, with some analysts warning that recession risk is rising. Judging by year-to-date equity performances for the planet’s main economic regions, however, suggests that the crowd isn’t particularly worried. Although markets have been volatile lately, looking through the noise reminds that across-the-board gains rollRead More →
© Reuters. Traders work on the floor at the NYSE in New York By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes edged higher on rising expectations of monetary stimulus from global central banks to boost growth, while a drop in technology and healthcare stocks kept a check onRead More →