Stocks
3 Things You Need To Know In Our May Stock Market Update
Investors are greeting the arrival of the month of May as they so often do… They’re selling stocks. The old Wall Street adage goes, sell in May and go away. But here’s the thing… I don’t think investors will go away. In order for the ‘sell in May and go away’ strategy to work, it […]
Don’t Invest In These Cash Hoarding Companies
A new report from FactSet shows that companies are stockpiling cash like some deranged hoarder on a reality TV show. If you haven’t seen any of the Hoarders shows on A&E about people who fill their homes from floor to ceiling with useless belongings… it’s mind blowing and sad to see what these poor souls […]
What’s Up With Volatility?
With just a couple weeks to go before the end of 2014, volatility has returned to the financial markets. We couldn’t quite make it through the rest of the year without one more bout of investor fear. The VIX has climbed above 20 for only the third time this year. And while that’s not a […]
VXX Stock – Everything You Need To Know (Part 1)
With the explosion in popularity of volatility products, both for options traders and investors in general, it’s a good idea to have a solid understanding of what’s out there. As you may realize, the single most important volatility benchmark is the VIX (CBOE’s S&P 500 volatility index). However, the VIX itself isn’t tradable. That’s where […]
What Was The Fed Thinking?
Ever since interest rates hit zero, we’ve come to expect consistent, mostly boring talk out of the Fed. The central bank has pledged to keep rates low for the foreseeable future. And, quantitative easing is slowly winding down. There’s not a whole Yellen and the Fed could say or do at this point that hasn’t […]
Is The Latest Hot IPO Worth Investing In?
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a buzz-worthy IPO to discuss. Lately, IPO hype has been pretty sparse. After a big year for initial public offerings in 2013, the somewhat less bullish environment this year seems to have discouraged big name IPOs from moving forward. However, IPOs may be back en vogue after GoPro’s (GPRO) […]
Show Me The Jobs!
While the economy has definitely shown signs of life this year, no one expected the April jobs report to be such a shock. In fact, when I first saw the jobs number, I actually thought it was a misprint! Here’s the deal… Last months’ jobs report showed a 288,000 gain in employment. That’s a huge […]
Apple (AAPL) Is Still The King Of Equities
Of all the surprises from this earnings season, none was as impressive as Apple (AAPL). The company flat out blew away all the analysts’ estimates, and then some. Here are some of the details… Apple’s first quarter profits came in at $11.62 per share on revenues of $45.6 billion. Analysts had predicted earnings per share […]
The Death Of The Nasdaq?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last couple weeks, you probably noticed the substantial pullback in the Nasdaq. Well, the pullback has impacted all the major indices, but Nasdaq stocks have been hit significantly harder than the others. Over the last week, the Nasdaq-100 index is down over 4%. The index is […]
Should We Expect The Sideways Market Action To Continue?
The economy continues to chug along at a moderate pace. There’s not a whole lot to get excited about in the economic data. However, there’s absolutely no reason to believe a recession is in our future either. The recent slew of economic reports has been mostly positive, and mostly in line with expectations. Basically, any […]
