Dow hits record high as Fed meeting starts, Trump talks to the UN The Fed is not expected to raise rates following its meeting. However, many market participants believe the central bank will announce the unwinding of its massive $4.5 …
This chart says stock market is overvalued pic.twitter.com/HDNSKqKc3T — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 6, 2017 Chart of the Day: Corporate Taxes As % of Pre-Tax Income Have Never Been Lower During Recovery $SPX Stocks Above 200-sma (monthly) major compression signals that …
by SpontaneousDisorder The markets are grinding toward a peak setting near records in low volitility, valuation, investor commitment to stocks and optimism. This indicator shows just 16.7% bears currently, the rally since 2009 has seen incredible investor optimism by this …
by David Haggith Central banks buying stocks are effectively nationalizing US corporations just to maintain the illusion that their “recovery” plan is working because they have become the banks that are too big to fail. At first, their novel entry into the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Wow, did you see that? That was quick. Friday morning between 10:15 AM and 11:15 AM, the Nasdaq gallivanted around blissfully for an entire hour in record territory of around 6,340 with not a worry in …
By Michael Snyder Have you ever wondered why stocks just seem to keep going up no matter what happens? For years, financial markets have been behaving in ways that seem to defy any rational explanation, but once you understand the …
by GoldCore – Deposit bail in risk as stocks and bonds of Spanish bank – Banco Popular – crash – Banco Popular stock crashes most on record – down 63% this year to 34 euro cents – Spanish bank tells employees …
SNB goes on buying spree and loads up on Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft stock. Picture [W]e are long beyond the point of debating the central bank intervention in equity markets (we do want to remind readers that until several years ago, …
By Michael Snyder Puerto Rico has collapsed financially and has “filed for the equivalent of bankruptcy protection”. When this was announced on Wednesday, it quickly made front page news all over the planet. For decades, Puerto Rico has been considered …
Daniel Lang May 3rd, 2017 SHTFplan.com There aren’t any surefire ways to tell if the stock market, and perhaps the rest of the economy, is about to take a nosedive. That’s because millions of people with millions of ideas are …
By Michael Snyder S&P 500 tech stocks have now fallen for 9 days in a row. The last time tech stocks declined for so many days in a row was in 2012, and that was the only other time in …
By Michael Snyder Have you ever thought about what comes after the bubble? In 2008 we got a short preview of what life will be like, but most Americans seem to have come to the conclusion that the last financial …
by Dana Lyons U.S. stocks have been on a decade-long run of dominance versus international markets; that could be ending. For eight years, U.S. stock investors have had it good – at least, the bulls have. While there have been some …
By Michael Snyder The post-election stock market rally is officially over. After hovering near record highs for the past couple of weeks, U.S. stocks had their worst day in six months on Tuesday. For quite some time it has been …
by Umar Farooq Drugmakers are under intense pressure to come up with ways to reduce prices amid outcry from members of Congress and U.S. customers. President Donald Trump’s latest pledge to drive down to drug prices has sent pharmaceutical stocks …
by Dana Lyons Stocks’ record streak without a weak close came to an end yesterday; what does it mean going forward? By any name – melt-up, relentless bid, creep, etc. – the recent advance in the stock market has been impressive. …
by Umar Farooq Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall. For the past couple of months, the question has hung in the back …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Hoped-for tax reform & infrastructure spending will disappoint. Stocks have surged to new highs since the election, from already very lofty levels, on the theory that the Trump Administration and Congress would create policies that would …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Grounded in some sort of new reality? LOL The S&P 500 stock index edged up to an all-time high of 2,351 on Friday. Total market capitalization of the companies in the index exceeds $20 trillion. That’s …
by Tim Price On March 30, 1999, the Wall Street Journal’s front page headline blasted the good news across the world: “Dow Industrials Top 10,000” The day before, the all-important US stock index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, closed above 10,000 …
by Umar Farooq VIX futures and options are frequently being applied by investors as a hedge against volatility. If stocks tumble, some of the losses incurred can be offset against the profits generated from trading these options. When investors …
There is a great deal of choice available for today’s investors and traders. They still have the option of investing in the blue chip stocks that have historically provided a safer long term opportunity. This option can be weighed up …
For a record 12th day in a row, Chinese margin debt balances have dropped with today’s 8.5% collapse the largest in history. As of last night, there were around 570/1694 Shenzhen stocks halted/suspended and hundreds more on the Shanghai bourse …