Category: Stocks Watch

A broader-market sell-off during the last quarter of 2018 has made the New Year a great time to be buying stocks. Sure, there’s no guarantee that stocks won’t continue falling over the next three to six months, but it’s very likely that opportunistic investors who are buying amid this sell-off will be happy they did […]

Stock markets have made a bad start to 2019 following a nightmarish December.On Wednesday key stock indexes in Asia were trading in the red as investors grappled with issues including concerns over global growth and the trade war between China and the United States.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down almost 3% in afternoon trading, while China’s Shanghai Composite and […]

At the start of 2018, the so-called FAANG stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet — were top picks. Four of the five tech stocks had gained roughly 50 percent the year before, excluding only Alphabet, which rose more than 30 percent in 2017. Facebook was on the heels of its best year […]

2018 is coming to a close on Monday, ending a tough year for stock pickers. Many of the year’s big winners took a beating in the final quarter of the year. The S&P 500 is set to end the year down nearly 6 percent. Stocks lost much of this year’s gains beginning in early October […]

“Safe” and “marijuana stocks” are words you usually don’t find in the same sentence, and for good reason. Marijuana stocks are characterized by high risk and volatility. However, not all marijuana stocks are alike and some have considerably less risk than others. These investments are not guaranteed wins, as no stock meets the absolute safety […]

There’s a good chance that what ailed the market in 2018 could reverse sometime in 2019, providing strong tailwinds for stocks, some strategists said. After the worst December since 1931 and the worst year since the financial crisis, stocks enter 2019 tentatively but still susceptible to the volatility that resulted in historic intraday swings in […]

Penny stocks may seem like a good way to get rich in the stock market, but more often than not, they’re nothing but a good way to watch your money disappear. There are literally thousands of stocks and funds you could invest in that are better choices than penny stocks, but here’s why three of […]

The pan-European Stoxx 600 is 0.09 percent. The FTSE 100 is down 0.15 percent, while the French CAC is up 0.44 percent. The German DAX is closed on Monday. All sectors are trading in positive territory, with the basic resources sector at the top of the index, up more than 1 percent. Meanwhile, banks are […]

The 2018 casualty list is long. Hedge funds. Trillion-dollar price tags on Apple and Amazon. Trading records everywhere. Not even Christmas was spared the wrath of cascading stocks. It feels unprecedented, Armageddon, or maybe the robot apocalypse. It isn’t. While any 20 percent sell-off hurts, the one happening now is far from unprecedented in terms […]

Shutdown shuts down Trump’s New Year’s plans When the gang at Mar-a-Lago rings in the New Year Monday night, the posh Florida club’s most prominent member will be missing: President Donald Trump. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the incoming chief of staff, says the president will stay in Washington […]

However, Erie Indemnity bucked the trend. Its stock is ending 2018 up about 9 percent. In a year in which the stock market lost about 7 percent of its value, the news wasn’t all bad for stocks of local interest in 2018. But it was bad for most of them. • General Electric Co.: The […]