Asian markets edged up on Tuesday following the firmer lead from Wall Street. Oil prices, meanwhile, tracked lower following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would make a decision on the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday during U.S. hours. The Nikkei 225 reversed early weakness to tack on 0.2 percent and the Topix edged up […]
CONGRATULATIONS! You just scored return flights to Europe for less than the price of your car rego but how much are you really signing up for? According to CommBank, a third of Aussies spend more on their trip than planned — and when the overall blowout equates to $900 million, it’s a pretty big “whoops”. […]
Dow Jones futures rose solidly early Monday morning along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Apple (AAPL) skyrocketed last week, pushing the Nasdaq composite above its 50-day moving average, with the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 index closing in on that key level. BP (BP), Abiomed (ABMD) are also top stocks breaking […]
Asian markets mostly edged higher on Monday as investors digested last week’s trade talks and U.S. jobs numbers, while U.S. crude topped the $70 mark for the first time since 2014 during late morning trade. In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 came under pressure in morning trade, with the index slipping 0.1 percent, off its […]
Despite the traditional bullish effect of the end-of-month and the FOMC meeting, the market was down into Thursday. The remarkable recovery off of the Thursday low to the Friday close covered almost 70 S&P points. This turnaround appears to be a low. Here are three stocks that are likely to rally in this coming week. Apple […]
At the 2018 Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders’ Meeting, Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger, discussed their conviction in long-term buy and hold as an investment technique and specifically discussed Wells Fargo, as well as well as their attitude to tech holdings, including Apple. Warren Buffett also shared his belief in the inefficiency of the […]
With the Nasdaq composite retaking its 50-day moving average Friday and the Dow Jones and S&P 500 index rebounding bullishly, more and more top stocks are breaking out or setting up near buy points. Nvidia (NVDA), Booking Holdings (BKNG), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Worldpay (WP), Pegasystems (PEGA) and LGI Homes (LGIH) are growth stocks just […]
These “Seven Deadly Sins” can kill your portfolio in the current market conditions, Jim Cramer said Saturday ias part of at TheStreet’s Boot Camp for Investors in New York. “You must avoid [these things] if you’re going to pick the right stocks,” the expert said, according to his prepared remarks. Here’s a rundown of seven […]
Today, at the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger, shared their continuing faith in the U.S. stock market, as well as reasons for pessimism on other assets such as crypto-currencies, bonds and gold. They discussed how their investment strategy has evolved. They are now happy owning more capital intensive […]
Well, we had some more discomfort to deal with this week, but that statement probably has more validity today than it did last Friday. With that, let’s review the events and conditions of the past two weeks, that build the case for that all-clear signal. As of last Friday, more than half of first quarter […]
European stocks finished firmly higher on Friday, rallying in afternoon trade after a solid U.S. jobs report send the dollar soaring against the euro. An upbeat view on trade talks between the U.S. and China were seen as cooling tensions that have recently hurt markets world-wide, also helping lift stocks into the weekend. How markets […]
Apple and a solid jobs report lifted stocks on Friday. The Dow gained 332 points, and all but one of the 30 companies in the index finished higher. The Nasdaq climbed 1.7%, and the S&P 500 moved ahead 1.3%. Stocks finished mixed for the week. Apple rose 4% to an all-time high after Warren Buffett […]
