Markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. Also, no economic data was released. After a mixed finish last week that was dominated by corporate results, investors are bracing for another busy week with 69 S&P 500 companies scheduled to release their performances this week.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read […]
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Facebook (FB) is set to report earnings on Jan. 29, and FB stock investors need to prepare for some bad news.Facebook has seen slowing growth in its user base in key western markets, and there’s a very good chance that this earnings report could be the first […]
Tuesday’s trading session was a comeback day for the benchmarks as they recorded their best gains this year just a day after suffering heavy losses. Retail sales data was a big boost for the markets along with gains in the technology sector. The gains eroded most of yesterday’s losses and diluted concerns arising out of Friday’s weaker-than-expected nonfarm payroll data.For […]
REUTERS/Shannon StapletonHenry Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) is out with its outlook for 2014.
“We believe that we are now entering the global synchronous phase of a long but bumpy recovery process that started in 2009,” wrote Henry McVey, KKR’s Head of Global Macro & Asset Allocation.”However, unlike many other synchronized global recoveries, developed […]
Why Is Goldman Sachs Warning That The Stock Market Could Decline By 10 Percent Or More? By Michael Snyder, on January 13th, 2014
Why has Goldman Sachs chosen this moment to publicly declare that stocks are overpriced? Why has Goldman Sachs suddenly decided to warn all of us that the stock market could decline by 10 percent or more in […]
There’s always a bull market in energy-you just have to know which sub-sector to buy. So where do my subscribers and I make money right now? You might be surprised by the answer, but first some context…In Q3 2103, oil producers in North America were the place to be, as higher international oil prices (Brent) dragged the North American price […]
by George Leong, B. CommThere’s a significant cold spell out there in the Mid-East and Northeastern parts of the country. At the same time, the stock market has cooled down a little, beginning the year on a cautious note.I recently discussed my views for the stock market going forward, and while it’s early on, the ability to move higher will […]
Noah Smith has a very nice post this morning:Noah Smith: Risk premia or behavioral craziness?:John Cochrane is quite critical of Robert Shiller…. He… thinks that Shiller is trying to make finance less quantitative and more literary (I somehow doubt this, given that Shiller is first and foremost an econometrician, and not that literary of a guy).But the most interesting criticism […]
Shanky’s Technical Analysis and Market Commentary: Morning Charts – Let the Games Begin – 1/2/14 SPC /ES
Morning Charts – Let the Games Begin – 1/2/14 SPC /ES
I don’t do predictions posts, but I hope to have my thoughts together by Monday for 2014. Pretty sure I will call this the year of conspiracy fact where the truth is […]
REUTERS/Juan Carlos UlateThat’s a big bull.See AlsoHere’s What 14 Top Wall Street Strategists Are Saying About The Stock Market In 2014Bank Of America Economist Torpedoes One Of The Main Arguments For Impending InflationGERARD MINACK: 3 Words Explain Why Stocks Are No Longer Sensitive To Economic SurprisesThe 2013 mega-rally in the stock market caught Wall Street’s top forecasters completely by surprise.
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