The most important question
No one would consider starting a business, a nonprofit, or even a needlepoint project without asking themselves, what is my objective? However, when it comes to investing most people don’t… Read more >
Markets
U.S. Insurers: Dim possibility of a quick recovery
After a period of stability in premium rate hike, the U.S. insurance market has yet again softened. Weakness in some macro factors and almost muted economic growth in the first… Read more >
State Street launches stock buyback ETF
Share buybacks and dividends have been among the primary contributors to the stock market Bull Run. In fact, share buybacks in the third quarter amounted to $143.4 billion – the… Read more >
All Hail King Bull
After the open… 2014 draws to a close, and the markets have become a giant sprawling court of King Bull. Though King Bull didn't expand his territory as much in… Read more >
You Can't Keep A Good Market Down
After the open… $57 per barrel sounds pretty cheap, but after yesterday's flash crash down to $53.25, it was enough to make traders breathe a big sigh of relief this… Read more >
Treading Water
After the open… Stocks are treading water in morning trading – making a few ripples, but not really going anywhere. There are no major earnings reports or economic reports to… Read more >
Where do we go now?
After the open… Chinese stocks have turned volatile this morning as the market struggles to determine the implications of the surprise announcement by China's government that it will allow foreign… Read more >
Cooling off period
After the open… Weeks like last week are rare in the entire history of the market, so even though we remain about 2.5% below all-time highs, there is absolutely no… Read more >
Ebola schmola! Stocks are rising again
After the open… Buyers are coming out in early morning trading, as indices which opened lower are now going green. A New York doctor was diagnosed with Ebola, but the… Read more >
Why the bulls won this round
It starts as a blip, then it becomes a bounce, then a rally, then a new high, then a brand new leg for an old bull market. The perma-bears are… Read more >
