Stocks were lower again on Thursday morning as the fourth quarter gets off to a rocky start. Even the Chinese internet stocks were pulling back on Thursday. The port strike is still […]
Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE: APO) is one of the top alternative asset managers for investors. The firm has just released its 5-year financial plan to capitalize on an already impressive 24% […]
Stocks kicked off the first day of the fourth quarter with a sell-off, and the geopolitical story is still weighing on stocks on Wednesday. The markets are dealing with an escalated Iran-Israel […]
The fourth quarter of 2024 has begun and year-to-date gains of 18% in the NASDAQ-100 and 20% on the S&P 500 are fairly hard to ignore. Earnings season will be kicking off […]
Stocks were indicated to open lower on Tuesday with the S&P 500, Dow and NASDAQ all indicated in the red. The port strike has begun, and investors have the Fed cutting rates […]
Stocks were flat on Monday despite an earnings warning from Stellantis and ahead of a pending U.S. port strike on the East Coast and in the Gulf. With the U.S. rate-cutting cycle […]
Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Friday after the PCE inflation gauge rose less than expected by just 2.2% in August. With the U.S. rate-cutting cycle now underway and with […]
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday after Micron’s “beat and raise” is offering support for the entire semiconductor sector. Now that the U.S. Federal Reserve has cut rates and China has thrown […]
Stocks were marginally lower on Wednesday as the stock indexes are looking for direction after the sharp post-FOMC moves. Chinese shares also took a breather after Tuesday’s post-stimulus gains may have been […]
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) has been the retail growth story that is the envy of every retailer. In many ways, Costco has seen an investor trajectory similar to what Walmart Inc. […]
Stocks had initially traded lower on Tuesday, but stimulus measures in China have markets picking up steam. Investors and traders alike are looking for new ideas to be positioned for the coming […]
Stocks were indicated marginally higher on Monday after last week’s post-Fed rate cut gains. Investors and traders alike are continuing to look for new ideas to be positioned for the coming months […]
The utilities sector should be one of the larger beneficiaries of lower interest rates. Now that the Federal Reserve has taken 50 basis points out of the Fed Funds rate, and with […]
Stocks were set to take a breather on Friday after Thursday’s post-Fed rate cut move significantly higher. The Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point cut on Fed Funds is expected to be the […]
Investors, consumers, businesses and borrowers love it when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. It means that financing purchases is cheaper for everyone. It means many mortgage rates (certainly ARMs) will head […]
Stocks were mixed and looking for direction on Wednesday morning ahead of the highly anticipated Federal Reserve decision to lower interest rates. The field is still mostly split on whether a 50 […]
The financial markets just cannot wait for the first of multiple interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Investors have been positioning and looking for new ideas for their capital as […]
The buzz around artificial intelligence just seems to never end. The investor theme around A.I. has been almost as impressive, albeit not yet as widespread, as the Internet boom of the late […]
September is supposed to be a weak month for stocks historically, but the market continues to stay firm as the rate cutting cycle from the Federal Reserve is just about to begin. […]
The move to artificial intelligence has been one of the greatest wealth-creating secular themes of the current generation. For the most part, the main beneficiary has been the likes of NVIDIA Corporation […]