Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've been hearing a lot about the coronavirus, which is dominating investors' minds this week and driving down equity indices around the world.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've been hearing a lot about the coronavirus, which is dominating investors' minds this week and driving down equity indices around the world.
Relative Strength Investing Trends: 30-Year Rates Hit All-Time Low | We take a look at why investors should consider a flexible approach to fixed income exposure in light of the recent decline in yields, which resulted in 30-year rates hitting a new all-time low.
Relative Strength Investing Trends: 30-Year Rates Hit All-Time Low | We take a look at why investors should consider a flexible approach to fixed income exposure in light of the recent decline in yields, which resulted in 30-year rates hitting a new all-time low.
Relative Strength Investing Trends: 30-Year Rates Hit All-Time Low | We take a look at why investors should consider a flexible approach to fixed income exposure in light of the recent decline in yields, which resulted in 30-year rates hitting a new all-time low.
While Virtual Reality (VR) is most commonly associated with gaming, video entertainment and retail, there is a much more significant and deeper impact that this advanced technology is making, and that is in the healthcare industry.
The underlying strength in the U.S. economy has underpinned the market on headline-driven panics over the last year and during that time, there hasn’t been a run of more than four consecutive losing days for the S&P 500.
First, humans are funny in that they have a strong tendency to think the recent past and the near future will be the same. At some point things will change.
Currently, the major US equity indices point to a slightly positive open, but it's TBD how the market will trade today following comments from the World Health Organization that it isn't clear the coronavirus has been contained.
Currently, the major US equity indices point to a slightly positive open, but it's TBD how the market will trade today following comments from the World Health Organization that it isn't clear the coronavirus has been contained.
Software stocks have been a key driver of the market’s 2020 gains. Among them is Salesforce (CRM) stock which has seen its stock rise 16.5% year to date and 30% over the past six months
On the one hand we have the biggest mix of potential market-impact problems I have seen in my 23-year professional career. On the other hand we have the sense that, ever since the Fed folded on Quantitative Tightening in 2018, they are unwilling to allow financial assets to drop.
As I pointed out on Thursday of last week, chart reading has its limitations. It takes no account of potential shifts in fundamental conditions, for example, and is therefore not particularly good for predicting the long-term future.
After a weekend during which COVID-19 cases accelerated, Italy suffers from the largest outbreak outside of Asia, and South Korea's government raised its virus alert to its higher level, fear of a global pandemic dominates the markets.