The weekend did not provide a relief from headlines, with the EU/UK deal taking center-stage. In the upcoming week we can certainly expect volatility, as the team at Credit Agricole explains: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Risk sentiment
February 21, 2016
It has been a long time since the 2008 financial crisis. Everyone who bet on a market recovery since then has been rewarded. Professional money managers think they have the recovery all figured out. Endless monetary and fiscal stimulus in
In the last two months, NYSE Short Interest has risen 4.5%, back over 18 billion shares near the historical record highs of July 2008 (and up 7 of the last 9 months). There are two very different perspectives on could take when
Markets stabilized some last week, stocks large, small, emerging and foreign finding a bid. Short covering for sure, but maybe some real buying too; there are a lot more cheap stocks around right now than there has been in quite
Gold: Having Gold taken back almost all of its gains to close a rejection candle the past week, further bullishness is likely. On the downside, support comes in at the 1210.00 level where a break will turn attention to the
Lately, I have been fishing and for long-lost treasure. Instead of searching for the planks on pirate ships on the ocean floor, I am searching for beaten up stocks that are out of favor and undervalued by the investment community.
In good times, Silicon Valley is the kind of place we all fantasize about: Shiny new buildings full of genius techies rollerblading down the halls, eating free gourmet food and growing richer with each financing round. But in bad times
We think that it’s still too early to say whether Friday’s price action was simply profit-taking ahead of the weekend, or the resumption of overall negative market sentiment. We think the global backdrop remains conducive for risk, at least near-term. China concerns
As we’ve been watching closely, something is wrong with the big banks. Their shares have lost 25-33% of their market value since the beginning of the year. What’s going on? The turmoil seems greatest in Europe, where bank shares have
Amid current market turmoil, Spark Networks (LOV) appears to be an attractive investment at current price levels. LOV has dropped nearly 17% since the start of the year. The company made a key acquisition of the popular Jewish mobile dating app JSwipe
