Sometimes the news stream drives prices, and sometimes the price action drives the narratives. We argued that the sharp decline in equities at the start of the year was fanned the doom and gloom in the media and market commentary.Many had been taking about a new
March 6, 2016
Insider buying decreased last week with insiders buying $85.92 million of stock compared to $154.2 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand doubled with insiders selling $2.2 billion of stock last week compared to $1.06 billion in the week prior.
It has been a bad 4 years for the Canadian Dollar versus the Greenback. It is trying to make a recovery as of late as the price of Oil is off the bottom, but if Oil takes another leg lower,
Are you confident and secure in your investing process? It appears many people are not, including friends, family and acquaintances who jump in and out of the market. I believe that most investors will lose money in the stock market over their
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” –Oscar Wilde We didn’t see much profit taking Friday into the close, which is a bit odd since we remain so overbought, but selling just has not taken
With global growth worries lashing on the bourses since the start of this year, risk-off sentiments are prevailing in the market. Though the risk appetite has returned of late, investors are still far from being outright hawkish on the markets.
The Bank For International Settlements just released a report stating that the spread of negative interest rates hasn’t caused the world to end. From this morning’s Bloomberg: Negative Interest Rates Are Working Just Fine So Far: BIS Negative interest-rate policies
One of the core aspects of mainstream financial media in general, and outlets like CNBC in particular, more so even than their chronic permabullish bias, is the seemingly endless gallery of “experts”, “pundits”, and other talking heads whose only requirement
By Tony A., h/t @ChesapeakeCap This is an analysis of past 100-bagger stocks. A 100-bagger is a stock which increases in value 100 fold (e.g., a stock which goes from $1 to $100). The term “bagger” [as applied to stocks
Market Overview Last week, SPX continued what is ostensibly a countertrend rally, tacking on another 52 points to the uptrend which started at 1810 for a total of 199 points. That performance is not likely to be repeated next week,
