The 2015 Terrapinn Trading Show recently came to a close, and this year’s event in Chicago focused on important trends and news in the world of trading. Here’s a breakdown of the major themes from this year’s conference.
According to a new report, Pacific Crest is as bullish as ever on Chinese mega-cap Internet stocks following their recent weakness. Analyst Cheng Cheng explains that Pacific Crest sees the weakness as only temporary and believes that traders should view it as a buying opportunity.
The most recent study by Quicken Loans Inc. of homeowner value perceptions revealed that the disparity between appraiser and homeowner opinions of home values continues to grow. While home values have generally increased from month to month over the past year, homeowners’ perceptions of home value have become increasingly inflated relative to appraiser valuations.
Airline stocks are down slightly on Tuesday, a day after a mass downgrade by Raymond James. Following the downgrade, Morgan Stanley released its Question of the Week report on airlines, and this week’s question focused on whether or not investors still have faith in airline companies to execute their businesses effectively.
According to Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 0.28% CEO Elon Musk, utility companies have nothing to fear from the company’s new Powerwall home batteries line. Musk spoke to a gathering of utility executives this week, easing their fears that Powerall batteries pose a threat to their business.
According to a new report by Intel Corporation INTC 0.09%, high-tech extortion attacks surged 165 percent in the first quarter of 2015. Intel’s latest McAfee Labs Threats Report indicates that the slight drop in so-called “ransomware” attacks that occurred in 2014 following the police takedown of a major ransomware network was short-lived and that the…
A new report by SunGard looks at the growing importance of trading technology in a market where energy and commodity prices react quickly and volatile to rapidly-changing market conditions.
In a new technical analysis market report, Oppenheimer analyst Ari Wald discusses the firm’s top stock in each of nine market sectors. The picks are based on technical analysis of the stocks’ charts, and Oppenheimer ranks each sector from strongest to weakest.
Benzinga recently had the chance to talk with Ethan Powell, Chief Product Strategist for Highland Capital Management, about Highland’s three brand new ETFs: The Highland HFR Global ETF HHFR, Highland HFR Event Driven ETF DRVN and Highland HFR Equity Hedge ETF HHDG, which replicate aggregate hedge fund positions.
A new report by BNP Paribas looks at the extraordinary recent gains in China’s A-share markets and presents the case that China is in the middle of a major equity bubble. BNP lays out the case for “irrational exuberance” in China and discusses the potential global ramifications of a bursting bubble.