Regardless of which U.S. presidential candidate wins the election in November, the U.S. dollar could get hit pretty hard. According toBloomberg’s Taylor Hall, currency traders are warning of a repeat of 1995, when a trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan sent the dollar tumbling versus the yen.
After a strong 1.4 percent gap up to start the week, the S&P 500 sold off hard Monday afternoon to finish the day up only 0.6 percent. The sell-off sent traders and the financial news media scrambling to identify the cause of the action. According to a new Price Action Lab blog post, there may…
When it comes to the business world, perception can often become reality. The reputations of Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) and SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS) have all taken major hits. Can the companies and the stocks ever recover?
The highly-anticipated and highly-feared U.K. “Brexit” vote on June 23 is now just days away. Rather than falling victim to irrational fear about the outcome, now is the time to set up some pre-vote pair trades involving British stocks Barclays (BCS), Vodafone Group (VOD) and BP (BP).
The key to making winning stock trades is information, and social media sites like Twitter now provide traders with information faster than ever before. If you have ever wondered who to follow on Twitter, here are ten feeds every stock trader needs to be following.
Analysts and market experts are still all over the place when it comes to oil market projections. But with a growing consensus belief that the bottom is in, the Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLE), the United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP (USL) and the VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) offer three unique opportunities…
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shareholders awoke Monday morning to some incredible news that MSFT had bought LinkedIn (LNKD) for $26.2 billion. While LNKD stock surged 46.6% on the unexpected news, MSFT stock was down 2.6% on Monday.
It’s now been roughly eight years since the bursting of the housing bubble nearly tanked the U.S. economy. With collective student loan debt now above $1.3 trillion, Navient (NAVI), SLM (SLM) and Nelnet(NNI) could soon be in big trouble.
Exchange traded funds have exploded in popularity in recent years, but one of the biggest drawbacks in ETF investing is the fees involved. However, buyers of the Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB), theSchwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) get all the benefits of ETF investing while paying the lowest…
Understanding the difference between a good company and a good stock investment is extremely important when it comes to generating market-beating returns in the long-run. Amazon.com (AMZN), Tesla Motors (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX) are three great companies with stocks already priced for perfection.