A recent survey by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) showed that the percentage of investors who think stocks will rise over the next six months plunged to its lowest level in more than a year.
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With more than 10,000 baby boomers reaching 65 each day in America, you can bet that medical services aimed at this giant group are growth markets.
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We move two stocks from buy to hold, while on the positive side, one stock has shares that are up 73% this year and another with shares that are up 58% in the last 10 days of trading
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Emerging markets are a great investment, but frontier markets have even higher growth potential. Here are seven reasons they're not as risky as you think.
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While only insiders will be attending the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, which starts this morning, markets will react to any hints on the Fed’s move to tighten monetary policy and lift interest rates.
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What has been propelling electric vehicles forward and what will power them into the mainstream across the world? It is a combination of growing political concern over climate change, the need to get air pollution under control in big cities with urban congestion, breakthroughs...
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Markets reacted well to yesterday’s inflation data that showed evidence of cooling as the economic recovery continued amid pandemic-related strained supply chains and signs that the recent rise in Covid-19 infections is starting to slow some business activity.
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The paradox of clean tech is that the critical materials needed to produce cleaner electricity – such as cobalt, gallium, lithium, germanium, and rare-earth elements – are far more scarce than petroleum, suggesting that global shortages and strife over vital resources is inevitable.
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Chinese stocks were hit this week both on American exchanges and overseas as Chinese regulators ratcheted up the pressure through antitrust and regulatory steps that caught many executives and investors off guard. The Golden Dragon index of Chinese technology stocks fell by 15% two...
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The Uber of China – DiDi, has been in the headlines and is caught up in power play over data security and defying authorities in Beijing. All this highlights that Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. should be considered speculative.
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After last weekend’s successful space flight of Sir Richard Branson, one would have expected Virgin Galactic (SPCE) stock to soar on Monday. Instead, it lost altitude. Sure, the announcement of a $500 million secondary offering leading to dilution was not welcome news, but part of reason...
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The Uber of China – DiDi, has been in the headlines and is caught up in power play over data security and defying authorities in Beijing. All this highlights that Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. should be considered speculative.
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The S&P 500 closed out the second quarter of 2021 at a record high advancing for a fifth consecutive quarter. Meanwhile the Dow and Nasdaq closed just below records and each of these indexes recorded more than 18 record closes during the first of...
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The S&P 500 has now gained 90% since its closing low last March. Quite amazing. We now need to look forward and remain optimistic while a bit cautious.
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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) convened on Wednesday and Chairman Jerome Powell and colleagues seem to be inclined to raise benchmark rates sometime next year. At least for now, the Fed kept rates on hold and signaled it would continue its quantitative easing.
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The market has been subdued for the last few weeks as investors weigh how far the market has come against the risks of rising inflation, supply-chain problems and the possibility of higher taxes.
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The market seems to have found its footing this week as the economy reopens amidst some supply shortages and inflationary pressures. Electric vehicle stocks are coming back as Ford announced a big push into EVs and its new F-150 Lightning received 70,000 deposits just...
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Markets continue to consolidate and churn with solid earnings offsetting concerns over inflation and valuations.
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Markets are a bit jittery despite strong earnings and expected strength as America opens up its post-pandemic economy. China is already at a 5% growth path while India, Japan, and other important economies struggle to get the pandemic under control.
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Fears of rising inflation hammered Wall Street this week so today we are selling two lagging positions and adding a blue chip inflation hedge.
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