New Picks Even as Market Caution and Concern Climb

The last few weeks have gotten a little rocky for the S&P 500 with the index climbing 1% or so…

11 years ago

Booking 81.33% Gains in Bank of Ireland (IRE) options

Both U.S. and global markets pulled back last week, as the Dow Jones dropped 1.49% and the S&P 500 tumbled…

11 years ago

European Shares Hit Two and a Half-Month Highs; HIV Maintenance Drugs to Get New FDA “Faster-Tracked” Designation; Aussie Elections Could Send Their Dollar Plummeting

Europe’s FTSEurofirst 300 Index hit its highest level since May. England’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 all…

11 years ago

S&P 500 Heads for Weekly Loss; Oil Rallies Two Percent; Yen Rises Against U.S. Dollar

S&P 500 Heads for Weekly Loss (Bloomberg) As of Friday afternoon, falling stocks look to pull the S&P 500 to…

11 years ago

Booking 101.64% Gains in Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ) jumped 4.89% over the past two days after announcing better-than-expected earnings. Quarterly revenues increased 67.7% year over…

11 years ago

Rise of the Small Caps?; Shatner’s Dream: Priceline Shares Hit 14-Year High; Hedge Funds Shorting Corn

Fall 2013: Rise of the Small Caps? (YahooFinance) With both the S&P 500 and Russell 2,000 within two percent of…

11 years ago

S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid; Gold Rallies from Three-Week Low; Nikkei Falls to One-Month Low

S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid (Bloomberg) After declining 1.1% in the past three sessions, the S&P rose Thursday, as better-than-expected…

11 years ago

Apple Ruling May Damage Publishers; Increase in U.S. Diesel Production Spurs Exports; Banking Sector Presents a Dangerous Investment

Apple Ruling May Damage Publishers  (Reuters) Investors in major publishing companies, like HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House or Simon &…

11 years ago

Why Are Stock Prices so Volatile?

At the invitation of Jan Fijor, a publisher of free-market books in Warsaw, Poland, I just completed writing an introduction…

11 years ago

Potential Fed Cuts Lower Stocks; Nikkei Plunges, Yen Climbs; Oil Slides Lower for Fourth Consecutive Session

Stocks fell today, sending the S&P 500 to its first three-day drop since June 12, while investors speculated on when…

11 years ago