Facebook (FB): Is This the End of Social Media’s Wild West Period?
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) co-founder Mark Zuckerberg endured five hours of questions in the US Senate on Tuesday, at one point conceding what’s probably inevitable: …
From Pyongyang to Wall Street: Should Investors Be Worried About Recent Missile Tests?
North Korea on Wednesday announced that it had launched another missile to test its nuclear-strike capability, which reportedly can now reach the United States. Should …
The Energy Sector Shows a Favorable Price Trend
It took a year, but the late-2015 recommendations by some analysts for overweighting energy stocks — at a time when the sector’s trend …
Chicago Fed’s Report Implies That Delaying a New Round of Monetary Tightening Remains a Reasonable Path
US economic output remained steady at a below-trend rate in August, based on this morning’s update of the three-month average of the Chicago …
Fed Rate Hike Odds Fall Following Weak U.S. Economic News
Softer-than-expected data continues to weigh on the August economic profile for the US. Retail sales slumped last month as did industrial output; translating …
iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (IWM): The Mid-Cap Equity Premium Is Still King
Mid-cap stocks are often called the “sweet spot” in the market-capitalization spectrum for equity investing. History agrees.
A Rate Hike Next Month? The Treasury Market Has a Fair Amount of Skepticism
Yesterday’s upbeat report on consumer spending and income in the US provides fresh support for last week’s moderately hawkish comments from Fed officials, …
Are Utility Stocks Overvalued?
Utility stocks remain the top performer among US sectors for the trailing one-year return window, based on a set of proxy ETFs, but …
Market Outlook: Refining Mr. Market’s Forecasts With Macro Filter
In late-August 2015, the US stock market tumbled sharply, unleashing a year of heightened volatility that seemed to anticipate the worst for the …
Brexit Outcome: Reignites A New Phase Of Risk-Off Sentiment
The shocking news that the UK voted to leave the European Union has triggered a new phase of risk-off sentiment around the world. …