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Federal Reserve policy, interest rates, trade issues, bedevil Tuesday stocks
Markets have been risk-on, risk-off for most of June and July this year. Ditto interest rates and trade issues. Tuesday's action proves the point, focused as it is on Federal Reserve policy.
Godot Time on Wall Street: Stocks fizzle again in dull Wednesday action
Nothing’s going anywhere except modestly down until we get some definitive news from… somewhere. It’s Waiting for Godot Time on Wall Street again.
Grueling bear market likely to continue through year end
it’s fairly safe to say there’ll be no Santa Claus Rally to end this year. Instead, our current grueling bear market continues to eat any profitable positions that remain.
Roller-coaster investing: Wall Street’s wild ride to nowhere
Stocks in nearly all sectors take off in unpredictable directions during every single trading day. It’s roller-coaster investing at its worst.
Great Trump Rally continues. But is it running out of steam?
This current leg of the Great Trump Rally is beginning to look a little weird. Tired. Weary. Maybe even a bit green behind the gills.
ETF World: Restructuring an ailing retail investor’s portfolio
Our ultimate aim is to gradually restructure our investment portfolios. The concept we decided to employ, at least experimentally, is what we’ll call ETF Perestroika. It all unfolds in today's investment climate, an environment we might best define as ETF World.
Telecom is dead. Long live the new Communications Services Sector
In anticipation of the new sector index, XLC, a new Communication Services ETF, was launched this past Tuesday by State Street. Since it’s new, it’s thinly traded at the moment. That is likely to change as September 21, 2018 approaches.
Home Depot sales miss, interest rate spike worry Wall Street after recent rally
The predictable result after several days of rallying? Mr. Market is taking back some of investors’ profits today. No thanks to Home Depot, the Dow, off some 200 points earlier Tuesday, remains in negative territory.
S&P, MSCI Industry Sectors prepare for radical revisions in September 2018
Plans for extensive S&P and MSCI sector revisions are nearing final agreement. They are now scheduled to take effect on September 28, 2018. Once implemented, the revisions could cause some temporary heartburn for ETF investors and other stockholders this coming fall.
Stock portfolio repairs: Digging in for turbulent Q2 2018 trading action
Logically, we now turn to the crucial matter of making stock portfolio repairs. If we're successful, we should be able to profitably ride out the slings and arrows of a volatile Q2 2018.
MLP bloodbath: Could it be time to get back into these high yielders?
Seemingly from out of the blue, the FERC completely disallowed a longtime corporate MLP tax break that the industry long felt was sacrosanct. In short, the FERC disallowed a special tax allowance that many MLPs have routinely used for years.
Tulip Mania, Bitcoin and the Madness of Crowds: Déjà vu all over again?
History has witnessed this kind of speculative nonsense before many times since Tulip Mania took hold. That's why it makes us nervous to see it again.
Dow soars as Wall Street bears retreat to their caves
The rampaging bears are heading back to their caves to hibernate this morning, as the Dow rockets ahead for a 200 point gain.
Friday stocks: Apple selling slows, Home Depot’s mojo back
Pharmas get a bounce as McCain screws the Republican's Graham-Cassidy pooch. Apple ends worst week of year, slowing, not stopping its descent. CNX gets a bid.
Trading Diary: Stepping back from oil and commodities
We wish we’d sold a bit more of our portfolio in May. But better late than never, as likelihood of a flat to truly gloomy summer stock market becomes more evident.
Trading Diary: Dull times, little conviction on Wall Street
We’re back from a week-long holiday and it appears we didn’t miss much in a market that can’t make up its mind as Washington impasses continue.
BlackRock robo-advisors to replace humans as ETF stock-pickers
Giant money manager BlackRock to sack managers of actively managed funds and ETFs, replacing them with robotic stock selection tools to cut costs.
Trading Diary: A fine line between investing profit and loss
The Trump Rally continues, though it shows signs of weakening. We try to thread the needle by picking off profits to raise cash in case of political disaster.
Trading tools: Colorful stock market heat maps help traders
For short and medium term oriented traders, heat maps are invaluable tools for gauging daily market sentiment as well as finding good buy and sell points.