Market looks like it’s trying to force another Federal Reserve bounce
On a day like today--when U.S. stocks have resumed their downward plunge--the Standard & Poor's 500 was off 1.91% as of 1:30 p.m. New York time and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by 2.08%--it's important to remember that the financial markets are not...Short-term and long-term investing have diverged in this market–follow one or the other but know which you’ve picked
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...China and euros and bears, oh my: How to think about today and when the water will be safe (or at least safer)
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...A parade of bad news takes stocks down, but surprisingly not very far. (Knock on wood)
Cue the plague of locusts and the rain of frogs. The market has had just about everything else thrown at it today. And so far, at 3 p.m. New York time, the Standard & Poor’s 500 has held at its 20-day moving average of 1195 or so.
How to make a profit today when you’re worried that the zombies will walk tomorrow
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Next week’s news limits today’s bounce
There’s just enough potentially negative economic news on the calendar for next week to make traders hesitate before putting much new money into any bounce or rally.
Cisco’s quarterly report shows just how hard it is for the market to live with uncertainty
Not bad news. Not good news. But uncertainty. Cisco’s earnings report leaves us without any more clarity about the second half than we had before the company reported.
Now currencies add to the uncertainty
This morning it’s currencies in the news. That adds uncertainty to a financial market that already is stumbling as it looks for direction