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5 Keys To Investing In The Second Half Of 2020
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 1:00pm | 708Read More...The first half of 2020 was one of the strangest in recent memory, and the COVID-19 outbreak rages on in the U.S. and around the world. However, Wall Street actually held up fairly well in a volatile first half of the year, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) down just 2.2% overall after...
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How To Trade The Last Fed Rate Decision Of 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 10:10am | 765Read More...The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its target interest rate range at between 1.5% and 1.75% on Wednesday afternoon when it releases its post-meeting statement at 2 p.m. Investors will be watching for any surprise changes to rates and indications from the Fed about where rates could be...
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LPL Financial: 'Better Times Lie Ahead For Corporate Earnings Growth'
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 2:35pm | 495Read More...The third-quarter reporting season has kickstarted, with the big banks turning in mixed results. Notwithstanding muted expectations for the quarter, an analyst at LPL Financial is hopeful about the future. Little To Cheer In Q3 The third-quarter earnings season does not hold much...
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12 Cheapest Stocks In The S&P 500
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 11:14am | 561Read More...Value stocks have underperformed growth stocks for over a decade, and 2019 is no exception. So far this year, the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSE: VUG) is up 23.5%, while the Vanguard Value ETF (NYSE: VTV) is up just 13.7%. JPMorgan recently said value stocks are currently trading at their largest...
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Experts: Keep The Yield Curve Inversion In Perspective
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 3:23pm | 561Read More...U.S. markets fell on Wednesday after the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below the yield on 2-year Treasury notes on Wednesday morning for the first time since 2007. According to the San Francisco Fed, each of the nine U.S. recessions that have occurred since 1955 came between six months...
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Analyst: Odds Of Correction Have Risen, 'Buying Dips May Be Rewarded'
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 1:50pm | 464Read More...Markets have been on a steady retreat since the start of August, trimming some of the heady gains they witnessed this year. One analyst has broached the possibility of a pullback or a correction, said he's not overly worried in light of solid fundamentals. Keeping Up With Seasonality August...
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Rate Cut Minus Recession Equals More Market Gains
Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 12:10pm | 547Read More...The next FOMC meeting is now less than a week away, and investors are extremely confident an interest rate is coming. The stock market has a history of mixed returns following Fed rate cuts, but rate cuts that happen when the U.S. economy is not in a recession have historically been a major bullish...
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Understanding US-China Trade Negotiations: The Ultimatum Game
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 2:52pm | 743Read More...Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China stalled last month, leaving investors with little insight on when to expect a potential trade resolution. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas recently discussed the impact cultural differences between the U.S. and China may have on the...
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What To Expect From The Federal Reserve On Wednesday
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 2:15pm | 599Read More...The big news for investors this week is the two-day Federal Reserve meeting that kicked off Tuesday. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates for a final time Wednesday, but investors will be watching closely for what the Fed has to say about its outlook for 2019 and beyond. Long-Term...
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Markets Sell Off Amid Rising Recession, Yield Curve Concerns; Bank Stocks Hit Hard
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 4:04pm | 671Read More...U.S. stocks took a beating Tuesday after the yield on five-year Treasury notes dipped below the yield on three-year and two-year Treasury notes for the first time since 2007. Bank stocks were hit particularly hard, as fears that an inverted yield curve could be signalling a U.S. recession and a...
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What A Split Congress Means For The Stock Market
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 3:56pm | 639Read More...Now that the votes have been tallied from the midterm elections, investors are shifting their attention to what the fallout from the midterms will be for the stock market. The early returns on a divided Congress are positive, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) trading higher by 2...
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Despite Recent Rout, This Analyst Says The S&P 500 Could Still End 2018 Near 3,000
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 2:50pm | 427Read More...After ending the Sept. 20 session at an all-time closing high of 2,930.75, the S&P 500 Index has pulled back by about 7 percent as worries concerning the midterm elections, the Sino-U.S. trade standoff and a rising rate environment push traders to the defensive. But redemption...
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How Millennials, Baby Boomers Are Reacting To Market Volatility
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 11:28am | 522Read More...Last week’s massive two-day sell-off in stocks rattled investors. The experts are saying market fundamentals remain strong and investors should consider buying the dip; the latest numbers from TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) suggest millennial investors are doing just that....
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The Longest Bull Run In History? Not Everybody Agrees
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 10:08am | 693Read More...The bull market rally after the 2008 financial crisis has unquestionably been one of the longest and most powerful stock market rallies in history. But just how long and how powerful the bull market has been is somewhat open to interpretation. What's A Bull Market? The traditional...
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Analysts Weigh In On US-China Trade Developments
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 1:14pm | 572Read More...The S&P 500 traded lower by more than 10 percent Wednesday morning as investors digest the latest developments in an ongoing Sino-American trade dispute. Negotiations Sour On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump expressed skepticism about a potential trade deal with China, tweeting...
