Weekly Market Outlook – Back From the Brink, But Just Barely

Once again, the market played with fire. And once again, the market managed to escape… unburned. Stocks could have certainly fared better than they did, but even a small bounce is a much-needed step back from the ledge the market was approaching just a week earlier. It's something to build on. Still, stocks are hardly out of the woods. A...

Weekly Market Outlook – Back From the Brink, But Just Barely

Once again, the market played with fire. And once again, the market managed to escape… unburned. Stocks could have certainly fared better than they did, but even a small bounce is a much-needed step back from the ledge the market was approaching just a week earlier. It's something to build on. Still, stocks are hardly out of the woods. A...

The One Thing Bear Market, Recession Worriers are Forgetting

If you're reading this, then odds are good you've already heard some of the chatter about a looming bear market, brought on by an economic recession. Between a flattening yield curve and an impending trade war, the usual doom-and-gloom crowd is having a field day by spooking people. Some experts are already asking if a bear market is here… and...

The One Thing Bear Market, Recession Worriers are Forgetting

If you're reading this, then odds are good you've already heard some of the chatter about a looming bear market, brought on by an economic recession. Between a flattening yield curve and an impending trade war, the usual doom-and-gloom crowd is having a field day by spooking people. Some experts are already asking if a bear market is here… and...

Bitcoin is nearing a ‘death cross’ on the charts. Here’s what it means

By Annie Pei, CNBC Bitcoin has gone bust, tumbling below $8,000 this week. There's something in the charts that could have investors hitting the panic button. Bitcoin's chart shows that the cryptocurrency is nearing a "death cross." A death cross is a term used to describe a cross-over of the 50-day moving average and the longer-term 200-day moving average. More...

Bitcoin is nearing a ‘death cross’ on the charts. Here’s what it means

By Annie Pei, CNBC Bitcoin has gone bust, tumbling below $8,000 this week. There's something in the charts that could have investors hitting the panic button. Bitcoin's chart shows that the cryptocurrency is nearing a "death cross." A death cross is a term used to describe a cross-over of the 50-day moving average and the longer-term 200-day moving average. More...

The Market’s Red Flags Are Waving Again

Last week we pointed out how utilities stocks – a market safe-haven – were exhibiting some amazing strength while everything else was falling apart. It was a hint that investors were thinking a pullback was looming, and if they're thinking it, they may well eventually make it happen. The thesis turned out to be right too, for the day and...

The Market’s Red Flags Are Waving Again

Last week we pointed out how utilities stocks – a market safe-haven – were exhibiting some amazing strength while everything else was falling apart. It was a hint that investors were thinking a pullback was looming, and if they're thinking it, they may well eventually make it happen. The thesis turned out to be right too, for the day and...

Weekly Market Outlook: Decision Time – Euphoria, or Reality?

It may have been against the odds, but not only did the market rock and roll last week, it forged its way into new-high territory on Wednesday, and as of Friday's close was still moving deeper into record-breaking highs. Volume, though not exactly brisk, wasn't bad. The move silenced a lot of doubters. And yet, it's cases like this were...

China GDP to Soar and the US 10-Year Yield to Hit 3%? 10 ‘Outrageous’ Predictions for 2017

By Gemma Acton, CNBC Chinese GDP (gross domestic product) growth could balloon to 8 percent next year and prompt a significant spike in domestic stocks, according to one economist's "outrageous predictions" hotlist for 2017. This optimistic view is just one of ten outlandish scenarios posited by Steen Jakobsen at Saxo Bank. Although not a house view by the Danish bank,...
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