Q4 Seasonality and 1995 vs 2013 Government Shutdown Last-Day Selloffs, First-Day Rallies The S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) looks to be continuing a trend today by selling off on this last day of the month. The bulls are hoping the trend continues Tues with a day of gains. Since May, the S&P 500 has declined on the last trading day of the month...
Internet Stocks Are Partying Like It's 1999 How much longer can this run last? The stock market has gotten a few bumps and bruises on its ride higher this year, but one area that has had a pretty smooth ride the whole way is the Internet group. It seems like recently every time you look at the ticker, stocks like...
5 Stocks That Can Benefit From Obamacare These stocks may profit from The Affordable Care Act In 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare" into law. The long wait is almost over, and effective January 1, all eligible Americans, including children, will be required to have health insurance. In preparation for that deadline,...
Stocks That Can Avoid Government Shutdown Risk Can you Washington-proof a portfolio? It seems the DC debt debacle is going from bad to worse. What's an investor to do? Not only is the nation facing a government shutdown in less than a week, according to new comments made by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew unless the debt limit is extended...
On Bearish India, China Pollution & North Korea Gold Coins – Jimmy Rogers Jim Rogers: Forget India, try Myanmar or North Korea for next Emerging Market bonanza Bad times are coming for India (EPI) (PIN), says Jim Rogers. So where does the high-profile investor suggest for the next emerging-markets gold rush? "You should get on the next plane you can and head...
Lessons From Sun Tzu's The Art Of War For Your Trading Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War to Trading Sun Tzu's Art of War is a classic piece of work that is widely read and applied to many fields, due to its fundamental nature that is highly adaptable to many areas of our lives. In this post, I extracted parts...
4 Reasons The Fed Delayed Tapering Why did the Fed delay tapering of bond purchases? Despite widespread expectations that the Federal Reserve would begin reducing the stimulus it provides the economy through quantitative easing, the central bank said yesterday that it will maintain its current pace of Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. [BigTrends.com Analyst Editorial: Apart from the reasons discussed below,...
Hot 2013 IPOs & New Highs Show Bull Undertone Strong Year for IPOs With news of the Twitter IPO breaking last week, we took a look at how IPOs in general have done so far in 2013. The Bloomberg IPO Index is made up of all companies with market caps >$50 million that have gone public over the last year....
Time Magazine “Bull” Cover – Contrarian Or Not? Beware of the Time Bull Cartoon? We don’t think so. Over the last 65 years TIME Magazine has featured the picture of a bull on its cover multiple times. According to market lore, this event is generally regarded as negative for the market. However, analyzing the Birinyi Clippings database, we’ve gone back...
