What a week! Even when things finally looked a little dangerous mid-day on Friday, the bulls mustered some gumption to claw their way back to a small gain for the day. Friday's small win on top of the bigger gains logged earlier in the week carried stocks to meaningfully higher highs, and past some technical resistance. It seems flimsy and...
– International stocks unlikely to outperform during this bout of dollar weakness, analyst forecasts – By William Watts, MarketWatch A falling U.S. dollar is getting a lot of attention from stock-market investors, and according to the chart below from Wells Fargo Investment Institute, the focus isn't misplaced. The chart sums up how the stock market and a variety of sectors...
– International stocks unlikely to outperform during this bout of dollar weakness, analyst forecasts – By William Watts, MarketWatch A falling U.S. dollar is getting a lot of attention from stock-market investors, and according to the chart below from Wells Fargo Investment Institute, the focus isn't misplaced. The chart sums up how the stock market and a variety of sectors...
The past five months have been great ones for the broad market, and even better for FANG stocks… save one. That's Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL). It's struggled to stay ahead of the S&P 500 since the mid-March bottom, and as of this week has slipped back under it in terms of performance. It could recover. Given how perpetually weak it's been...
The past five months have been great ones for the broad market, and even better for FANG stocks… save one. That's Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL). It's struggled to stay ahead of the S&P 500 since the mid-March bottom, and as of this week has slipped back under it in terms of performance. It could recover. Given how perpetually weak it's been...
It could have gone either way, but thanks to a last-minute rally from Friday's lows, the market managed to end last week with a gain. The S&P 500 added 1.7% worth of value to itself last week, pushing up and off of a key support level to do so. The NASDAQ fared even better. The Dow did worse. Even within...
It could have gone either way, but thanks to a last-minute rally from Friday's lows, the market managed to end last week with a gain. The S&P 500 added 1.7% worth of value to itself last week, pushing up and off of a key support level to do so. The NASDAQ fared even better. The Dow did worse. Even within...
– Build exposure to international stocks when the dollar loses ground – By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Don't look for gold to hedge a falling dollar. That may be a surprise since gold is often the first asset that investors think of when wanting to hedge against currency devaluation. Gold's reputation has been strongly reinforced since mid-May, as the U.S. Dollar...
– Build exposure to international stocks when the dollar loses ground – By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Don't look for gold to hedge a falling dollar. That may be a surprise since gold is often the first asset that investors think of when wanting to hedge against currency devaluation. Gold's reputation has been strongly reinforced since mid-May, as the U.S. Dollar...
By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Gold isn’t the only hot metal this year. Silver has rallied 15% just this week, adding to a nearly 30% gain for the year. The commodity on Thursday morning hit its highest level since September 2013. In a note Thursday, Citi credited improving inflation measures as one reason behind the move. Bill Baruch, president of Blue...
