Option-Price Forecasting Isn’t as Black and White as it Seems

On Monday, our Options Shark advisory service took on a couple of new trades, including a bearish/put position in Seagate Technology (STX). Though we normally don't discuss live trades that are quite this new — just to be fair to paying members — this is one that's already far enough ahead for our subscribers that they won't care. Besides, the...

Weekly Market Outlook – Friday Wasn’t a Death Blow to the NASDAQ (Yet)

Last week wasn't an award winning week in terms of the size of the gains stocks managed to reap, but anytime the market is pushing its way into record-high territory is pretty good week. Still, it would be naive to think the rally isn't on borrowed time. Aside from being technically overbought and fundamentally overvalued, complacency is at dangerous levels....

Weekly Market Outlook – Friday Wasn’t a Death Blow to the NASDAQ (Yet)

Last week wasn't an award winning week in terms of the size of the gains stocks managed to reap, but anytime the market is pushing its way into record-high territory is pretty good week. Still, it would be naive to think the rally isn't on borrowed time. Aside from being technically overbought and fundamentally overvalued, complacency is at dangerous levels....

A “Risk On” Mindset Just Crept Back Into the Market

Don't look now, but risk appetites just improved. That is to say, investors are leaning more towards aggressive sectors again, and less towards the more conservative, defensive arenas, reversing a trend that started to develop a couple of weeks ago. The premise is simple enough… the sectors investors choose to buy or sell can often serve as a barometer of...

A “Risk On” Mindset Just Crept Back Into the Market

Don't look now, but risk appetites just improved. That is to say, investors are leaning more towards aggressive sectors again, and less towards the more conservative, defensive arenas, reversing a trend that started to develop a couple of weeks ago. The premise is simple enough… the sectors investors choose to buy or sell can often serve as a barometer of...

This incredible shrinking stock market is bad news for this type of investor

There are fewer than half as many listed companies today as in late 1990s By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch The stock pickers among you have fewer than half as many stocks to choose from as you did 20 years ago. No wonder it’s getting harder to construct a portfolio that does better than a broad-market index fund. As you can see...

This incredible shrinking stock market is bad news for this type of investor

There are fewer than half as many listed companies today as in late 1990s By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch The stock pickers among you have fewer than half as many stocks to choose from as you did 20 years ago. No wonder it’s getting harder to construct a portfolio that does better than a broad-market index fund. As you can see...

Oil market averts major breakdown, bounces aggressively off one-month low

U.S. crude oil prices fall, pushing the commodity closer to technical levels that could trigger a sharp downturn. WTI for July delivery dropped about 1 percent to a session low of $45.20 a barrel before regaining some lost ground. By Tom DiChristopher and Fred Imbert, CNBC U.S. crude oil prices recovered in mid-morning trading on Thursday, after falling to levels...

Oil market averts major breakdown, bounces aggressively off one-month low

U.S. crude oil prices fall, pushing the commodity closer to technical levels that could trigger a sharp downturn. WTI for July delivery dropped about 1 percent to a session low of $45.20 a barrel before regaining some lost ground. By Tom DiChristopher and Fred Imbert, CNBC U.S. crude oil prices recovered in mid-morning trading on Thursday, after falling to levels...
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