The Nasdaq Composite is just 1.4% shy of its record close By Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch Are Wall Street optimists pyromaniacs? At least one financial blogger thinks the bulls are engaged in a dangerous game that could get them scorched, as U.S. stock markets continue to flirt with all-time highs. Sven Henrich, a financial blogger at Northman Trader, says investors are...
Last week, our Index Options Timer service closed out a nice winning option trade — a credit spread — on the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) ETF. This position not only booked a healthy profit for subscribers, but it also serves at the basis for a nice illustration of how credit spreads work. A walk-through would be time well spent. A...
Last week, our Index Options Timer service closed out a nice winning option trade — a credit spread — on the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) ETF. This position not only booked a healthy profit for subscribers, but it also serves at the basis for a nice illustration of how credit spreads work. A walk-through would be time well spent. A...
By Stephanie Landsman, CNBC Fresh stock market records could be creating a false sense of security in the market. Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg, one of the first Wall Street strategists to turn bullish following the 2008 financial crisis, says investors could be taking on a lot more risk than they think by pouring money into U.S. equities. It comes as...
By Stephanie Landsman, CNBC Fresh stock market records could be creating a false sense of security in the market. Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg, one of the first Wall Street strategists to turn bullish following the 2008 financial crisis, says investors could be taking on a lot more risk than they think by pouring money into U.S. equities. It comes as...
Older and more affluent investors in particular aren't reevaluating themselves By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch The global economy is in an unusually uncertain place right now, an environment marked by low global interest rates, uneven levels of growth in major markets, heightened geopolitical uncertainty and U.S. stock market valuations that seem stretched, by many metrics. However, half of investors haven’t even...
Older and more affluent investors in particular aren't reevaluating themselves By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch The global economy is in an unusually uncertain place right now, an environment marked by low global interest rates, uneven levels of growth in major markets, heightened geopolitical uncertainty and U.S. stock market valuations that seem stretched, by many metrics. However, half of investors haven’t even...
Stocks mustered a couple instances of moderately bullish brilliance last week, but when all was said and done the buyers couldn't sustain the breakout from three weeks ago. The S&P 500 ended the week with a tiny gain , while the NASDAQ Composite booked a decline of just a little less than 1.0%. And yet, in both cases the indices...
Stocks mustered a couple instances of moderately bullish brilliance last week, but when all was said and done the buyers couldn't sustain the breakout from three weeks ago. The S&P 500 ended the week with a tiny gain , while the NASDAQ Composite booked a decline of just a little less than 1.0%. And yet, in both cases the indices...
Opinion: Valuations moved ahead of earnings growth, but not far enough for a big crash, leaving path unclear By Therese Poletti, MarketWatch The recent tech downturn in the stock market have been frightening for some investors, especially those who own the biggest tech giants, but it is needed to readjust expectations that had advanced too far, too fast. The question...
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