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...

The U.S. Dollar Just Went From Bad to Worse

The depth of the dollar's demise continues to expand, with the U.S. dollar index falling another 0.2% today — a lot, by currency standards — hitting a new multi-month low in the process. Perhaps worse, the last bastion of support that could have turned things around for the greenback was just obliterated. If the story rings a bell, it may...

The U.S. Dollar Just Went From Bad to Worse

The depth of the dollar's demise continues to expand, with the U.S. dollar index falling another 0.2% today — a lot, by currency standards — hitting a new multi-month low in the process. Perhaps worse, the last bastion of support that could have turned things around for the greenback was just obliterated. If the story rings a bell, it may...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Are On a Mission… or Were Anyway

The bulls buy on good news, and the bulls buy on bad news. The bulls even buy on no news. Maybe we should take the hint. On the flipside, we know we should expect things when we least expect them, and if we're being brutally honest, we know there's no real fundamental justification for the market moving to the record-high...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Are On a Mission… or Were Anyway

The bulls buy on good news, and the bulls buy on bad news. The bulls even buy on no news. Maybe we should take the hint. On the flipside, we know we should expect things when we least expect them, and if we're being brutally honest, we know there's no real fundamental justification for the market moving to the record-high...
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