By all superficial accounts, carmaker Ford Motor (F) should be celebrating. Last year was a record-breaking year for auto sales, domestic and abroad, and the iconic company maintained its market share relative to 2015's levels… an impressive feat in light of the fact that rival General Motors (GM) seems to be – no pun intended – firing on all cylinders....
Bets against stocks were revealed briefly on AFM’s website, ‘human error’ blamed for publication of positions back to 2012 By Ellen Proper and Colin McClelland, Bloomberg Some of hedge fund billionaire George Soros’s short positions dating back to 2012 were published on the Dutch financial market regulator’s website this week due to “human error,” according to the regulator AFM. The...
By Alex Rosenberg, CNBC As the Dow has marched to 20,000, investors appear to have become more and more excited about the mega-cap index. Some $4 billion have flowed into the SPDR ETF tracking the Dow Jones industrial average (DIA) since November. On a percentage basis, that dwarfs what has been added to the much larger SPDR ETF tracking the...
The VIX has a negative correlation to stock market returns By Sue Chang, MarketWatch The CBOE Market Volatility Index, a measure of fear in the market, is trading at an extremely subdued level that is more symptomatic of a carefree market. But the mood on Wall Street is anything but, suggesting that the volatility index’s foray below 20 may be...
The VIX has a negative correlation to stock market returns By Sue Chang, MarketWatch The CBOE Market Volatility Index, a measure of fear in the market, is trading at an extremely subdued level that is more symptomatic of a carefree market. But the mood on Wall Street is anything but, suggesting that the volatility index’s foray below 20 may be...
Acampora thinks Wall Street is a believer in Trump pro-business promises By Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch Prominent market technician Ralph Acampora thinks the stock market has more room to run over the near term, despite a trend that has seen the Dow steadily walk back from the psychologically significant level of 20,000. Acampora told MarketWatch on Monday that the Dow Jones...
Acampora thinks Wall Street is a believer in Trump pro-business promises By Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch Prominent market technician Ralph Acampora thinks the stock market has more room to run over the near term, despite a trend that has seen the Dow steadily walk back from the psychologically significant level of 20,000. Acampora told MarketWatch on Monday that the Dow Jones...
By Leslie Shaffer, CNBC The dollar dropped in Asia trade on Monday after newly sworn-in President Donald Trump announced plans to implement a protectionist agenda. On Sunday, Trump said he planned to re-start negotiations with Mexico and Canada over NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect in the early 1990s. Additionally, Trump said he would...
More of the same from the market last week, which is neither a good thing or a bad thing. Stocks have been stuck in a narrow sideways trading range since mid-December, and that's yet to change. Indeed, if anything the range has become slightly tighter. The good news is, the indices are reaching a point where there's not a lot...
More of the same from the market last week, which is neither a good thing or a bad thing. Stocks have been stuck in a narrow sideways trading range since mid-December, and that's yet to change. Indeed, if anything the range has become slightly tighter. The good news is, the indices are reaching a point where there's not a lot...
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