For months now, the bond market has been difficult for income investors.
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August 23 - ETF Trading, News
The semiconductor industry has been around since the 1960s and has grown to be a nearly $300 billion global business.
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August 23 - News
When you think about Internet search engines, I suspect that the first company that comes to mind is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).
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August 23 - News
The iShares Dow Jones Transport. Avg.
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August 23 - ETF Trading, News
Long ago, an economist supposedly said, "When the U.S. sneezes, the whole world catches a cold." This statement has been interpreted to mean that a slowdown in the U.S.
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August 23 - ETF Trading, News
Rail stocks typically generate stable profits as companies in the industry often have well-diversified customer bases.
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August 21 - News
Trading often is an exercise in reading the market's tea leaves to try to get a sense of direction.
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August 21 - ETF Trading
During the past few months, an economic slowdown in China has led to a series of economic headwinds for many of the country's key trading partners.
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August 21 - News
Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), a development-stage company that engages in the production and sale of rare earth oxides, has been hit hard in the past year and a half.
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August 20 - News
Last week's pullback in U.S. stocks resulted in notable lower lows on the weekly charts of the major indices.
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August 20 - News
By some measures, stocks just suffered their worst week in 2013. Despite that setback, the S&P 500 is less than 3.2% from its all-time high.
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August 19 - News
In 2008, it was the housing crisis. In 2000, it was Internet stocks. In 1987, it was portfolio insurance.
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August 19 - ETF Trading
Americans love their caffeine. According to the National Coffee Association, about 83% of U.S. adults drink coffee.
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August 19 - News
I don't know. But I will tell you this, even if it has, I'm not worried -- and neither are followers of my Instant Income strategy.
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August 19 - ETF Trading
The American farmer is the backbone of the economy, not just here at home but also around the world.
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August 16 - News
We live in a surveillance society. My first direct exposure to this fact occurred last week.
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August 16 - News
After falling from grace in the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple Inc.
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August 15 - News
In One Up on Wall Street, super investor Peter Lynch detailed a few of the techniques he used to find winning stocks.
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August 14 - News
Shares of offshore drilling company Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) have been trading in a $20 range between $60 and $40 since August 2011. Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) has been a market...
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August 14 - News
Athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) looks like your typical consumer discretionary stock -- a sharp rally off the 2009 lows followed by a breather at some...
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August 14 - News
The battle against cancer is both valiant and frustrating.
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August 14 - News
There's nothing more satisfying than being right, and if you've been a bull on electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) the way I've been, you are likely basking in the...
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August 11 - News
Fast-food burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) is approaching an important technical juncture as it nears its all-time high of $442.40 set in April 2012.
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August 11 - News
Over the past month, all 10 sectors on the S&P have ridden the wave of a rising market higher.
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August 6 - News
Gold's July 22 push above $1,300 signaled a technical price bottom in the distressed metal.
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August 6 - ETF Trading
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) provides property-liability insurance and other types of insurance.
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August 6 - News
There's been a lot of action in the software security space. The biggest news in the sector came on July 23, when networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc.
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July 31 - News
Shares of innovative online and mobile commerce company, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), are looking for a bid.
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July 31 - News
As the housing market showed tentative signs of a recovery in the summer of 2011, many investors assumed that buying shares of homebuilders would lead to considerable profits...
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July 31 - News
This year, however, mega-cap stocks have been behaving more like fast-moving techs, as some of the biggest industrial giants in the world are actually breaking out to new highs...
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July 30 - News
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) ended the week virtually unchanged. Friday's close of $169.11 was only $0.06 below the previous week's close, a difference of 0.04%.
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July 30 - News
I am sure I don't need to say it to any experienced investors, but a word of caution is needed whenever mentioning biotech trading.
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July 30 - News
On July 24, the Commerce Department reported June sales of new U.S. homes surged to a five-year high.
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July 30 - News
The momentous downslide in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has halted with a possible double-bottom at the April $385 and June $388 lows. With Apple Inc.
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July 30 - News
In June, memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) blasted off on another rally despite an already steep ascent off its November 2012 lows.
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July 30 - News
The changes at Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) appear to be paying off. The departure of founder and CEO Andrew Mason in February marked an emotional low point.
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July 30 - News
Traveling and trading are my two favorite activities.
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July 30 - News
Stock picking is both an art and a science. I first started investing in the pre-PC era when information was difficult for the average market player to access.
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July 19 - Stock Analysis
One of the strongest market sectors so far in 2013 has been pharmaceuticals.
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July 17 - News
This weekend marks the two-year anniversary of the IPO for real estate listing firm Zillow Inc (NASDAQ:Z), which came public on July 19, 2011, at a price of $20 a share.
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July 17 - News
But not so fast. From a technical perspective, despite the bounce, the picture for homebuilding stocks -- such as today's trade setup, PulteGroup, Inc.
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July 17 - News
Admittedly, that's incredible performance, but nothing compared to the track record of Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN), one of the largest online travel booking websites.
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July 15 - News
Investors use technical indicators to find a trading edge -- an advantage that allows them to place winning trades more often than losing trades or helps them time their entries...
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July 12 - News
In April, I wrote about the better-than-expected full-year forecast from alternative energy company First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR).
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July 12 - News
Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)'s long-anticipated launch of its new devices meant to compete in the ever-evolving smartphone market is now behind it, and the stock is seeing...
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July 12 - News
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) staged a major rally off the 2009 lows along with the broader market.
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July 12 - News
Russia's Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) is the primary search engine for the Motherland.
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July 11 - News
This volatile stock fell more than 75% from its February high at $40.60 to a low of $9.88 in late June, as coal fell out of favor thanks in part to plentiful natural gas reserves...
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July 10 - News
Warren Buffett's biggest winner is The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), according to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B)'s latest annual report.
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July 9 - Stock Analysis
In his book One Up On Wall Street, Peter Lynch advocated looking for companies in unattractive industries.
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July 9 - News
