Markets
Strong Alcoa (AA) Earnings Spur Market Bounce-back
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) kicked off earnings season with a bang late yesterday, spurring a stock-market rally early today to help erase five straight days of losses.
Read moreInstagram Deal Gives Facebook IPO More Momentum
A $1 billion deal to buy photo-sharing app Instagram has given the Facebook IPO more momentum a month before the company goes public.
Read moreBears Looking to Build Up Momentum
The pause from SPX last week was just the market working off overbought conditions, but that pause will… Read more
Financials Lead Broad Retreat in the Markets
U.S. stocks are tumbling today after last Friday’s worse-than-expected jobs report. And financials are at the forefront of the retreat.
Read moreBears Need to Build Momentum Soon
The market was crushed yesterday. Everything fell and volume was high. Commodities took the worst of the bears' fury.
Read moreThree Charts to Get You Thinking about a Housing Recovery
The 20% spike in the S&P 500 doesn’t mean there are no good values to be found in… Read more
March Retail Sales Winners and Losers
Winners and losers from a month in which U.S. retail sales results were mixed.
Read moreWhat’s Next as the First Quarter Comes To An End?
The reasons behind my bearish stance are documented: downtrend in volume snapped and low CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) readings that suggest investor complacency.
Read moreBurger King Going Public
Eighteen months after being bought out by private investment firm 3G Capital, Burger King Worldwide Holdings has decided to go public again.
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