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The Federal Reserve is holding its two-day meeting on September 17-18. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Fed is expected to announce a quarter-point interest rate cut (25 basis points). In advance of the decision, the markets are implying a 1.81% funds rate following the September meeting. Thi... Read the Full Story |
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This is the first part of a three-part series about the basics of the options market. In this article, we’ll go over the basics of how options work, the parties involved, and some real-life examples.
An option is a contract between two parties that gives the holder the right, not the obliga... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | A contrarian investor goes against current market trends. He buys out of favor assets that are being slammed on CNBC every day. He shorts the market’s favorite growth stocks. He’s the cooky investor who has a portfolio that is long GameStop and short Square.
Their philosophy can be enca... Read the Full Story |
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One of the dangers of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China is the opportunity cost that investors are paying by pulling money out of the market. Many institutional investors are decreasing their exposure to equities. Once Wall Street starts to pull their money out of the marke... Read the Full Story |
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Competing surveys present a conflicting picture for food stocks. In 2017, the USDA reported that, for the first time, Americans were spending more money eating at restaurants than they were eating at home. Yet the restaurant industry is still no sure thing. In 2018, the Census Bureau reported that... Read the Full Story |
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October 29, 1929. October 19, 1987. These are dates that live in infamy in the minds of investors. In two days in 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) dropped 25%, or $30 billion. In 1987, the Dow dropped 22.6% in a single day, the worst one-day loss in the history of the exchange.
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Apple is scheduled to announce the launch of new products. The headliner, as is usually the case, will be a new line of the company’s signature iPhone. The company is widely expected to release three new iPhones – the successors to the iPhone XS, XS Max and iPhone XR. Perhaps the only ... Read the Full Story |
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Every investor looks for some objective performance standard to measure the success of their investments. A stock market index is one of the most common standards. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the oldest and arguably the most well-known stock market index. However, “the Dow&rdq... Read the Full Story |
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By now you know that on August 14, the United States bond market saw the yield on 2-year Treasury notes climb above the yield on 10-year Treasury notes. The “2-10 spread” is a significant marker for analysts. An inversion in this spread has occurred in advance of the last nine recessio... Read the Full Story |
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On a recent weekend trip, I was made aware that the future was closer to reality than I thought. While walking through the city, I did a double-take when my son said, “Dad, why does my phone say 5G?”
I took out my phone and there it was in the upper left-hand corner of my screen. Ins... Read the Full Story |
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