After enduring intense volatility in January and seeing the worst start to a year, we have entered February with hopes of a ricocheting market. But the dour mood was maintained as Wall Street skid sha...
Keynes and others may have referred to gold as a barbarous relic, but many investors continue to track it. In early January, we warned that gold appeared to be breaking out of a short-term bottomi...
The increase in market volatility has been a major focus of the popular financial press during the opening weeks of 2016. Let’s examine the historical context for market volatility over the past...
Week 4 of 2016 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) declined according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. Intermodal traffic improved year-over-...
Shares of GoPro (GPRO) chip supplier Ambarella (AMBA) jumped Thursday despite the action camera maker’s underwhelming quarterly report, with several analysts taking bullish stances on Ambarella ...
The drumbeat of bad (and sometimes just plain weird) news has risen lately — but today’s batch stands out. Here’s a small sampling: US jobless claims were higher than expected, and continue the...
January has come and gone this year and the investors have been left behind in a sea of red. For believers in January Effect, this can be foreboding. They say that the month of January is a barometer...
There is no better sight to a hungry trader than blood in the water. “Buy them when they’re cryin” is an excellent investment strategy that always seems to work. There are rivers of tears being ...
Maybe you’re not the type that makes New Year’s resolutions, but we can all agree that you don’t necessarily need a resolution to push you toward better financial practices. 2016 is a great time...