Short interest is the number of shares outstanding on the short side. There is a claim that this may be foretelling the end of our long bull market. Does this even make sense? Short interest is an indicator that is sometimes used by traders, and traders look at a lot of indicators, even ones that […]
The more a stock gets beat up, the more the bargain hunters salivate. These mouths have plenty of reason to water with American Airlines, but should this meal be served? Bottom picking stocks can be a challenging task, but if you can get in at the right time, these plays can turn out to be […]
It’s Climate Week, so it’s no surprise that some of the talk has turned to what some people call socially responsible investing. What is socially responsible investing anyway? With all the talk about socially responsible investing, we could stand to examine what this even means and how well what is supposed to be socially responsible […]
If an investor is going to invest in bonds, either for income purposes or as a hedge, he really should have a good understanding of them so that these investments can be made properly. Bonds seem to be such a simple concept, where one loans money to the bond issuer and they agree to make […]
Most of us remember what happened in 2007. Sven Henrich of NorthmanTrader thinks the same thing may happen again. Is there any sort of real evidence for this? There are all sorts of articles and views on the stock market, of various qualities. Some articles make more sense than others, but with even the ones […]
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman recently quipped on Thursday in an interview on CNBC that “they won’t open the stock market if Elizabeth Warren is the next president.” To say that Elizabeth Warren as president would be Wall Street’s worst nightmare may not be an exaggeration at all. This is a scenario that is unthinkable as […]
Some of us have been wondering all along where the value in Uber stock is coming from. Oracle founder Larry Ellison has called it “almost worthless,” and he may be right. As famous and accomplished as Larry Ellison is, with his personal fortune of $70 billion from founding one of the world’s largest software companies, […]
There’s actually an article out there in Barron’s that claims that the Fed did not loosen monetary policy with this latest rate cut. This view actually merits a little more discussion. The financial world is full of commentators who share their take on things. Keeping people abreast of what is going on in the financial […]
Crude oil futures are already known to be pretty volatile, but events over the weekend really set things spinning. Monday brought a huge spike, but we calmed down more Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is already scrambling to recover from the drone attacks on Saturday that caused serious damage to a large oil processing facility and an […]
Target date funds are a fairly new concept where people purchase a fund which is targeted toward when they plan on retiring. Does it make sense to customize this? When you are saving for retirement and don’t want to actively manage your retirement money, which very few investors are up for, turning your money over […]