November retail sales were up 0.2% in the month, slightly above analysts’ projections for a 0.1% gain, but well below the 0.9% gain expected by markets, according to a report released by the Commerce Department Friday. The modest headline gain hides significant underlying strength when a large gasoline station drop is removed. October sales were
Month: December 2018
Ron Paul is warning this year’s corrections could be a precursor to an epic market collapse that may come sooner than investors think. According to the former Republican presidential candidate, Wall Street is becoming more vulnerable to near-depression conditions within the next 12 months. “Once this volatility shows that we’re not going to resume the
A good part of 2019 earnings expectations could depend on a tariff deal between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping. Now that the highly anticipated Jerome Powell speech is out of the way and the G-20 summit is gathering, the market can begin to try to decipher 2019 earnings estimates. The Powell speech
The S&P 500 could be getting ready to test a new range around the lows of the year that it reached in February — a level that is as much as 3 percent below current levels. The S&P 500 closed at 2,599 Friday, below the psychological 2,600 level and the October low of 2,603. The
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are FedEx Corp., Jabil Circuit Inc., and Red Hat Inc. FedEx FDX, -0.17% is projected to post fourth-quarter earnings of $2.36 a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. Analysts at Nomura said they will look
Two days ago, brand new code was released on GitHub that had a Constantinople activation time within it. The post reads that Geth, or ‘Go Ethereum,’ is a special release and a hard fork will take place on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet at block 7,080,000. This new hard fork is expected to take place around
Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart Group, is set to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform in the first half of 2019. The firm announced Wednesday that it has partnered with a local fintech company solarisBank to create an engineering infrastructure for digital assets trading. solarisBank, which operates with a banking license in the country, will
We all know those people who frequently lament their decision to invest in real estate. Constantly blaming the market, or real estate as an industry, they believe the entire process is predicated on luck and timing, an exercise in chance. For people who have lost money investing, it’s easy to sympathize with them-but are their
As the competition heated up in the short-term and corporate rental business, Patrick Flynn knew he needed an edge. His Northeast Suites business, based in Boston, MA, was growing, but so was AirBnB, HomeAway and other national players. So Flynn launched a new brand over the summer – GoLocal Suites. Fully furnished rental suites where
Talk of the crypto-town is Bitcoin’s massive fall from grace. It seemed to be holding steady at around $6,300/$6,400 for most of October, but now it’s holding on for dear life. Mid-November saw the coin drop unprecedentedly. It began crashing and continues to today. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is priced at $4,2oo per
Bitcoin (BTC) remains on the defensive despite a 4-percent recovery from nine-day lows today, but bearish pressure may weaken if prices rise above key resistance near $3,900. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization fell to $3,629 at 05:00 UTC on Bitstamp – its lowest level since Nov. 27. At press time, the price stood
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin These 23 funds are the cheapest of their type for in-and-out trades. Shutterstock What does it cost to own the whole bond market for a brief period? This ranking tells you. The table scores exchange-traded funds for their three-month holding costs, defined to include the effect
How much should you invest outside the U.S.? Photo: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images) One critical question for all stock investors is, what should my international exposure be? Unfortunately, here investors can be their own worst enemy. This issue may end up hurting performance, or increasing risk, or both. On average, U.S. investors hold around 15% of their
On Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI reshuffled their sector lineup. They replaced the stodgy, underperforming telecom services sector with a new, expanded communications services sector that now includes stocks that were previously in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors, such as Alphabet GOOG, -1.86% GOOGL, -2.03% Facebook FB, -0.66% Netflix NFLX, -3.33%
DALLAS — HilltopSecurities has named Piper Jaffray senior executive managing director M. Bradley Winges as president and chief executive, succeeding Hill A. Feinberg, who remains chairman. Winges, 51, has worked 27 years at Piper Jaffray where he headed fixed income securities and municipal sales and trading along with other departments. He is also on the
Wall Street angst over a possible recession may be increasing, but one bull refuses to waver. Federated Investors’ Steve Chiavarone believes there’s nothing on the horizon that suggests the 2018 market corrections will become a massive downturn next year. Rather, he sees stocks hitting fresh record highs — citing labor market trends, inflation levels, the
The markets bottomed Thursday, with the Dow falling 700 points in the morning, right at the November lows. Then, it rallied back 600 points, a very positive bounce off deeply oversold conditions. But the buying interest still seems tentative. A number of factors contributed to the afternoon rally. The Atlanta Fed’s Ralph Bostic said “interest
The Fed may not be able to turn the tide for the stock market in the week ahead, but it could soothe some of the wild volatility that has been crushing stocks since October. The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point, and the pressure is on for Fed Chairman
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are BlackBerry Ltd., Oracle Corp., and Kroger Co. BlackBerry US:BBRY BB, -4.23% is projected to report a loss of 27 cents a share in the first quarter, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. The Canadian smartphone
Do you shop frequently at Sephora? Lululemon? Walmart? If you do, a new in-browser app has emerged and wants to give you Bitcoin (BTC). CoinDesk just reported that the app called Lolli just added Sephora to their list of retailers. Earn Bitcoin (BTC) While Shopping Lolli gives shoppers cash back after they make purchases at their
Timothy Enneking is the founder and the primary principal of Digital Capital Management, LLC (DCM). ——————- Two members of the Rothschild family are credited, perhaps incorrectly, with the (in)famous quote regarding investing: “When there is blood in the street” (James in the mid-19th century and Nathan, after the battle of Waterloo). The family has been
Detail of banknotes from the Bank of Scotland, which in 2016 began issuing new banknotes on polymer starting with the £5 note. (Photocredit: Getty).Getty How many exchanges does the world need? Now with plans being unveiled to launch a Scottish stock exchange, Bourse Scot, next year in an initiative dubbed “Project Heather”, it is a question I
Major corporations such as Apple, which just announced a $1 billion investment into a new Austin campus, are buying into Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott told CNBC Friday. The iPhone maker promises to develop a 133-acre complex to hold 5,000 employees, with room for an additional 10,000 more. It will be situated within a mile of
Bitcoin price is tumbling further today, dashing any hopes of a rally that some felt was certain thanks to current extreme oversold conditions. The world’s largest coin by market cap is currently selling for $3,301.60 USD according to coinmarketcap.com. But earlier today, it fell to $3,200, representing a 15-month low for Bitcoin and not helping bulls’ hopes for a
The pessimistic sentiment around bitcoin prices saw the number of shorts hit a six-week high on Thursday. The BTC/USD short positions on the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex jumped to 37,891 – the highest level since Oct. 15 – and were last seen at 36,996. Notably, shorts have risen by 95 percent in the last three weeks, accompanying
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Just a handful of long-term bond funds are cheap to own for a brief interval. Shutterstock If you want to make a bet on declining interest rates, shares in a fund that owns long-term bonds are a good option. This table ranks exchange-traded long-term bond funds on
IBM Chief Human Resource Officer Diane GhersonDiane Gherson/IBM When it comes to the forefront of the global human resources landscape, Diane Gherson is someone you want to know. As Chief Human Resource Officer at IBM, Diane has helped to revolutionize IBM over the past 13 years. Under her leadership, she has transformed global workforce outcomes
The U.S. stock market is on track to post its worst weekly performance in about seven months, but the sharp losses on Wall Street hasn’t resulted in an investor exodus from stocks. According to FactSet, equity-based exchange-traded funds have seen positive flows over the past week, a period that coincides with some of the worst
In the week ended Dec. 13, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.13% from 4.15% last week. The Bond Buyer’s 20-Bond GO Index of 20-year general obligation yields jumped to 4.18% from 4.12% in the previous week. It
Pessimism among investors shouldn’t deter people from carefully buying shares of high-quality companies that have endured massive declines, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday after a widespread sell-off in the stock market. On Thursday, survey results from the American Association of Individual Investors showed that pessimism among retail investors was at its worst in some 5½
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