In case you missed it, last week the Fed fired a warning shot across the bow of investors who’ve won the bet, so far, the stock market would enjoy a V-shaped recovery and the economy would follow suit. No, the Fed didn’t upset the applecart on Wednesday. The market tested itself on Wednesday when fear[…]
If you’ve been searching for yield in the bond market you know there’s not much out there to be had. Good thing there’s another market where you can find good yielding investments. I’m talking about the stock market. Hundreds of listed companies pay dividends to their stockholders. It’s not hard to find lots of big[…]
Like I always say, “It’s all good; until it isn’t.” And right now, it’s all good for the stock market. But the “wall of worry” the market’s climbed might be starting to crumble on top of it. That means the rally, every point, percentage, and dollar tacked on since March 23, 2020 could be in[…]
The stock market is now up on a high wire, balancing where it’s come from against new winds buffeting it from underneath and above. Here’s what’s front and center and what could push the market either way. While two weeks ago was scary, especially watching stocks slide on Thursday June 11, 2020, and the majors[…]
Dear Reader, Everyone knows the Fed’s manipulated interest rates down so low for so long there are no decent yielding investments in the fixed income market unless you’re willing to pay up for junk bonds. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t great yielding investments readily available in other markets. I’m talking about the stock market.[…]
As Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” I’m talking about the parallels between the day trading craze in the 1990s that helped fuel the 2000 “tech wreck,” and today’s retail investors driving stocks higher in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The question now is, what will happen to the[…]
Just when the markets looked so promising to so many people, reality bites. Yes, I’m talking about the frightening second wave of coronavirus infection spikes hitting U.S. states that recently “reopened”, hitting several countries especially hard, and as of this weekend, hitting Beijing, China, causing lockdowns in the country’s capitol. That’s freaking out investors. But,[…]
The stock market’s bounce off its March 23, 2020 lows turned into a rally, then into a bull market. At least that’s what everyone saw happening until yesterday, when the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.27%, the S&P 500 fell 5.89%, The Dow Jones Industrials fell 6.9%, and the Russell 2000 fell a whopping 7.63%. Is the[…]
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft all rallied in pre-market trading, some even closing in on new highs. There’s no reason we can’t go higher… a lot higher. Shah weighs in. The post Tech Names Rally in Pre-Market appeared first on Total Wealth. Powered by WPeMatico
If you’re thinking when you retire you can live off some kind of fixed income portfolio, forget about it. That’s a myth now. Sure, there was a time when you could, but that’s gone the way of the dodo bird and free markets. With the Federal Reserve manipulating interest rates “lower for longer” for decades[…]