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By Jon D. Markman On December 11, 201806:28 AM Eastern
Stocks started Monday morning with crippling losses, then suddenly turned around midday and shot all the way back to unchanged before limping into the close.
This kind of fake rebound occurred...
By Jon D. Markman On December 10, 201803:40 PM Eastern
Stocks started the morning with big losses, then traded all the way back to the unchanged line and beyond before seeping lower again with an hour to go.
Shares of technology companies were among...
By Sean Brodrick On December 10, 201811:00 AM Eastern
The bid price for your Morgan Stanley (MS) puts is up more than 110% from our tracked entry. This is a good place to grab gains on HALF your position. So let’s do that now …
Here’s what to...
By Jon D. Markman On December 10, 201806:28 AM Eastern
Stocks ended the past week on a sour note as investors reacted with a scowl to a slowdown in hiring, a tick higher in interest rates, and rising global trade tensions — not to mention fresh...
By Jon D. Markman On December 7, 201803:00 PM Eastern
Stocks are poised to end the week on a sour note as investors reacted with a scowl to a slowdown in hiring described in the latest nonfarm payrolls report, which was issued this morning.
Through...
By Jon D. Markman On December 7, 201806:28 AM Eastern
Stocks plunged through midday again on Thursday, but after toe-tapping last week’s low and the late October low, the broad market indexes pulled a massive U-turn and landed back near where they...
By Juan M. Villaverde On December 6, 201804:50 PM Eastern
When we gave Bitcoin a “don’t buy” rating in January, Bitcoin lovers were outraged. Now, they see we were right.
But Bitcoin crashes are nothing new: After the King of Cryptos began trading 10...
By Jon D. Markman On December 6, 201803:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are falling sharply Thursday as the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive and a fresh decline in oil prices exacerbated the concerns about global growth that have rattled markets in recent...
By Sean Brodrick On December 6, 201811:30 AM Eastern
Your Morgan Stanley puts are up 75%, and all four of your gold positions are climbing today. In today’s stock market, the motto seems to be, “The beatings will continue until morale improves.”
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By Jon D. Markman On December 5, 201806:28 AM Eastern
Stocks plunged on Tuesday as investors grew skeptical of a trade “truce” with China announced by President Trump in Buenos Aires over the weekend, but not endorsed by his Beijing counterpart.
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