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By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 201805:05 AM Eastern
Stocks started the Wednesday session with an upbeat tone, but keeled over after the Federal Reserve announcement — U.S. interest rates would rise at a faster pace in coming months due to the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 13, 201803:22 PM Eastern
Stocks started today’s session with an upbeat tone, but keeled over after the Federal Reserve surprised market participants. It just announced that interest rates would rise at a faster pace than...
By Jon D. Markman On June 13, 201806:23 AM Eastern
Stocks swam against the tide on Tuesday, before finally wriggling gently higher near the close — an expression of ennui following the flaccid Trump-Kim summit in Singapore.
The U.S. and DPRK...
By Jon D. Markman On June 12, 201802:01 PM Eastern
Equity markets were chill Tuesday following the U.S.-North Korea summit and ahead of decisions on monetary policy later this week by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.
Through...
By Sean Brodrick On June 12, 201812:54 PM Eastern
Boy. I leave town for a couple weeks, and all heck breaks loose.
I don’t mean in your portfolio. I mean on the world stage. We seem to be inching closer to a trade hullaballoo with Europe and...
By Jon D. Markman On June 12, 201804:59 AM Eastern
Stocks took a while to achieve ignition on Monday. But they finally got rolling mid-morning, and held firm until softening slightly in the last 15 minutes of play.
The Dow Jones Industrials were...
By Jon D. Markman On June 11, 201803:03 PM Eastern
Stocks took a while to achieve ignition Monday. But they finally got rolling mid-morning and were comfortably ahead going into the last 90 minutes of play.
Leaders are shares of healthcare and...
By Jon D. Markman On June 11, 201805:06 AM Eastern
Before embarking on our Monday issue, here is a summary of our Markman’s Strategic Options trading action in June so far.
June 1: Sold half position in Microsoft July $100 calls for a 51.8%...
By Jon D. Markman On June 8, 201802:05 PM Eastern
Stocks lumbered higher in sluggish trade Friday as gains in consumer-facing companies helped offset mild setbacks in the oil patch.
The major indexes spent most of the morning in the red, but...
By Mike Larson On June 8, 201812:00 PM Eastern
The June Issue of Safe Money Report is now available for immediate download.
Inside …
Page 1 — Incredible Tension Builds as Markets Coil Up for Next Massive Move; Here’s How to Ride It Out!
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