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By Jon D. Markman On May 30, 201804:50 AM Eastern
Fear of contagion is in the air again; stocks were hit hard on Tuesday amid worries that the latest eurozone debt crisis will undermine global growth, and burn a hole in confidence.
Kind of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 201803:25 PM Eastern
The Dow Jones Industrial Average swooned as much as 500 points today as bulls freaked out about political turmoil in Italy and how it might undermine the eurozone economy and kick global growth in...
By Sean Brodrick On May 29, 201810:17 AM Eastern
Traders are fretting today because Italian bond yields are soaring. That’s due to the fact that Italy couldn’t form a competent government even if the only requirements were excellent food and...
By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 201804:58 AM Eastern
Stocks closed mostly lower on Friday ahead of the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% to close the week with a modest 0.3% gain. The Nasdaq gained 0.1% to extend a weekly rise...
By Jon D. Markman On May 25, 201803:36 PM Eastern
Stocks ran into a wall on Friday in synch with a serious skid in crude oil prices and a renewal of political risks from North Korea and economic risks in Italy.
Shares have struggled for...
By Sean Brodrick On May 25, 201812:00 PM Eastern
Issue #6 of Wealth Supercycle is now available for immediate download.
Inside …
Page 1 — Get Ready for Tsunami 2020
Page 5 — A Great Way to Play the Oil Bull
Page 6 — Portfolio Update
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By Jon D. Markman On May 25, 201805:02 AM Eastern
Stocks showed that they actually kind of cared about North Korea on Thursday, which is adorable. They swooned at the open before crawling back toward the unchanged line by the close.
The idea...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201803:24 PM Eastern
Stocks swooned at the open this morning, taking the major indexes down by as much as 1%, following the cancellation of the North Korea-U.S. summit — an event that caused investors to reassess...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201804:55 AM Eastern
Stocks were on low simmer in the red zone most of the Wednesday session. Then around 2 p.m., a wave of buying suddenly emerged, and pushed most of the major indexes into the black.
The market is...
By Jon D. Markman On May 23, 201803:16 PM Eastern
Stocks are on low simmer this afternoon for the second day in a row following sizeable overnight declines in Asia and Europe, after new data suggested growth in the eurozone is slowing down. Also,...