Investing

Leon Cooperman Shudders at Prospects of Warren as President

Leon Cooperman

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman recently quipped on Thursday in an interview on CNBC that “they won’t open the stock market if Elizabeth Warren is the next president.” To say that Elizabeth Warren as president would be Wall Street’s worst nightmare may not be an exaggeration at all. This is a scenario that is unthinkable as […]

The Fed Did Indeed Loosen Monetary Policy Wednesday

Fed

There’s actually an article out there in Barron’s that claims that the Fed did not loosen monetary policy with this latest rate cut. This view actually merits a little more discussion. The financial world is full of commentators who share their take on things. Keeping people abreast of what is going on in the financial […]

Oil Futures Settle in After Monday’s Over-Reaction

Oil

Crude oil futures are already known to be pretty volatile, but events over the weekend really set things spinning. Monday brought a huge spike, but we calmed down more Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is already scrambling to recover from the drone attacks on Saturday that caused serious damage to a large oil processing facility and an […]

Investors Now Customizing their Target Date Funds

Target Date Funds

Target date funds are a fairly new concept where people purchase a fund which is targeted toward when they plan on retiring. Does it make sense to customize this? When you are saving for retirement and don’t want to actively manage your retirement money, which very few investors are up for, turning your money over […]

Underperforming Stocks Beat Overperformers Last Week

Stocks

The fact that “value” stocks on the whole outperformed “growth” stocks last week shouldn’t really raise any eyebrows, but this sure did. Was this really that interesting? The biggest story last week in the stock market was how “value” stocks outperformed “growth” stocks on the whole. It actually only took a couple of days for […]

Bonds Nosedive and Suffer Worst Week Since 2016

Bonds

It’s not that we didn’t see this coming, but the buying frenzy that sent prices of U.S. treasuries to historic levels had to come to an end sooner or later. Sooner is here. While fundamentals do play a lot bigger role in the bond market than they do with the stock market, momentum still plays […]

Are Bank of America $29 Calls Such a Bargain Now?

Bank of America

You don’t see all that many articles on options plays in the popular financial media, but Barron’s columnist Steven Sears is known to provide a few, and has another for us now. Not a lot of people invest in options, and with good reason. They just don’t know their way around options and may not […]