Nordstrom stock has been on a real tear over the last 7 months, but not the kind of tear that investors like to see. It has been beaten down so much that it looks like a real bargain to some. Retailer Nordstrom started out the post-recession bull market in real style, where it went from […]
Newly launched Pinterest stock has done pretty well in its first month on the market. Their first earnings report as a public stock has wiped out almost all of these gains. The thought of investing in an IPO often conjures up dreams of getting in on the cheap on some stocks that go up a […]
We’re still waiting for the bear market that many have been predicting for a while to hit us. All-time highs aren’t it, but when this does finally come, we need to ask what we will do. All three major U.S. stock market indexes hit all-time highs last week. While there is plenty of fear out […]
After several instances of the bears knocking down stock markets for a couple of percent followed by the bulls spurring a recovery, on Monday, it was an all bear show. After Donald Trump vowed to increase the tariffs on Chinese imports from 10% to 25% a week ago Sunday, everyone knew that the Chinese would […]
Investor Jeremy Grantham is credited with predicting both the 2008 and 2000 market crashes, and he’s predicting some pretty lean times again, this time for 20 years. For those who experienced the big falls that the stock market saw in 2000 and 2008, they might not be all that impressed by someone who has called […]
Morningstar just hosted a conference entitled “Are Index Funds Eating the World”? Some people are worried that index funds may be making everything more expensive. We all know that index funds are growing at a very fast rate, and are now on the brink of overtaking actively managed funds in terms of the percentage of […]
It’s the ninth anniversary of the infamous Flash Crash of May 6, 2010, and while this has been mostly forgotten these days, there are still lessons that we may learn from it. Of all the events that have affected stock markets, there are perhaps none more interesting than the event known as the Flash Crash […]
Many people are concerned with how economic growth has evolved of late, with both GDP growth and inflation averaging around 2%, which some mistakenly think is too low. 2018 was a banner year of sorts as far as economic growth is concerned, with the 2.9% that we added being the highest rate since 2005, as […]
President Trump escalating the trade war with China has weighed pretty heavily upon U.S. stock markets during the first two days of this week. How big of a deal is this? Donald Trump’s engagement in the ongoing trade war with China took an abrupt turn for the worse on Sunday, with the president tweeting that […]
Uber’s IPO is finally scheduled to roll out this week amidst much fanfare, and is said to be the most anticipated IPO since Facebook in 2012. In terms of concern, it might be #1 of all time. Uber has been in the taxi business for 10 years now, even though they are careful to try […]