Retail sales are seen generally as a good measure of economic prosperity at home. When we see a report that is the worst since 2009, that does concern some people. Stock markets have been cruising along rather nicely over the past few days, buoyed by a more optimistic outlook on the prospects of the trade […]
Cisco has been telling us for a while that they aren’t worried about the current business challenges they face. Their current business results back up this resilient outlook. Given the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges that are supposed to be facing technology companies these days, particularly the shrinking demand that has shown itself in the technology […]
A terrible December had people particularly looking toward technology stocks and the Nasdaq as indicating troubled times. We’ve now fully recaptured those losses. Throughout the market recovery from a bad finish in 2018, seeing things dip by around 20% at its worst and then put in a move upward at Christmas time, we have been […]
With the deadline approaching, we will find out soon what the outcome of this latest round of trade talks will be, and some wonder what will happen in the markets as well. Many people are excited at the prospects of a trade agreement between China and the United States, which may very well be at […]
Cannabis stocks have had a pretty rough ride over the past few months, at a time where expectations were much higher. Two key earnings announcements are set to tell us more. Legal cannabis and legal cannabis producers are seen by a lot of investors as a pretty hot sector, at least in terms of potential. […]
We wouldn’t normally think that a previous generation would be worse off financially than a preceding one, but at least in some important ways, Gen Xers are worse off. We usually assume that millennials, generally considered to be the generation born between 1980 and the first few years of the new millennia, struggle more than […]
Cisco is not only an industry leader in network hardware, its performance is used as a benchmark for the industry. They announce their earnings on Wednesday. Network hardware company Cisco Systems is seen as a bellwether in the technology sector, although the scope of how this tech company is doing extends even further. There has […]
After a string of successful weeks, this week saw U.S. stock indexes finish right around where they started. The second half of Friday did show us something good though. U.S. stock markets struggled Friday after concerns of a further economic slowdown chilled markets in Asia and Europe earlier in the day. This was fueled by […]
Dollar cost averaging is a very common strategy among individual investors. It doesn’t really involve doing anything, but doing nothing is always better than doing something wrong. Nick Magiulli, an analyst with Ritholtz Wealth Management, is obviously a big fan of the strategy of dollar cost averaging. He goes as far as to claim that […]
Hedge fund manager Shawn Matthews holds a cautious stance right now, fears that won’t be overcome by a successful U.S./China trade deal, this will in fact worsen them for him. There has been much talk of late about how at least an improvement in the trade battle between the United States and China that lingers […]