Stocks

Is MGM Stock Worth the Gamble Right Now?

MGM

In spite of being beat down a little lately from disappointing earnings, some investors are starting to really like the potential of MGM’s stock now. Is it worth taking a chance on? The MGM brand became famous for its motion pictures, then known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company was bought by casino and airline magnate Kirk […]

Friday Provides a Sign of Relief for Stressed Markets

Stock Market

In spite of an upbeat day on Friday, U.S. stock indices closed the week lower again. The month of May has been turbulent, and concerns about trade only add to this. Different things affect the stock market in different magnitudes, and there are all sorts of events that shape investor behavior and move the price […]

Bulls Stay on Sidelines Monday as Bears Step it Up

Bears vs Bulls

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 […]

Looking Back on the Flash Crash, Nine Years Later

2010 Flash Crash

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 […]

How Increasing Tariffs May Affect the Stock Market

Stock Market

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 […]

Apple Stock Leaps Again After Positive Earnings Report

Apple Stock

Apple shared some news which the market after the close Tuesday, with their announcement of their quarterly results, and the market expressed its approval on Wednesday. On a day where stock markets were decidedly negative, nothing stood in the way of the side party that the markets had for Apple on Wednesday. Apple gapped up […]

Why Price/Earnings Ratios Don’t Tell Us Very Much

Price/Earnings Ratio

Price to earnings is relied upon by a lot of people in deciding a stock’s outlook. The idea is to hope that we’ll get a reversion to the mean. This isn’t how stocks work though. We have a natural tendency to want to oversimplify things, and this certainly extends to how we view the movement […]

Stock Market Bets on Chevron to Win Takeover Bid

Chevron

While there is much speculation on whether Chevron or Occidental will win the bid to take over Anadarko Petroleum, you can’t just necessarily go by the size of the bids. Takeover bids with companies aren’t always decided by the size of a company’s offer, and it just may not be in the case of Chevron […]