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Stocks Halt as Rates Jump, Trade Fears Return
Stocks hit a wall last week as bond yields rose and tariffs worries returned.
Bullish News Continues for Housing, Despite Higher Interest Rates. Here Are Key Stocks to Watch
Bullish news continues for the U.S. housing sector, even with interest rates spiking to pre-coronavirus levels. Home prices rose 10.4 percent in December, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller yesterday. It was the biggest in seven years, accelerating from...
Diversifying with ETFs and Beta
Diversification, or spreading risk between different assets, is a key concept in the world of investing. This practice can help manage volatility because not all stocks move the same way when the broader market swings. It also prevents a big drop in a single security...
Tesla Is Lagging as ‘Old Economy’ Stocks Make a Comeback
Tesla is probably the most prominent stock in the last 12-18 months, surging about 2,000 percent from its peak to trough. But now it may be at risk as sentiment pivots from "new economy" stocks to "old economy" stocks. The chart in this study compares TSLA’s relative...
Walmart Hammered as Covid Boom Fades and Commodities Take Off: Earnings This Week
Walmart cratered this week as investors unloaded stay-at-home stocks and shifted toward commodities. Walmart (WMT) might have generated more revenue than expected, and enjoyed better traffic. However it came at a cost to profits, which missed estimates because of...
American Tower: Old Resistance, New Support at Key Line?
American Tower is the largest owner of wireless towers, and the largest member of the real-estate sector. It’s been in a long-term uptrend thanks to the spread of wireless communications, having doubled between early 2017 and early 2019. It hit new all-time highs last...
Economy Shows Signs of a Rebound as Coronavirus Infections Nosedive
Yesterday was a huge day for the U.S. economy, showing potentially significant signs of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Retail sales and producer prices were 4 times higher than expected. Industrial production was almost twice the forecast. Homebuilder...
Technology & Communication
Nasdaq Leads Stocks to New Highs as ‘Goldilocks’ Returns
Stocks rebounded last week, led by the Nasdaq-100, as "Goldilocks" conditions return. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent between Friday, November 12, and Friday, November 19. However the big move came from the Nasdaq-100, which gained 2.5 percent as semiconductors and...