Oil Soars And US Equities Drop As Geopolitical Tensions Reach Breaking Point
The price of oil spiked to its highest level in over three years on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump threatene... Read more
FA Center: Use This Trick To Win Any Argument About Stock Investing
Market performance depends on your time frame, writes Mark Hulbert. Read more
The Conversation: The Surprising Reason Stock-market Investors On Higher Floors Take More Risks
Scientists are just starting to understand how buildings that surround us can have a powerful impact on our decisions. ... Read more
Jeff Reeves's Strength In Numbers: 7 Reasons To Stop Worrying And Instead Stick With Stocks
Look at strong earnings, a strong IPO market, a lack of alternatives and more, writes Jeff Reeves. Read more
Goldman Sachs Reaps $90 Million Payout On Venezuela Bonds
The asset management arm of Goldman Sachs received tens of millions of dollars from the Venezuelan government even as ot... Read more
Bond Report: Treasurys Rise, Sending Yields Lower, As Geopolitical Tensions Build
Treasury prices rose and yields pulled back on Wednesday as rising political tensions drew bids ahead of the latest upda... Read more
Asia Markets: Asian Markets Mixed, As Trade-war Worries Dont Appear Over Yet
The global stock rally continued in Asia on Wednesday, with many markets starting with modest gains after strength overn... Read more
Metals Stocks: Gold Advances Sharply As Syrian Tension Sparks Flight To Safety
Gold futures prices extended their rally Wednesday, buoyed by geopolitical tensions focused on Syria and elsewhere that ... Read more
Currencies: Dollar Lower, Haven Currencies In Favor As Global Stocks Struggle
Lingering trade-war back-and-forth, ripples of geopolitical instability and a White House under scrutiny injected cautio... Read more
Metals Stocks: Gold Steady As Chinas Pledge On Foreign Access, Car Tariffs Lifts Riskier Assets
Gold investors dithered Tuesday, sending futures prices lower then higher in a slender intraday range, as global investo... Read more
Market Snapshot: Stock Market Set To Rally As Chinas Xi Soothes Trade Fears
U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Tuesday, comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested... Read more
Need To Know: Curbing Our Enthusiasm — Big Bank Takes A Knife To Its S&P 500 Target
Today isn’t looking that stormy for markets, as traders worldwide seem to like the Chinese president’s big speech. B... Read more
Mark Hulbert: These Two Trading Patterns Could Trigger The Long-awaited Stock Market Melt-up
Significant divergences and extreme investor pessimism are bullish, writes Mark Hulbert. Read more
Outside The Box: Times Up For Tech-bros To Get In Line With The #MeToo Movement
Workplace equality and safety is a CEO’s responsibility, writes Patric Palm. Read more
Key Words: If Active Mutual-fund Managers Are Ship Captains, Their Index Rivals Are NASA
“Index-fund managers are the underappreciated rock stars of finance,” observes indexing expert Dave Nadig. Read more