The U.S. stock market attempted to break out of its trading range last week, but it was a false breakout. Here's what to watch now. The S&P 500 attempted to break above its 2,100 resistance level last week, but that breakout was thwarted in the past few days when the index sliced back below this level. S&P 500 is back in its trading range between its recent highs and recent lows. This range needs to be broken. Dow is in a ...
It was a sure thing. With the Fed cutting back its massive QE bond-buying program this year bonds would plunge. Instead, they began rallying sharply in January, precisely when the Fed began tapering back QE. It seems that economists expecting bonds to plunge failed to anticipate that foreign demand for U.S. treasury bonds would make up for the slowing of Fed bond buying. More recently, experts expected bonds would surely begin declining this fall in anticipation of the ...
U.S. stock markets are near an all-time high and fear, as measured by the VIX, is extremely low. Institutional investors understand the relationship between investor fear and stock price trends. In fact, investor sentiment plays a significant role in the investment decisions of many professionals. In this article we’ll discuss stock market volatility and the influence it has on the direction of stock prices. The VIX The VIX is an acronym for the Chicago Board ...
The week ahead brings important updates on US second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP), a number of reads on the housing market, and earnings from retailers and advertising giant WPP . But the launch of the new Madden NFL 15 video game from Electronic Arts could grab more headlines than most. Electronic Arts’ share price has jumped in recent days, perhaps on the back of positive publicity for the new game, so Tuesday’s ...
All eyes are on the Fed. When will it begin to raise interest rates? Some say next summer. Others think sooner, in the first quarter of next year. A few Fed governors insist that will be too late, that the Fed needs to act before year-end. Analysts hoped some hints could be gleaned by reading between the lines of Fed Chair Yellen’s speech in Jackson Hole on Friday morning, or perhaps from nuances in her tone of voice. That is how much investors, who despised the Fed ...
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