Bitcoin has left stocks, bonds, and gold in the dust in the first half of 2017. more...
Bonds. These are generally regarded as among the safest income investments, as they are essentially a loan made with the promise of more being repaid than what is loaned. Dividend Stocks. These are stocks that pay out a portion of their earnings or cash flow to their investors on a recurring basis. Covered Calls. Individuals who own a stock can sell a call option -- the right, but not the obligation, to buy the stock they ...
If you have been paying close attention to the stock market, market internals/breadth, and bonds for the past three months, you’ve likely come to the same conclusion. The US stock market is showing signs of severe weakness with the market breadth and leading indicators pointing to a sharp correction for stock prices. With fewer stocks trading above their 50 and 200 day moving averages each week, while the broad market S&P 500 index continues to rising, this bearish divergence ...
Deja Vu In The European Bond Market Judging by the renewed optimism in the European sovereign debt market, one could be forgiven for thinking that the worst of the European economic crisis was behind us. After all, European sovereign bond yields have now declined toward levels last seen immediately before the onset of the European sovereign crisis some five years ago. However, it would be a grave mistake for European policymakers to allow currently buoyant market sentiment to ...
German Bonds Gain Pushes 10-Year Yields to 13-Month Low on Iraq Germany’s 10-year government bonds advanced for a third day, pushing the yield to the lowest in 13 months, as escalating violence from the Middle East to Ukraine fueled demand for the securities as a haven. German bunds rose even as a report showed consumer confidence in Europe’s largest economy will climb in July to the highest since 2006. Bunds outperformed their Italian counterparts as Italy began ...
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