The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended last week just above 28,000 with only three components setting all-time intraday highs: Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and United Technologies (UTX). more...
Apple is Nearly Everywhere. With more than $625 billion in market capitalization, Apple is one of the most popular stocks in the world. If you own a mutual fund or ETF that owns the largest companies in the world, chances are good you already have a piece of it. Apple is Still A Tech Company. Whenever there’s a new product — no matter how big the introductory splash — it’s bound to falter. Consumers may not embrace it. The competition ...
The Signal And The Noise Fed, investors have become complacent about inflation.Technical and cyclical forces are pushing consumer prices higher.Late in this bull market, Fed must beware of making a mistake. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's press conference last week came just hours after Consumer Price Index data revealed inflation of 2.1 percent year over year. Nevertheless, she was exceptionally dovish and sanguine on inflation. Yellen contended ...
Article summary: Widening divergences in interest rate forecasts and the reality that volatility cannot continue to tread levels this low for much longer has traders on edge and looking for opportunity. US Dollar Will Settle for Euro As Recovery Driver in Absence of Volatility The most effective means for leveraging a significant rally from the US Dollar is for a shock to resonate through the global financial system. Yet, hoping for volatility is just that – hope. ...
2 Stocks That Have Fallen To Very Attractive Levels An interview with Mike McGarr, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Equity Research Analyst, Becker Capital Management ----------- Mike McGarr: Becker Capital Management was founded in 1976. We are a long-only, value-oriented investor. We currently manage about $3.1 billion of total assets, and our Becker Value Equity Fund currently has about $315 million in assets under management. Our portfolios ...