“The e-commerce industry is a force that no investor can afford to ignore” — Cushla Sherlock,Credit-Suisse We couldn’t agree more — e-Commerce is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Per market…
The crowd’s expecting a rate hike when the Federal Reserve publishes its policy statement today at 2:00 pm eastern. Fed fund futures and the 2-year Treasury yield, for example, are telling us that today’s the day when the central bank begins raising its target rate for the first time in nine years. Indeed, Fed funds futures are…
By Marie Cabural The stock price of GoPro (GPRO) is expected to double next year despite concerns regarding the increasing competition in the action-camera industry. In an interview on CNBC’s Trading Nation, Andrew Keen, the founder of AlphaShark Trading said, “I think GoPro could double in the next year. Any good news would be positive for…
The much awaited Fed meeting is here. A 25 bp increase in the Fed funds range to 50-75 bp is widely expected. The near certainty of this contrasts to the high uncertainty of the immediate impact stocks, bonds, and the dollar. There are five components of the Fed’s decision that will command attention. First, is the rate move itself. This is the…
So the day has arrived where investors around the world will learn if the US Federal Reserve is to lift interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. While the probability that a hike will take place is high, it is by no means a certainty with the continued slump in oil prices,…
Asian stocks ticked up on Wednesday taking its cue from a jump on Wall Street; the dollar held on to its gains on the back of an uptake in Treasury yields. Major indexes in Australia and Japan all tacked on more than 2 percent, while South Korea finished nearly 1.9 percent higher. MSCI’s broadest index…
Audio Length: 00:19:31 Welcome to Episode #10 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast. Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life. In this episode, Tracey is joined by Eric Dutram, Zacks ETF…
Technology may be the sole shining star in the otherwise depressed 2015, but tech giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) is probably not. So far this year (as of December 14, 2015), AAPL is up just 1.9%. In short, Apple shares are seeing the worst year since recession. Though the company beat earnings and revenue estimates in fourth-quarter fiscal…
The argument that the Fed should do nothing for it will be harder to correct a rate rise than to do nothing because there is no bubble anywhere, demonstrates that we have the most serious BUBBLE in history. Retail participation in markets is still off by 50% from 2007 highs. People have invested in fixed income and…
Shuffling uncomfortably with paint brushes in hand in the tight monetary corner into which they have painted themselves, our monetary suzerains are about to demonstrate the folly of their seven-year stint of “extraordinary” policy accommodation. Even as ZIRP and QE have failed to rejuvenate the main street economy, they did trigger a far-reaching scramble for yield that has now left the casino…
