At the end of September, investment commentator Mark Hulbert discussed the idea of the short-interest ratio affecting the general direction of the markets. While some believe that a rising short-interest ratio is a bullish sign for stocks, others such as University of Utah finance professor Matthew Ringgenberg feel otherwise. Ringgenberg…
One of the biggest contributing factors for Donald Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 was fear. Like a marketing expert, the then-real estate mogul tapped into underlying industrial blue-collar concerns about job displacement; hence, we heard topics such as coal that haven’t been raised in quite some time. But the overriding…
The decimation of stocks at the beginning of October is like clockwork. Seasonally speaking, stock markets tend to face more volatility this month. After the ISM (Institute of Supply Management) posted a 47.8 reading, the lowest figure seen since 2009, markets erased the entire Q3 rally in the first two…
U.S. stocks sagged to their lowest levels since mid-April after data revealed private employers added 156,000 new jobs last month, well below the 194,000 economists expected. That report comes just days before the Labor Department is scheduled to report the April employment numbers. The S&P 500 slipped 0.59% while the…
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