Description: Bill Strazzullo, Bell Curve Trading chief market strategist, takes a technical look at the markets to explain where the rally will be by year’s end. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 26, 2017 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/10/31/heres-what-the-market-charts-are-saying-for-the-rest-of-the-year-strategist.html Questions for discussion: What does Bill Strazzullo say about the reasons for current market valuations and where they… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Indexes
Stock market busts through the weakest 6-month period, which bodes well for the rest of the year
Description: On Wall Street, it’s sometimes possible to see a rainbow — and maybe even find a pot of gold — without having to suffer through a downpour first. Source: CNBC.com Date: Oct 31, 2017 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/31/stock-market-busts-through-sell-in-may-period.html Questions for discussion: What does the data say about the strength of the current bull market? What would… Read more »
World’s First AI-Run Global ETF Makes Its Own Managers Nervous
Description: Horizons Active AI Global Equity ETF debuts in Toronto Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 01, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/world-s-first-ai-run-global-etf-makes-its-own-managers-nervous Questions for discussion: How does this decision-making technology work? Who do you think will buy this ETF? Do you think this is a real concern for managers and employment in the investment field?
Could GE get booted from the Dow after 110 years?
Description: Shares of General Electric (GE) keep falling after the company reported lousy earnings last week. GE is down more than 30% this year, easily the worst performer of the 30 companies in the venerable stock average. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 25, 2017 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/investing/ge-stock-dow-exit/index.html Questions for discussion: Why is GE at risk of delisting from the… Read more »
As China’s Stock Market Crashed, These Hedge Funds Rose 70%
Description: China’s summer market selloff wasn’t a total rout if you were one of the country’s top-performing hedge funds that gained an average 70 percent as almost 1,300 other funds were wiped out. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 29, 2015 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-29/as-china-s-stock-market-crashed-these-hedge-funds-returned-70- Questions for Discussions: Summarize who won and who lost in China,… Read more »
Prince: corporate debt is way too high
Description: Corporate America has been tapping into the cheap stream and with normalized interest rates on the horizon, David Prince, Founder & President, Harbinger Capital Markets Research says debt levels have gotten altogether too high. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: Sep 11, 2015 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=702589 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the analysis presented by David… Read more »
Wilbur Ross: Chinese government panicked over markets
Description: U.S. investor Wilbur Ross discusses what’s behind China’s economic crisis and estimates its growth in the 4-5% range. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 26, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2015/08/26/wilbur-ross-china-economy-markets.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What does Wilbur Ross say about why the markets dropped? What are the risks in the current investment environment? What should investors… Read more »
Global Rout Wreaks Havoc on U.S. Stocks
Description: Bloomberg’s Mike Regan, Lisa Abramowicz, Julie Hyman and Alix Steel discuss today’s selloff in U.S. stocks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: August 21, 2015 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-08-21/global-rout-wreaks-havoc-on-u-s-stocks Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about why the markets are dropping? How should investors be advised to respond to… Read more »
Bond Rout Wipes Out 2015 Gains as Traders Stay Glued to Screens
Description: The global bond market selloff has erased all of this year’s gains as historic market moves from Germany to the U.S. and Japan whipsaw traders. After being up as much as 2.3 percent as of mid-April, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market Index of bonds with a total face value of… Read more »
Why Lehman Brothers Lives On
Description: The repercussions of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy can still be felt. It has been almost seven years since the firm’s failure started a global financial crisis and deep recession in most developed countries. Yet the real damage is only now becoming clear. Source: NYTimes.com Date: May 27, 2015 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/business/dealbook/why-lehman-brothers-lives-on.html?ref=dealbook Questions for discussion: What does… Read more »
