Description: May’s correction affords an unparalleled opportunity to see what insiders really think is going to happen in the market, according to Mark Hulbert, who says it’s pretty telling if they’re selling amid declines. Laura Mandaro reports. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 05/24/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/stocks-at-one-month-lows-what-are-insiders-doing/C2A11AB8-6CB9-462E-AE89-07415B5A6157 Questions for discussion: Summarize the guidelines for understanding insider… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Market Analysis
Tips for Trading Earnings
Description: Cody Willard of MarketWatch’s Revolution Investing newsletter has four points you need to bear in mind to trade on earnings, particularly in technology, and talks about why he’s bullish on Google and Microsoft. Stacey Delo reports. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 04/12/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/tips-for-trading-earnings/02CE7F7A-E8A7-47CB-BED0-122F6F8912D6 Questions for discussion: Summarize the advice presented? Do you… Read more »
The Wall of Worry Has Never Looked So High
Description: THE stock market has been climbing a wall of worry — that’s an old Wall Street adage, and it has certainly rung true lately. Calamities abound and there have been setbacks, but the market has been climbing anyway. Source: NYTimes.com Date: 04/16/2011 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/your-money/stocks-and-bonds/17stra.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: What does this report have to say… Read more »
Interest Rates to Rise in 2012: Bond Fund Manager
Description: The Federal Reserve will end its bond-purchase program in June but will put off raising interest rates until next year, says Jeff Given, a bond fund manager at John Hancock. He sees rates on the 10-year climbing to a range of 4 to 4.5% vs. 3.5% today. Interview by MarketWatch’s Deborah Levine. Source: Moneywatch.com… Read more »
Dow Theory Fans Anxiously Await ‘All Clear’ Signal
Description: MarketWatch.com senior columnist Mark Hulbert tells markets editor Laura Mandaro why fans of the Dow theory of market investing are getting excited by a potentially bullish signal. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 04/01/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/dow-theory-fans-anxiously-await-all-clear-signal/954E3637-B6DD-4044-8FD2-14AEECABB362 Questions for discussion: Summarize the readings and interpretations of the investing theories mentioned in the report. Which do… Read more »
Investors buckle up for Mr. Market’s wild ride
Description: Mutual fund and exchange-traded fund investors embraced U.S. stocks again in the opening weeks of the year — only to be reminded of why they’d fled. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 04/01/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/investors-buckle-up-for-mr-markets-wild-ride-2011-04-01?pagenumber=1 Questions for discussion: What does this report say about the next 12 months of stock market activity? Do you agree with this… Read more »
Watchdog: TARP will lose up to $50B
Description:  The outgoing Special Inspector General of TARP says that even though most banks are repaying the government, TARP will lose money. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/25/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/03/25/n_velshi_barofsky_sigtarp.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: What does this report have to say about the success or failure of TARP? How might businesses that were bailed out… Read more »
What hedge fund managers know about making money
Description: Knowing what stocks are held by top hedge fund managers is a useful source of investment ideas and an important risk factor for individual investors to consider. Source:Â Marketwatch.com Date: 03/25/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-hedge-fund-managers-know-about-making-money-2011-03-25 Questions for discussion: What does this report say about the relationship between hedge funds and investing strategies? Do you agree with… Read more »
BullHorn: SXSW: Who’ll be the best?
Description: Foursquare and Gowalla were big hits last year at the technology conference in Austin, Texas. Are they takeover targets now? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/10/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/03/10/mkts_bh_sxsw_bsft_fnsr.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented about each company. Do you think any one of these companies has an advantage in the developing technologies… Read more »
BullHorn: Jobs back, Monster Hiding
Description: LinkedIn and other social networking sites have taken the teeth out of job search website Monster.com. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/04/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/03/04/mkts_bh_jobs_monster.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Do you agree with the analysis presented of these firms? How should investors respond to the trends shown? Do you believe Monster has lost its ability… Read more »
