The Stock Market Has a Serious Problem (Besides President Trump's Tariffs). History Says This Will Happen Next.
President Trump’s tariffs have tipped the economy toward stagflation, but investors have another serious problem in the stock market’s elevated valuation.
U.S. stocks have been unusually volatile this year. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.40%) dropped more than 10% in two days in early April after President Trump outlined sweeping “Liberation Day”
How to Trade S&P 500 Futures with Futures trading Prop Firms: A Guide for Aspiring Funded Traders
Futures Trading S&P: 500 futures contracts are one of the most popular and frequently traded trading instruments. Due to its liquidity and volatility, this futures product represents the performance of 500 of the largest American companies. It is also popular among both day traders as well as institutional players. It is possible to develop a career in business and gain access to sufficient capital by working with futures trading firms.
Read MoreBrace for Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech to drive big swings in this corner of the stock market, BofA says
A sell-off in high-flying growth stocks this week hints at nervousness ahead of Jerome Powell’s remarks at Jackson Hole, but there’s another area of the stock market where investors should be prepared to see outsize swings after the Fed chief speaks on Friday.
Analysts at Bank of America wrote this week that small-caps are likely to see big moves in either direction on the back of Powell’s comments on the path of monetary policy during the Fed’s annual policy symposium.
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The Next BIG Stock Split After Alphabet Is…
In theory nothing changes when a stock split occurs but in reality more buyers can afford to scoop up shares and so prices often rise when demand increases. As a result, stock splits are often viewed as bullish signs, even though theoretically nothing in the company’s fundamentals have changed.
Recently, Alphabet split its shares 20:1 from over $2,200 per share to closer to $110 per share.
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Market Commentary: Only 4 Times In 153 Years, Now What?
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark was a line made famous by Shakespeare, but it could be applied equally to the USA now. Why is everything so much more costly than a generation ago, and insanely more expensive than a generation before that? In a word: inflation, which is caused by an increase in the money supply.
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