Is The Santa Claus Rally Real?
Every seasoned trader has heard the phrase “Santa Claus Rally,” but very few understand precisely why it happens. Is it random or is there something structural under the surface that repeats like clockwork each year?
Beyond the whimsical idea of holiday cheer spilling over into the markets, there are structural and behavioral dynamics at play that make the final weeks of the year particularly conducive to market gains. » Read more about: Is The Santa Claus Rally Real? »
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Paul Tudor Jones Is Betting Big Against the Bond Market: How You Can Too.
Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones, both among the most successful traders ever, are now on the same side of a trade: shorting long-duration bonds.
This move is more than just a hedge but rather it’s a bet that interest rates are headed higher, and when these legendary traders make such strong statements,
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Why Is Warren Piling Into This Monster Insurer?
Imagine a business that has quietly dominated its industry for decades, steadily outperforming its rivals while keeping an impeccable balance sheet.
Add to the fact that it has thrived during economic downturns and periods of rising interest rates when its peers faded.
In recent years, it’s seen its earnings surge, boosted by both disciplined underwriting and a strong investment portfolio.
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The ONLY Fund Buffett Recommends (hint, it’s not his own)
As probably the world’s best-regarded stock picker, Warren Buffett isn’t usually associated with ETFs. Nevertheless, the legendary value investor’s portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway contains two ETFs, both of which track the S&P 500 index.
These two funds, namely SPY and VOO, account for a little over $45 billion of Berkshire’s total holdings. Why does Buffett own the S&P 500,
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Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now?
Have you ever wondered how much short-term versus long-term taxes actually affect your net worth and portfolio over time?
Let’s imagine a $100,000 portfolio goes up 20% annually and is taxed at the end of the year at 33% due to short-term capital gains. What would the portfolio grow to after 10 years?
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Why Did NVIDIA Invest In Little-Known AI Stock?
For nearly two years, the stock market has been steadily bidding up companies like NVIDIA and Microsoft that have emerged as front-runners in the AI race. In addition to these mega-cap companies, though, there are also many smaller companies trying to fill niche spaces in the AI market.
One such company is Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS),
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Champion Trader Spots Hidden Giant Enterprise Software Market
When a champion trader who generated 941.1% returns in 2020 spotlights a stock in an uptrend, it’s worth paying attention.
That’s precisely what happened when Oliver Kell shed light on ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), a company that continues to dominate the enterprise cloud computing industry by automating and managing digital workflows.
In addition to the technical chart looking good,
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Is Moderna Stock a Buy?
Share prices of Moderna (MRNA 0.89%) plummeted 58% in 2024, ranking among the worst performers in the S&P 500 index. The biotech, renowned for its pioneering development of vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA), has struggled to manage weak sales of COVID-19 vaccine and sluggish market adoption of its new shot for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).