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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Market Commentary: 1 Premier Bank Stock Bursts Higher
Despite its role as a low-fee trailblazer, 2023 has been a really rough year for Schwab, down 34% year-to-date. But recent developments hint at the fog of uncertainty lifting. Indeed, Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger described the company’s current struggles as a “dense fog.” This opacity primarily stems from deposit outflows, unrealized losses on securities, and rising interest rates.
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Market Commentary: What Chipotle’s Bold Move Means For You
Chipotle has managed to do what few food companies ever achieve, keep prices low, win over customers with taste, and maintain high quality offerings. But recently one of those three ingredients was forsaken because the company hiked prices to combat inflation, which has a knock-on effect not only to you and me but to the broader economy.
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Market Commentary: 1 E-commerce Juggernaut Flying Under the Radar
Sometimes the future arrives early and that certainly seems to be the case for JD.com, which owns a fleet of drones for rural delivery services that serve 30 million people in remote parts of China.
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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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3 Ways To Protect Against a Market CRASH
With news coming out that Buffett has lightened up on Bank of America, a core holding since 2011, in addition to his sales earlier in the year of his largest equity holding, Apple, concerns are rising that the Oracle of Omaha is reading the tea leaves and seeing gloom on the horizon.
That’s not a surprise given that the so-called Buffett Indicator,
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Spotlight: Buffett Buys Real Estate Colossus
Few names are as prominent in real estate as D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) but when you couple a top homebuilder with the investing legend Warren Buffett taking a position in it, you’ve got an investment opportunity that demands further scrutiny.
With rising mortgage rates and waning home sales, buying a homebuilder seems an unusual play,
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S&P 500 signals U.S. Stock momentum is waning
“I’ve been quite bullish for a while now, but most of the good news is now in the price,” said Nordvik, a macro equity strategist at the firm. While he says a sharp slump is unlikely, in his view the risk-reward profile for equities is less attractive than even just a couple weeks ago.
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