Consumer cyclical stocks have largely been taking it on the chin this year. By far, the sector has been the worst-performing sector of 2014. The largest ETF that tracks the space, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE Arca:XLY)...
Dividend payouts and corporate buybacks have grown at a record pace lately, and are expected to continue increasing at a healthy growth rate for the remainder of the year. The trend is welcome because it is driving cash back into the hands of...
You can’t help but be bullish on stocks now. I mean, really. That’s the simple message being told by the ETF market. Well, two ETFs to be sure.
Take a look at the price spread between the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and the iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF...
Depending on what metric you use to assess the stock market, equities could be cheap, expensive, or anywhere in between. Try not to be swayed by simplistic arguments based on selective analysis of historical valuations, patterns or averages...
As the countdown of the months to an initial rate hike continues, stocks may perform well using history and current comparisons with anticipated actions from other central banks as a guide.
Investors worldwide are at an impasse on reaching their financial goals, relying on little more than gut instinct as a guide to investing success despite admitted lack of investment knowledge, according to a recent survey from Natixis Global Asse...
Equity markets experienced a strong first half of the year, and stock prices already advanced to where we originally thought they would be at year-end. Bond prices rose as yields fell, with the Federal Reserve continuing its monthly tapering of a...
Macroeconomy: With little traction from fiscal policy and structural reforms, the pro-growth policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe known as "Abenomics" will continue to rely on the Bank of Japan's loose monetary policy to...
