How to squeeze a more yield from idle cash in return for a bit of risk
Rates on money market funds have been steadily marching lower, but investors hoping to make a little more money on their cash can do so – if they’re willing to take a little more risk. Even as the Federal Reserve has lowered its key interest rate to a range of 3.5% to 3.75% and yields […]
This industrial stock reporting Friday could indicate an economic slowdown. How to trade it
With earnings season kicking off, we’ll break down an industrial stock reporting Friday and how to trade it. Earnings season occurs four times a year when many publicly traded companies release quarterly earnings reports, providing investors with detailed financial information such as revenue, profit, earnings per share, and other vital metrics. Historically, Alcoa Inc. marked […]
How to profit from a 2024 comeback for these 2 bank stocks in a trade with limited risk
As a sector, financials underperformed the S & P 500 in 2023, but that statistic disguises a significant late year rally in the group. Since bottoming in late October 2023, the “money center” banks reporting this week have outperformed the S & P 500 by an average of nearly 15%. Can this outperformance continue? As […]