How To Buy Gold From Amazon
Gold prices have been on a roller coaster this year. On March 6, the precious metal’s spot price sat at $5,093 per ounce in the morning, six days after the U.S. and Israel initiated strikes on Iran. Earlier in the year, it peaked at a record high of $5,400 per ounce before sinking back below $5,000. […]
The ‘Buffett Indicator’ shows the market is way overvalued
For the past several months, many institutional investors have cited the U.S. stock market capitalization-to-GDP ratio, also known as the “Buffett Indicator,” a metric he first described 25 years ago in an interview with Fortune, as an indication that equities may potentially be overvalued. According to Bloomberg Research, as of Friday U.S. equities are currently […]
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 […]
Will the tariffs lead to a recession? Here’s how to know if we’re in one
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sharp tariff hikes last week have sent the stock market into a tailspin, raised alarm bells among Wall Street executives, and heightened many economists’ worries that the U.S. could tip into recession. The tariffs, set to take effect Wednesday, include a 10% blanket duty on nearly all countries and […]
This bank stock is losing momentum. How to profit from a pullback using options.
The financial sector broke out of its trading range recently and has been soaring after a stellar round of earnings reports from major financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. However, markets don’t usually move in a straight line. A recent mean reversion trade I shared on Alibaba demonstrated this well […]
How to trade Friday’s job report
The best-case scenario for stocks is if Friday’s jobs report comes in slightly above consensus, according to JPMorgan. Investors will be closely scrutinizing the September labor market report, due for release on Friday morning. The numbers come at a precarious time for the economy, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has emphasized the U.S. central […]
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 […]