Stocks slipped in response to some early selling, but once they worked their way into higher ground they entered into a sideways drift that lasted almost all afternoon.
After the close, SCCO, HCSG, PTP, WCN, BWLD, CYS, FWRD, HNI, CALX, ARE,...
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US Airways (LCC #2) is an airline operating under the US Air and US Air Express brands. While high fuel costs continue to be a headwind, LCC has reported strong operating results...
Economic Insight
Although fourth quarter GDP missed expectations, growth levels looked healthy on the surface. As we expected, though, most of the gain came from highly volatile inventory changes. Real final sales, which exclude inventories, eroded dramatically...
ETF Daily Notes
BriefingTrader Column: The overnight action was an unmitigated risk asset party off of mildly positive headline flow (a bit of unexpected strength in official Chinese PMI, though not present in HSBC China PMI; basically in-line final numbers...
Briefing Research Report
The North American shale boom was heralded as a game-changer for natural gas. It was and still is. Shale gas production has reinvigorated natural gas production growth, transforming gas into a real, viable alternative to fossil fuels. What the...
True to its form this year, the equity market managed to bounce back from larger losses on Monday. Its rebound effort was stopped short of positive territory, however, as the S&P 500 ended the day with a negligible loss on very light volume.
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For years, the "selling short against the box" technique allowed you to lock-in capital gains you currently have, but report them in the subsequent year. It was a frequent practice in December up until the late 1990s.
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Among many factors, market price trends are affected by broad shifts in economic conditions. One might say the economic input accounts for a percentage of the pricing function, particularly at the index level.
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If price/earnings is the proper way to value stocks, then stocks are cheaper at this moment than they have been in more than twenty years. Here's a historical comparison and some thoughts on what it means.
The price/earnings ratio is generally considered...
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