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Moving Averages: May Month-End Update

Moving Averages: May Month-End Update

The S&P 500 closed May with a monthly gain of 0.48% after a gain of 2.16% in May. All three S&P 500 MAs are signaling “invested” and three of five Ivy Portfolio ETFs — Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), Vanguard REIT Index (VNQ), and PowerShares DB Commodity Index (DBC) — are signaling “invested”. The […]
Weekly Wrap: Navigating The Emerging New Market Dynamic

Weekly Wrap: Navigating The Emerging New Market Dynamic

As we close the final trading day of the week, month, quarter and half year, what may have been the most astounding event from this past week, outside of the rockin’ and rollin’ on Wall Street, was the elimination of the reigning world champion Germany from the World Cup, courtesy of South Korea – it […]
FTC Says Court Ruled AbbVie Used ‘Sham Litigation’ To Maintain Androgel Monopoly

FTC Says Court Ruled AbbVie Used ‘Sham Litigation’ To Maintain Androgel Monopoly

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the case FTC v. AbbVie ruled that AbbVie used sham litigation to illegally maintain its monopoly over the testosterone replacement drug Androgel and ordered $448 million in monetary relief to consumers who were overcharged for Androgel as a result of AbbVie’s conduct. This court order […]
Third Quarter Forecasts For Dollar, Euro, Oil, Equities And More

Third Quarter Forecasts For Dollar, Euro, Oil, Equities And More

The second quarter has come to a close, and a market of volatility and uncertain trends now transitions into the latter half of 2018. With sweeping fundamental concerns such as trade wars, the stability of the Euro-area, the path of Brexit and the health of global growth itself plaguing the markets; the outlook for the […]
Where Is Price Going?

Where Is Price Going?

Where price will turn next is everybody’s question and focus and that’s not a bad thing. The challenge and opportunity is about the question I hardly ever hear, Where will price go? This is one of, if not the most important things to consider when putting your hard-earned money at risk in markets. Let’s look at a recent […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Volatile Week, Down From Last Friday

S&P 500 Snapshot: Volatile Week, Down From Last Friday

The S&P 500 flip-flopped this week with three days of gains and two days of losses. The index was up 0.08% from Thursday but is down 0.88% from last week. The index is up 0.84% YTD and is 5.38% below its record close. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at […]
Ask Slim Market Week – Friday, June 29

Ask Slim Market Week – Friday, June 29

5 Of Today’s Biggest Marijuana Stock Gainers – Friday, June 29

5 Of Today’s Biggest Marijuana Stock Gainers – Friday, June 29

TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence.    Out of over 200+ marijuana stocks, here are 5 of the biggest marijuana stock winners in trading on Friday, June 29th including Isodiol International Inc. (CSE: ISOL) (OTC: ISOLF) and more… AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTC: AXIM) Shares of  […]
23 Firms Going Ex-Dividend Next Week, Including Comcast, JP Morgan And Walt Disney

23 Firms Going Ex-Dividend Next Week, Including Comcast, JP Morgan And Walt Disney

There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following seven Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Bank of Nova Scotia, Comcast, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cisco Systems, JP Morgan, Medtronic and Quest Diagnostics. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to […]