As the stock market hovers new highs, no one is talking about the dirty secret on Wall Street that is important for your portfolio. Stocks like Apple AAPL, Amazon.com AMZN, Facebook FB, Alphabet GOOG, GOOGL, Microsoft MSFT, and Netflix NFLX, have been on fire. Wall Street analysts keep on raising
Losing money in the financial markets is never good, but working hard to lose your shirt is much worse. Emails I received in response to my column “Ask Arora: Did Trump reveal secrets to Russia? The impact on stocks, bonds and gold,” show that some investors are trying their best
Lower corporate taxes could supercharge the economy and boost company earnings Investors who have written to me are excited about President Trump’s proposed tax plan. The kicker is that any tax relief would come on top of good company earnings (so far) this earnings season. I’ve been asked for
Snap, the parent of Snapchat, is the hottest initial public offering of the year. The company’s shares were listed this week at $17 and recently traded at $27. So investors are naturally asking me: How do I trade Snap SNAP? Will Snap become successful like Facebook FB? Will Snap’s stock
The fundamental case for Dow 30,000 during Donald Trump’s first term has strengthened as earnings season winds down. Interestingly, this is happening at a time when, from a technical perspective, the stock market has staged a successful breakout of low volatility since the election. Still, there are two danger signs,
Donald Trump is starting his first full week as U.S. president. Bearish investors have been out in full force, proclaiming, with high confidence, that it’s time to sell stocks. At the same time, bullish gurus are saying just the opposite. So who’s right? Let’s explore the answer. First, we need
On Wednesday, Apple AAPL introduced the iPhone 7. As expected, the phone comes with a better processor, a better camera and removal of the headphone jack. More notable is the introduction of the second-generation Apple Watch. The new killer app on Apple Watch is Pokemon Go from Niantic, co-owned by
Whether you believe in technical analysis or not, technicals are worth paying attention to simply because so many other investors do. Most institutional investors claim to be fundamentalists, however, in my over 30 years in the markets, I have found that a large number of institutional investors are closet technicians.
Market downturns are always good to spot the next leaders. The market downturn of 2016 is no different. Now there are additional data points showing that Facebook FB, may be the next Apple AAPL. No, Facebook will not start making phones. No, Facebook will not have a low P/E like Apple.
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) JAPAN STUNS WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES, RUSSIA CLARIFIES ON OIL, AND GDP RELEASE January 29, 2016 This is what you need to know today. Japan