Shares of oil stocks plunged again as the price of West Texas Intermediate wiped out nearly half of... Read More

Shares of oil stocks plunged again as the price of West Texas Intermediate wiped out nearly half of its late-January rebound. Sluggish demand growth and stubbornly high supply has had investors... Read More

Most sectors of the S&P 500 have been caught in the market sell-off lately, with all except... Read More

Most sectors of the S&P 500 have been caught in the market sell-off lately, with all except utilities in the red for the year. #-ad_banner-#The market rout has left one staple of American... Read More

These days it seems as if the market doesn’t know whether it wants to break through fears of... Read More

These days it seems as if the market doesn’t know whether it wants to break through fears of higher rates and a slowing China or crash lower into a new bear market. The VIX volatility index has... Read More

China has taken the spotlight lately and GDP growth at its lowest in more than two decades is... Read More

China has taken the spotlight lately and GDP growth at its lowest in more than two decades is contributing to the worst January on the stock market  since 1970. The hopes of thousands of... Read More

Investors fled the mortgage REIT space ahead of higher short-term borrowing costs and the end of... Read More

Investors fled the mortgage REIT space ahead of higher short-term borrowing costs and the end of the Federal Reserve’s purchases of mortgage-backed securities. But a look at how one high-yield... Read More

The S&P 500 broke 1860 last week, nearly 13% down from its 52-week high last May and into... Read More

The S&P 500 broke 1860 last week, nearly 13% down from its 52-week high last May and into correction territory. With no bottom in sight for oil prices and question marks on global growth, fresh... Read More

Fourth quarter earnings season is here and expectations are for a decline of 5.3% for companies in... Read More

Fourth quarter earnings season is here and expectations are for a decline of 5.3% for companies in the S&P 500 on a year-ago basis. This would mark the third consecutive quarter of lower... Read More

The S&P 500 is close to 10% off its 52-week high, while all of its sectors are in the red for... Read More

The S&P 500 is close to 10% off its 52-week high, while all of its sectors are in the red for the year. Meanwhile, the small-cap Russell 2000 is teetering on the edge of a bear market. Stocks are... Read More

When the Federal Reserve started raising rates in 1994, it drove interest rates up 2.5% in less... Read More

When the Federal Reserve started raising rates in 1994, it drove interest rates up 2.5% in less than a year. The result was a bond market massacre that bled into stocks for a 3% loss on the year for... Read More

With markets tumbling everywhere you look, I’ve started shifting focus to the Best of Breed... Read More

With markets tumbling everywhere you look, I’ve started shifting focus to the Best of Breed stocks that will weather a correction… or worse. If economic growth slows or if investors just... Read More