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Understanding Market Trading: Option Pain
What if some market paranoiacs are right? What if influential individuals manipulate price movements in the market to provide the best revenue for himself? How should one act to guarantee the maximum profit?
Read MoreThe Year of The Dragon Begins (Financial Week in Review, Jan. 23-27)
World markets were mixed this week, with Europe again feeling the cost of the debt crisis, and Asia seeing an upswing during the New Year. In New York the Dow-Jones slipped -74.17 points, or -0.58%, landing at 12,660.50. The S&P edged down -2.10 points, or -0.16%, ending at 1,316.33. The Nasdaq managed to gain 11.27…
Read MoreNews for the New Year
The New York Stock Exchange will not open today in observance of the Martin Luther King national holiday. Meanwhile, let’s take a brief look back at what happened last week and what is going on overseas. On Friday, Standard & Poor’s rating service made good on their December warning that they would downgrade France’s credit…
Read MoreFinancial Weekly Review (Nov. 28-Dec. 2)
The three major U.S. Stock indexes all ended up by roughly 7% for the week, with the Nasdaq gaining the most at 7.6%. The Nasdaq gained on each day of trading in the past week except for Tuesday, Nov. 29th, when it closed down 11.83 points, or 0.47% at 2,515.51. The Dow-Jones IA and the…
Read MoreFinancial Week in Review (11/11-11/18) and a Look Ahead
Friday ended another turbulent week in the markets. Looking back at the week, here is a breakdown of the numbers. At the close of trading on Tuesday, November 15th, U.S. indexes were up very slightly, with the Dow up 17 points and closing at 12,096.20, the S&P up 6 points to close at 1,257.81, and…
Read MoreHalloween Week Not So Scary on the Markets (Weekly Financial Review, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2011)
Halloween week wasn’t so scary in the markets, with very little movement on Monday at all, and increases on both Wednesday and Thursday in the major U.S. indexes. U.S. markets ended slightly down on Friday, after an unstable week of gains and losses. The S&P was the hardest hit, down -7.92 points, or 0.63% to…
Read MoreStocks Are Still Up (Weekly Financial Review (Oct. 21, 2011).
It was a sea of green on Wall Street and in Europe as markets recorded another week of gains. As Friday came to a close, U.S. stocks were at their highest levels in two and a half months. All three indexes are in the plus for the year. For the entire week, the S&P and…
Read MoreMoving on Up (Financial Week, October 10-14, 2011)
North American and European Markets rose significantly on Friday, closing out a strong week and posting gains in most sectors. In Friday morning trading, the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P were each up roughly 1%. By the closing bell on Friday, the Dow-Jones had gained 166.36 points to close at 11,644.49, an increase of 1.45%. The…
Read MoreA Winning Week on Wall Street and Worldwide
Yes, stocks remained higher all week for the first time in nearly two months. Friday also brought this quarter’s “Quadruple Witching,” when contracts expire for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures on a single day. The biggest winner was the Nasdaq, which gained 6.3% percent for the week. The…
Read MoreFinancial Week in Review, September 5-9, 2011
Another week of worldwide volatility ends with the Dow dropping more than 300 points on Friday, with all major U.S. Indexes closing in the red. In fact, nearly every stock index closed lower than it did last week. Bank of America has proposed cutting approximately 40,000 jobs nationwide as part of a corporate restructuring plan…
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