Oil’s Correlation With Stocks Over The Past 20 Years Oil Volatility and Correlation with Equities by Bespoke Invest Oil’s (USO) crash over the last few months has dominated the headlines, and over the last couple of weeks, its impact has been felt on stocks as well. If you’re wondering, below is a chart showing the correlation between the daily movements in...
5 Stocks Poised For Dividend Increases In 2015 Stocks to consider buying before they raise their dividends by Michael Fowlkes Over the next two weeks, most of us will have plenty to think about besides investing. But once all the presents have been opened, and the New Years Eve has come and gone, 2015 will get under way and our...
Hedge Fund Manager Who Remembers 1998 Says Prepare for Pain In Emerging Markets This Hedge Fund Manager Who Remembers 1998 Says Prepare for Pain by Simon Kennedy [BigTrends.com note: A couple of months ago, we mentioned that the global setup and situation was similar to the 1998 currency crisis — although every scenario is slightly different. See the bottom of this BigTrends...
Russian Ruble Continues To Slide Russia's Fifth Rate Increase Fails to Halt Ruble's Slide to Record by Olga Tanas, Anna Andrianova and Ksenia Galouchko Russia's fifth interest-rate increase this year failed to stem the ruble's worst rout in 16 years, risking further damage to an economy battered by sanctions and oil prices near the lowest since 2009. The Bank of...
Top 8 Trades For 2015, Via Goldman Sachs Here Are Goldman Sachs's Top Trades for 2015 by Chiara Albanese The release of Goldman Sachs (GS) top trade ideas for the year ahead is an annual staple. Whether you think these are power trades or not, the time has come for this year's release. Last year, of the six it suggested, "four...
Crude Oil Drop Ripple Effect To Other Commodities Cheap Oil Also Means Cheaper Commodities Amid Surpluses by Isaac Arnsdorf [BigTrends.com note: Keep an eye peeled for signs of panic/worry about dropping oil prices hitting extremes — which seem to be growing a bit this week — and things that appear to indicate investors are losing hope in the commodity and bulls are...
5 Stock Picks For 2015 by Michael Fowlkes With 2014 nearing its end, traders everywhere are starting to think ahead to the New Year. This year's stock market performance was not nearly as impressive as last year, but it has been positive, and the major indices are poised to close out the year near their highs. Although the overall trend has...
Inside The 'December / January' Effect Your two best trading strategies for the holidays — Small-cap stocks and closed-end funds have proven to be winners this time of year by Howard Gold Americans on Thursday will sit down at their Thanksgiving dinner tables before rushing out to score Black Friday deals at the mall. And so will begin a five-week-long orgy...
2 Calendar Trends Point To 2015 Being A Bull Year For Stocks Why 2015 may also be a good year for stocks by Bob Pisani With the midterm elections over, much discussion is now moving toward what 2015 stocks may look like. That's right, we are already moving beyond the seasonally strong November and December issues. Seasonal trends have become...
The 50 Stocks Most Owned By Large Hedge Funds & Q3 2014 Hedge Fund Reporting Hedge funds increased equity exposure in Q3: Top buys Shire, eBay, AbbVie; Top sells Mallinckrodt, Apple; Top new position Alibaba by FactSet.com 50 Biggest Holdings Of The 50 Biggest Hedge Funds Chart The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by 3.8% in Q3...
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