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Global Assets Strengthen as Anxieties Fade and U.S. Dollar Weakens

Global Assets Strengthen as Anxieties Fade and U.S. Dollar Weakens

Global assets have advanced into year end as events and data turn more positive. Emerging markets, metals and energy have all outperformed the S&P 500 in the last month. That marks a sharp change from most of 2019, when investors worried about a global recession...

Fintechs Drive Busiest December for IPO Market in the Last 5 Years

Fintechs Drive Busiest December for IPO Market in the Last 5 Years

The IPO market enjoyed a late-year comeback as demand for fintech stocks overcame negativity from the failed WeWork deal. At least $2.7 billion of initial public offerings have priced this month, according to ClickIPO. It was the busiest month since September and the...

Santa Comes Early for Investors as FANG Stages Late Year Comeback

Santa Comes Early for Investors as FANG Stages Late Year Comeback

Santa came early this year, giving stock investors their tenth positive week in the last 11. High-profile technology stocks led the charge. The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent between Friday, December 13, and Friday, December 20. The index continued its breakout into new...

Stocks Keep Rising as U.S. and China Formalize Key Trade Deal

Stocks Keep Rising as U.S. and China Formalize Key Trade Deal

Stocks rose to new highs last week as China and the U.S. formalized a trade deal, easing tensions between the world's two largest economies. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent between Friday, December 6, and Friday, December 13. It was the 10th positive week in the last...

Risk Appetite Sweeps Market as Powell Freezes Interest Rates

Risk Appetite Sweeps Market as Powell Freezes Interest Rates

Optimism is spreading in the stock market as the Federal Reserve freezes interest rates. Companies that benefit from stronger global growth rose yesterday after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged. Those include semiconductors, emerging markets, materials...

Another New High for Stocks as ‘Growth’ Trade Makes a Comeback

Another New High for Stocks as ‘Growth’ Trade Makes a Comeback

Investors are returning to their old favorites, growth stocks, as the market continues its breakout to new highs. The S&P 500 rose 1 percent in the Thanksgiving-shortened period between Friday, November 22, and Friday, November 29. It was the seventh positive week...

Roku and Tesla Dominate Activity: November at TradeStation

Roku and Tesla Dominate Activity: November at TradeStation

A pair of heavily traded technology stocks dominated activity at TradeStation this month amid a flurry of news. Streaming-video stock Roku (ROKU) was the busiest symbol across our accounts, eclipsing even the market-tracking SPDR S&P 500 fund (SPY) and Apple...

Oil Heads for Third Weekly Gain as OPEC Prepares to Extend Production Cuts

Oil Heads for Third Weekly Gain as OPEC Prepares to Extend Production Cuts

Energy has gone nowhere for months, but now some positive forces may be lining up. Reuters reported yesterday that OPEC will probably extend its oil-production cuts from March 2020 until June. The change could be announced at the cartel's next meeting on December 5-6....