Courtesy RosneftGlobal mega-bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) said late Friday that it has agreed to sell its global oil trading business to Russia’s state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft for an undisclosed sum.…
thinkstockDecember 18, 2013: Markets opened slightly higher on Wednesday, but didn’t move much until the afternoon FOMC announcement came out. Tapering has begun, and interest rates will remain at their near-zero level.…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis Friday, trading volume on some top stocks in the S&P 500 will soar. In addition to the normal volatility and volume associated with quadruple witching, the S&P…
ThinkstockLike other sectors of the S&P 500, the capital market stocks had a tremendous year. Capital market stocks include brokerage firms, asset managers, financial advisory firms and more. Many of the stocks…
thinkstockDecember 10, 2013: Markets opened lower on Tuesday morning on another day of relatively light trading and likely some more profit-taking. The DJIA closed down 0.33%, the S&P 500 closed down 0.32%,…
Jon OggStocks are looking for direction after the first week of a sell-off on the heels of eight weeks of a rally. At the same time, investors are getting ready for year-end…
thinkstockMarkets opened lower Thursday morning and all three major indexes finished the trading day lower as well. The Nasdaq Composite fell just 0.12% at the closing bell, while the DJIA and the…
Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsWith an expected vote due next Monday on the so-called Volcker rule, one question on big bank stocks is whether the impact of that rule has been fully…
GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is not your typical financial firm. It caters to institutions and high net worth individuals almost exclusively. It is also a bank holding company, yet it…
Jon C. Ogg Finviz.comGood earnings should translate into improved stock prices. For some reason, things did not work out that way for several large companies that posted strong results for the third quarter. Share prices…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a very strange index considering that it is “The Stock Market” when most people who are not traders discuss how stocks did on any given…
ThinkstockFour of the largest U.S. banks saw their ratings from Moody’s Investors Service cut on Thursday. The agency cited the reduced likelihood that the government would help Bank of New York Mellon…
ThinkstockThe UBS proprietary institutional flow data indicates that hedge funds are increasing exposure to financials and decreasing exposure to health care. Given that health care has outperformed significantly year to date, hedge…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsStocks rise and fall for many reasons, many of which seem very counterintuitive. So what are investors supposed to take out of Wednesday’s stock market sell-off? Hopefully, not…
Jon OggEarnings season is charging fast, and the stock market keeps challenging new highs now that a deal has been made in Washington, D.C. Investors and traders alike have to be considering…
