July 5, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday, following international markets that traded lower while U.S. markets were closed for the July 4th holiday. U.S. markets will be searching for clues to how…
Watching the massive fallout and then recovery within broad markets, we are beginning to realize that the Brexit provided a very attractive entry point into a fair number of industries. Granted, the Brexit…
June 28, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday and every sector is recover a bit after two days of getting crushed by the Brexit vote. U.S. GDP rose 1.1% in the first quarter,…
June 27, 2016: Markets opened down again Monday after a full weekend of fretting about the Brexit vote. Again a stronger dollar has weighed heavily on the basic materials and energy sectors,…
The largest U.S. banks had a rough day Friday following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union. The average share price loss for the country’s six biggest banks was 7.59%. The…
June 24, 2016: Markets opened Friday following the surprise U.K. decision to leave the European Union. The Brexit vote dominated the day’s currency, energy, commodities, and equity markets as traders and investors…
In a somewhat unexpected move, the United Kingdom has left the European Union causing significant fallout within global markets. At the same time, investors are piling into gold to hedge themselves as…
June 23, 2016: Markets opened higher for a fourth straight day Thursday, perhaps reflecting investors’ belief that Britain will vote to remain in the European Union. All ten stock sectors are on…
Standard & Poor's has now shown that the first quarter of 2016 saw a 12% rise in buyback spending to a whopping $161.4 billion.
June 21, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday ahead of Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen’s appearance on Capitol Hill. The odds continue to improve that British voters will not choose to leave the…
Perhaps the move for a rapid exit by Britain from the European Union (or Brexit) may have been interrupted due to a political murder of M.P. Jo Cox on Thursday. As this…
June 14, 2016: Markets opened lower for the fourth straight session Tuesday as the dollar rose sharply versus the euro and investors wait for Wednesday’s announcement from the FOMC on whether or…
June 10, 2016: Markets opened lower again Friday as a stronger dollar weighed on energy prices and lower bond yields were more the focus of traders’ attention. Only the telecom sector traded…
All four of these stocks look good for investors seeking exposure to the financials sector and also looking for dividends and dividend growth.
June 9, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday as a confluence of factors gave traders and investors the jitters. Korea’s central bank cut its policy rate, oil gave back some of its recent…
