Financials

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is a brand new position that accounts for 1.19% of Chilton’s fourth quarter 2013 portfolio.

There isn’t much real estate–related economic data this week. There are some important macro reports as well as the jobs report on Friday.

See how accurate Credit Karma’s credit reports are, how its credit monitoring works, and what reviewers say about its savings accounts.

Bank of America executive Jim Mahoney was responsible for rebuilding the company’s corporate image after the 2008 financial crisis.

Capital One was fined $80 million over a 2019 data breach. The hack was carried out by Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee.

Bond investors should understand the difference between Corporate Bonds and Treasuries. Below is a list of the key differences between the two.

Global stock markets added $17 trillion in value this year. A year back, most economists saw dismal stock market returns in 2019.

On October 18, CNBC reported Bill Gross top picks. His top stock picks were Annaly Capital (NLY), Invesco (IVZ) and Allergan (AGN).

American Airlines has pushed back the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX planes until April 2020. Read about how this will affect AAL and other airlines.

The US-China trade war escalated very quickly this month. This has caused global equities to plunge and safe havens like gold and treasuries to surge.

Retail giant Walmart (WMT) had applied for a digital coin patent. The news comes just as Facebook (FB) is pushing for its own cryptocurrency, Libra.

After hanging out near the $10,000 level for a while and testing investors’ patience, Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has made headlines once again—but not in a good way.

An early investor in Twitter and Tesla, billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper expects to see Bitcoin reach $250,000 in 2022 or 2023.

In technical analysis, candlestick patterns are a combination of one or more candlesticks. The patterns form over short time periods. The patterns form due to stock prices’ daily supply and demand forces.

An Activision Blizzard–Disney merger is looking very possible. After months of stock price decline, Activision Blizzard (ATVI) has become an acquisition target for several companies.

The efficient market hypothesis maintains that the market prices everything correctly and so it isn’t possible to outperform the market in the long run.

Audited and verified annual figures at the end of 2013 indicate that total assets under management of US registered investment companies equalled nearly $17.1 trillion.

There are investors who are willing to take on higher risk to generate above-average market returns. For these investors, active funds offer the optimal investment avenue.

The Doji candlestick pattern has a single candle. In this pattern, the stock opening and closing prices are equal. The pattern forms due to indecision between the buyers and sellers in the stock market.

The Hanging Man pattern is the same as the Hammer pattern. When a Hammer pattern forms in an uptrend, it’s the Hanging Man pattern. The pattern has one candle.

The Marubozu candlestick pattern has a single candle. It forms anywhere in the trend. It can be a long and bearish candle. It can also be a long and bullish candle.

The Three White Soldiers candlestick pattern is also a reversal pattern. It forms at the bottom of a downtrend. The pattern has three candles. All three of the candles are long and bullish.

The Bullish Engulfing candlestick pattern is a reversal pattern. The pattern has two candles. The first candle is small and bearish. The second candle is long and bullish.

The Piercing candlestick pattern is a reversal pattern. The pattern has two candles. The first candle is bearish. The second candle is bullish.

Citigroup’s exposure in emerging markets is mainly to investment-grade global multinationals through its institutional businesses.

The Dow Theory was developed by Charles Dow. It identifies and signals the change in the stock market trends. It’s useful for trading and investing. The Dow Theory has six components.

The Dow Theory assumes that when a stock market is entering an uptrend or downtrend, the financial markets should agree with each other.

In the last part of this series, we provided an overview of the Elliott Wave Theory. In this part of the series, we’ll discuss the psychology behind the Elliott Wave Theory’s two phases.

The Real Strength Index (or RSI) is a measure of a stock’s overbought and oversold position. The commonly used RSI is a 14-day RSI. It refers to the 14-day stock price that’s used to calculate the RSI.

While Armstrong’s 3Q14 results beat estimates, its consolidated net sales fell slightly compared to 3Q13, due to lower volumes in Europe and lower sales of resilient and wood flooring in the Americas.

Adage Capital’s US long portfolio grew from $38.69 billion in 2Q14 to $40.2 billion in 3Q14. The portfolio comprised around 699 stocks.

Maverick Capital lowered its position in Baidu, Inc. in 3Q14. The position accounts for 0.36% of the fund’s total portfolio in the third quarter.

Farallon Capital Management started a new position in Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) during the third quarter of 2014. The position accounted for 2.62% of the fund’s 3Q14 portfolio.

Zoetis said in a recent statement that “its unique characteristics have established the company as the world leader in animal health, growing revenue faster than the market for the last three years.”

Demand for Zoetis’ products is driven by a growing population coupled with a rising middle class in emerging markets and increased relocation from rural to urban areas.

We’ll discuss the importance and use of these technical indicators. These indicators are useful in determining trends and making informed decisions.

Although every gold miner talks about only doing merger and acquisition (or M&A) strategies that are in shareholders’ best interests, GG sticks to its strategy—unlike most of its peers.

The double top pattern forms in the uptrend. In this pattern, two consecutive peaks are formed. The peaks both have roughly the same price level.

Stocks are in an uptrend when they’re making higher highs and higher lows. An uptrend forms when psychological or fundamental factors are improving.

It’s advisable to sell stocks on bounces when the stock is in a downtrend. In a sideways trend, it’s advisable to buy stock at support levels and sell at resistance levels.