Stock trading
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Stock Research Strategies for Volatile Markets
Researching stocks has always been an essential part of investing and trading. However, in uncertain and fickle economic times, such as these, it’s extremely important. 2020 has been a rocky year
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Navigating Conflicting Market Sentiment: Hope vs. Uncertainty
For traders and investors of U.S. stocks, the past few months have made it clear that there are two kinds of markets fighting to coexist simultaneously. The first market is one where a COVID-19 va
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Tech Stocks Cooling Down: What to Expect Before Earnings Season
As we head into August, the tech trade that seemingly carried the market out of the March bottom has suddenly lost a bit of luster. One month ago we were wondering (again) whether the FANG stocks w
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European Investors Shift to US Brokers for US ETFs After MiFID II
The MiFID II regulations that came into effect at the beginning of 2018 have changed the way European investors invest in U.S.-listed ETFs. MiFID II, or Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
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Apple & Tesla Stock Splits: Trends, Impact & Investor Implications
The recent stock split announcements by Apple and Tesla made investors’ ears perk up for one reason: the number of companies enacting stock splits has been declining for decades. According to a st
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Retail Sales Surge: July Data Reveals E-Commerce Growth and Future Trends
The July retail sales report released on August 14 gave a massive hint of what was to come from retail earnings this week. According to the Census Bureau, sales at non-store retailers (which inclu
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Plasma Stock Surge: How Pre-Market Trading Reflects COVID-19 Treatment Hopes
On Sunday evening the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for plasma as a potential treatment for Covid-19, confirming a rumor that had been circulating for weeks. As a result, a number of pl
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ETF Investor Flows: Tracking Capital Allocation & Trends
ETF flow data tells us where investors are allocating capital. Though this data does not always correlate to price action, looking at flows on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis can help us see
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Navigating Massive Stock Gains: A Guide for Investors
This is surely a question some people have had to ask themselves this year. Whether it’s Overstock (up a ridiculous 6,300% from mid-March to mid-August), Novavax (at one point up over 4,600% this
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Navigating Uncertainty: Options Trading & the 2020 Presidential Election
Typically, Election Day is a binary event: either the democratic or republican candidate wins, and any level of uncertainty is squashed by the time the west coast heads to bed. But 2020 is anythin
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Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index Futures (VOLQ): A New Hedging Tool for Traders
Traders looking to hedge will have a new tool at their disposal starting Oct. 5. The CME and Nasdaq recently announced the launch of Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index futures (ticker: VOLQ). The product
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Decoding Q3 Earnings: What Investors Need to Know
The Q3 earnings season is here. For the next four or so weeks, investors will be offered more clues about which companies are making it through this pandemic/economic crisis and which are not. Hea
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Black Monday 1987: Lessons for Investors in 2020
Monday marks the 33rd anniversary of Black Monday. On a percentage basis, the crash of 1987 remains the worst day in the history of the U.S. stock market by a long shot. Just two months prior, th
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Election 2024: Market Sentiment & Key Investment Insights
The one thing everybody seems to agree on with two weeks to go until the election is that nobody, especially the market, is sure of anything. Maybe this is a side effect of 2016. Regardless, here
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SPAC Market Downturn: What Happened and What's Next?
Back in early July we wrote about how the market seemed to have an endless appetite for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (also known as SPACs or blank check companies) and the various companie
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Apple, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet & Twitter Earnings Report: Key Takeaways
Thursday was perhaps the biggest day for corporate earnings in recent memory, with four of the five largest companies in the U.S. (and Twitter) all reporting earnings for the September quarter with
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Understanding Circuit Breakers: Protecting Markets During Volatility
In financial markets, uncertainty often generates volatility, and today’s election presents many potential outcomes with resulting uncertainty. Will the winner be announced on election night? Will
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Leveraging Social Sentiment for Trading: A Look at Lightspeed Trader Platform
Traditional sources of information for active traders include analyst estimates, news stories, measures of market volatility and various trading tools. Recently, “social sentiment” investing tools ha
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Invesco Tech ETFs: Exploring New Investment Opportunities
The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) is extending a lengthy run of outperforming the S&P 500, up 45% over the past year alone. To date, QQQ’s total assets under management are north of $149 billion, and
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Index Rebalancing & 'Sell the News': Understanding Market Impact
The past few days have been unusually eventful for index arbitrage traders. On Monday, Tesla finally joined the S&P 500, marking the largest addition in the history of the index. Less notewort
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Emergency Fund for College Students: A Practical GuideEveryone needs emergency savings -- college students included. Heres how to accumulate ...
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Understanding Zero-Sum Games: Definition, Examples & ImplicationsWhat Is a Zero-Sum Game? Zero-sum is a situation in game theory in which one person’s gain is equivalent to another’s loss, so the net change in wealth or benefit is zero. A zero-sum game may h...
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PG&E Wildfire Settlements Approved: $24.5 Billion for Victims & InsurersSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved two Pacific Gas & Electric settlements totaling $24.5 billion to help pay the losses suffered by homeowners, businesses a...