Next week could get dicey for markets as earnings slow to a trickle and investors continue to go without government data. There was already more trepidation...
A recent decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to begin allowing fund companies to create ETF shares classes of traditional mutual funds is expected to...
Stock returns aren’t normally distributed. Very small daily returns occur more frequently than a normal distribution would suggest, and very large daily returns also occur more...
Weak breadth is troubling investors heading into November. Stocks wrapped up October at record highs, with the S & P 500 up more than 16% year...
Retirees and investors near retirement are in a tough spot. They need growth from their stock market portfolio to fight inflation and rising health care costs,...
Even after a roughly 3% pullback from all-time highs, S & P 500 ( SPX or SPY ) put spreads remain an attractive way to hedge...
Although the stock market appears poised to continue its rally to record highs , traders can use options to protect their positions from pullbacks or even...
The S&P 500 had a record close on Monday and continued to climb during Tuesday morning trading. While headlines that the large-cap index has notched a...
Trevor Williams | DigitalVision | Getty Images The S&P 500 index closed at a new all-time high on Wednesday amid a federal government shutdown. It rose...