In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says that for growth investors, it’s a good time to do something besides investing. Cash is king. Paul looks at the Halter USX China Index, which tracks the performance of Chinese stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and the Nasdaq to show the market’s recent action. Stocks discussed: Kraft Foods (KFT) and Hershey (HSY). Click below to watch!
Back to the current market environment, I want to expand upon something I touched on in a special video I did last week during the market’s mini-crash. In that video (click here to watch it), I presented a couple of examples of past market downturns and looked at how they bottomed out. No two markets play out exactly alike, but history does rhyme to some extent, and here are five things to look for in the weeks to come. First, it’s highly likely that the recent bounce that persisted through Monday will fail. That doesn’t mean it will lead...
As you’ve noticed, the world is falling apart. Well, not really. In the vast majority of countries, the vast majority of people continue to go about their business as they always have. They work, they raise families and they pursue their dreams. But the media have become very skilled at showing images of the world’s most troubled environments, from starving children in Ethiopia to burning vehicles in London to moaning stock traders in New York, and the result is that some investors get distracted. They think–or feel–that this time it’s different (as if we live in a Special Time)....
During last Monday’s stock market sell-off, I received an interesting email from a subscriber with whom I regularly communicate. I initially intended to summarize it for you, but I came to the conclusion that his message is well written, I should just publish it here for you to read: “Hi Elyse. “This one is me, a newer stock trader, wanting to give one piece of important advice to other newer traders out there. With the huge waterfall of red in the market here lately, as the newer traders watch their accounts dry up, an undisciplined trader will want to...
In this week’s Stock Market Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says now is a great time to use moving averages to determine the momentum of the markets. Paul looks at the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, where the 25-, 50- and 200-day moving averages indicate that the short-, intermediate- and long-term trend of the markets is down. Right now, you should be watching the market closely, building your watch list and keeping your powder dry. Stocks discussed: Netflix (NFLX), Lukoil (LUKOY), Baidu (BIDU) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). Click below to watch!
