How to Buy the Dip With Confidence

  The crowd is always wrong, right?  Maybe most of the time. But the idea of “buying the dip” in the stock market might be a rare example of the…

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Consumer sentiment slides

Forex news for North American trade on November 13, 2020: Markets: – S&P 500 closes at record high, up 1.4% – US 10-year yields down 1.3 bps to 0.896% –…

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Stocks May Surge if Biden Claims Nevada and Arizona After Michigan Win

The S&P 500 will continue to be on edge as votes in key states like Nevada and Arizona cross headlines. What are the margins looking like?

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What a Stock Market Sell-Off Means for Day Traders

A stock market sell-off is a situation where stocks drop suddenly over a daily, weekly, or monthly timeframe. In most cases, the term refers to a sudden decline of the…

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S&P 500 Near Key Inflection Point With Election One Week Away

The S&P 500 may challenge a key inflection point as the benchmark index faces heightened liquidation pressure amid a spike in Covid-19 cases one week ahead of the US presidential…

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Back and forth but relatively subdued

Forex news for North American trading on October 23, 2020: Markets: – Gold down $2 to $1902 – US 10-year yields down 2 bps to 0.836% – S&P 500 up…

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Japan’s Nikkei falls -0.5% at the morning opening

Soft opening for Japan’s stock market The US stocks ended an up and down session yesterday near session lows. The S&P index fell -0.22%. The NASDAQ index fell -0.28%. THe Dow industrial average…

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: US retail sales beat estimates

Forex news for North American trade on October 16, 2020: Markets: – Gold down $9 to $1899 – US 10-year yields up 1.3 bps to 0.745% – S&P 500 flat…

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US Claims Disappoint, again & Equities under pressure

USA500, H1 & Daily A 4,000 initial claims rise to 870,000 in the third week of September followed a -27,000 drop to 866,000 in the BLS survey week, leaving a…

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What is the Wilshire 5000 Index?

  When we hear “stock index,” we usually think of the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average, and rightly so. Many prominent hedge fund managers refer to the S&P…

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