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Oil Rises as Equities Rally, Physical Market Seen Tighter – Bloomberg

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This article was originally published on this site Oil surged as much as 2.6 percent amid a broader market rally and signs that physical oil supplies are tightening. Futures pared a weekly loss to 0.8 percent. U.S. stocks moved higher as investors assessed a report that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is deciding […]

There are cracks forming under the surface of the stock market – Business Insider

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While the US stock market has shown remarkable resilience lately, if you look closer, there are some cracks forming under the surface. Business Insider senior markets reporter Joe Ciolli discusses a measure called dispersion, which shows the degree to which the market’s best performers are diverging from the worst. It’s high right now, which some market […]

Dow downdraft continues, day after its worst drop in three months – USA TODAY

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This file photo taken on Aug. 8, 2017 shows a trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AFP PHOTO /BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH, AFP/Getty Images) The Dow was trading modestly lower Friday, a day after suffering its worst drop in three months as investors assess the stock market’s next […]

HSAs: Spend or Save It? – WealthManagement.com

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This article was originally published on this site Boosters tout HSAs as a superior way to build long-term savings to meet retirement health care expenses—and the tax benefits are compelling. Yet a recent Morningstar study casts doubt on the quality of both the spending and investing features of HSA platforms. Morningstar graded 10 popular HSA spending […]

Seven Strategies for Investing at Market Peaks – WealthManagement.com

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This article was originally published on this site By Ben Carlson (Bloomberg Prophets) –The S&P 500 Index has recorded more than 150 new all-time highs since eclipsing its previous peak in late March of 2013. In 2017 alone, there have been 30 new record highs through the end of last week. To put this into […]

WCI Newsletter for August 18, 2017

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This article was originally published on this site Stock Of The Day: Buy or Sell? Baxter (BAX) is a Buy Chart for BAX Risk levels may be somewhat lower than normal. Top ETF Winners UVXY at $41.15 (+30.06%) VIXY at $45.53 (+14.03%) SOXS at $28.37 (+7.67%) Top ETF Losers XIV at $71.50 (-14.55%) SOXL at […]

Stock Futures Cautiously Higher After Worst Day in 3 Months – Schaeffers Research (blog)

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are signaling a higher open today, after shaving off 274 points and breaking its four-day winning streak in the wake of yesterday’s disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart and Cisco Systems. Yesterday’s tumble represented the Dow’s worst one-day point loss in three months. Traders are still exercising caution today, though, amid concerns about President Trump’s […]

'Why Housing Has Outperformed Equities' since 1870 – ForexTV.com

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This article was originally published on this site Posted by: Equities News Editor in Equities 1 min ago Geopolitics website Policy Tensor attempts to explain why housing prices have outperformed all other assets classes using an impressive set of data reaching back to 1870, “What explains the superior risk-adjusted performance of housing is the fact […]

New Zealand Super Fund Shifts Passive Equities to Low Carbon – Chief Investment Officer

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This article was originally published on this site The NZ$35 billion ($25.6 billion) New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s (NZ Super Fund) has moved its NZ$14 billion global passive equity portfolio, which accounts for 40% of the overall fund, into low-carbon investments.  The fund said the  changes have significantly reduced its overall carbon footprint, and are a […]