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Investing In Cannabis: The State Of Affairs, August 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 2:52pm | 1099This article was originally published on Hoban Law Group, and appears here with permission. It’s now August 2020, and I believe most of us thought we’d be over the hump with the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, it certainly appears that the virus will remain a challenge for many months to...
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August Auto Sales Recover Modestly As Industry Looks To Post-Hurricane Replacement Demand
Friday, September 1, 2017 - 1:43pm | 1009Some semblance of sanity returned to the auto market in August after an extended lean run that spanned seven months. That said, the performance remained lukewarm, as companies continued to work their way through inventories. August 2017 had one additional selling day compared to the same month in...
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An Inexpensive Bond ETF For August
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 8:20am | 474Fixed-income exchange-traded funds set a blistering pace of asset gathering in the first half of 2017, easily positioning the asset class to top 2016's record inflows. Bond ETFs' torrid asset-gathering acumen this year comes even as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates twice with...
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Best Sector ETFs For August: An Interesting Mix
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:11pm | 524Tuesday marks the arrival of August, historically one of the worst months for U.S. equities. On average over the past two decades, the S&P 500 has lost 1.3 percent in the eighth month of the year, according to data from EquityClock.com. Said differently, August is, at least on average over the...
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Best Sector ETFs For August: Boring Could Be Beautiful
Friday, July 29, 2016 - 8:19am | 558Today is the last trading day of July, marking a good time for traders to start setting the table for August. The eighth month of the year may bring hot temperatures outside, but on Wall Street, historical data suggest August is ice cold. Historical Performances Over the past 20 years, the S&P...
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What Do The Cycles Say About August?
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 4:03pm | 738Although stocks are clearly in an uptrend at the present time, one could not be blamed for feeling like the dog-days of summer are upon us. Russell 2000 and NASDAQ With the exception of just a couple solid up days, the stock market has spent the vast majority of the last three weeks going sideways...
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Seasonal Trends: Three ETFs To Own In August
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 3:20pm | 659There is just one day left in July so there is no time like the present to start evaluating ETFs that have a tendency to perform well in August. August is not the greatest month of the year in which to be long stocks. Over the past 62 years, the S&P 500 rose 35 times during the month of...