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Super Bowl As Stock Market Predictor? As 49ers Go Up Against Chiefs, Investment Firm Weighs On Potential Implication For Market
Sunday, February 11, 2024 - 3:50pm | 832Is the Super Bowl a leading indicator for stock market performance? Yes, says one firm as it drew upon a historical trend to predict the year’s likely market trajectory. What Happened: Super Bowl LVIII, the championship game of the National Football League, is scheduled to be held on Sunday...
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The Best Performing Sectors, Assets In The First Half Of 2018
Monday, July 2, 2018 - 3:27pm | 689It’s been a turbulent first half of 2018 for investors, with the return of stock market volatility and a stream of impactful geopolitical headlines. Now that the second half of the year has begun, here’s a look at which investing ideas have been working so far this year. U.S....
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The 9 Best S&P 500 Stocks Of The Past 15 Years
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 12:10pm | 474One of the most difficult things for a long-term investor to do is ignore the day-to-day or week-to-week noise in the market and focus on maximizing long-term gains. In reality, young Americans investing for retirement shouldn’t even care what a stock will do in a year’s time and should...
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The Most Sensitive Stocks On The Street
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 11:27am | 397Quarterly earnings season is certainly an important time of year for all investors, but earnings reports are a lot more impactful for certain stocks than others. For example, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) investors know they likely aren’t in for a big post-earnings move. In the past six quarters,...
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Analyst Not Surprised About JCPenney, Says Anecdotal Evidence Is Clear
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 3:43pm | 340J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) shares are poised to finish the week down more than 10 percent after the company announced it will be taking a series of drastic measures to help protect the struggling companies bottom line. The New York Post reported that JCPenney has slashed payroll, frozen...
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Stocks Are Overbought At Levels Not Seen Since 2013
Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 9:59am | 305After a strong bullish run off of February lows, the S&P 500 finished off last week with its first three consecutive down days in over a month. According to Bespoke, the pullback could be a response to the market recently hitting its most overbought level since 2013. “Today’s...
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Natural Gas, India, Japan & Spain Lost February; Gold, Silver, Brazil & Canada Won
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 9:10am | 342The first couple of months of 2016 have passed, and Bespoke decided to share an interesting snapshot of how several asset classes have performed so far. To measure this, the firm used key U.S.-traded ETFs, and evaluated their February, year-to-date and year-over-year returns. The table below...
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First Solar, GameStop, Chipotle Lead List Of March's Best Performers Over Past Decade
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 4:59pm | 482Every Monday, Bespoke publishes the historical median returns of the S&P 500, sectors of the economy and individual stocks for the upcoming couple of weeks based on the returns seen over the past ten years. Of course, the firm highlights, basing investment solely on seasonal trends is not a...
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The Fate Of Homebuilder Stocks Is Tied To This Data Point
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 11:07am | 406The National Association of Home Builders on Tuesday published its latest sentiment report -- designed as a barometer for the single-family housing market. Even though results were weaker than expected, the Bespoke Team assured "the residential housing market in the US has been a bright spot...
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Bullish Sentiment Back Below 40%, Bearish Sentiment Lowest Since February
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 4:39pm | 306The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Investor Sentiment Survey measures the sentiment of individual investors on the stock market. The results of the latest survey recently came out and showed that bullish sentiment was back below 40 percent, while bearish sentiment...
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Apple Stock Falls After Event: Here's How The Stock Acts Historically
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 4:10pm | 320Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) were down roughly 2 percent on Wednesday, following its much-awaited event. How will the stock perform in the weeks and months to come? A look at the historical price movements might shed some light on the issue. Usually, Apple’s stock tends to...
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Signs Pointing Toward Another Santa Claus Rally In 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 12:14pm | 709There has been debate this year, as always, about whether a ‘Santa Claus rally’ would happen. In fact, the seasonal anomaly in which abnormally positive returns take place in the market during the month of December has happened 80 percent of the time over the past 20 years. This year, some...