NASDAQ Market News

In a story immediately preceding this one, my colleague, Thierry LaDuguie, wrote about “Emotional Trading – The Enemy of Trading.” Ironically, two US companies made the headlines and watched as investors appeared to react in exactly the manner that Thierry warned against. The share price of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) skyrocketed to record heights whilst the […]

We have grown accustomed over the years to icons like 3M (NYSE:MMM) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) impacting the S&P 500, which they are doing today following the publication of their annual results. At this early stage of the day, having posted less than desirable results, Exxon shares are down 1.72%, and, having posted excellent results, […]

Next month, February 2014, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) will celebrate its tenth birthday and the second anniversary of filing its S1 with the SEC. The company was only eight years old when it starting trading on the NASDAQ on 18 May in what turned out to be one of the most publicized first-day fiascoes in financial news […]

On 23 August 2004 Google’s share price was $106.15 (NASDAQ:GOOG). Except for a sharp, one-year decline when it dropped from just above 700 to 290, Google’s share price has climbed nearly continuously to its current level of 1163. Just in case you are blissfully uniformed, that single year was 2008 and the responsibility for that […]

It would be a bit of “Johnny come lately” if I were to tell you that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is acquiring Nest Labs. Unless you have been living under a rock and been fracked out of house and home today, you already know that the search engine monster has paid $3.2 billion for a caviar that […]

I’m not one to beat a dead horse, but I do believe that one should stay on topic until at least some people ”get it” before moving on. My article, “Retail Wearing the Emperor’s New Clothes,” was published by ADVFN just a few days ago, on Friday, 10 January. In it I pointed out that […]

If the holiday season did anything for investors, it highlighted an issue that most really prefer to ignore. The retail sector is in trouble. UK stalwarts, like Morrisons (LSE:MRW), Tesco (LSE:TSCO) and Sainsbury (LSE:SBRY) share prices have pulled the London Exchange lower as each reported dismal sales during the season. Because we all see the […]

In my humble opinion, I believe that investors sometimes spend so much time analyzing numbers on a page that they miss news that has the potential to make or break a company. Don’t get me wrong, I strongly suggest thorough analysis when investing, it’s just that there is a danger in burying one’s head in […]

The London Exchange has already closed and the traders are making their way over the river and through the streets to Grandmother’s House.  (Grandmother’s House is a small pub near Piccadilly Circus.)  Soon they will be on their way home to ensure that the stockings are hung by the chimney because it’s already obvious that […]

The questions are the same every year at this time.  In homes all over the world, children ask, “Is there really a Santa?”  In stock markets all over the world, investors ask, “Is there really a Santa Rally?”  I think the first question is legitimate, and it restores my faith in humanity.  The second question, […]