The Technical Indicator: Charting a bull flag: S&P 500, Nasdaq maintain major support
Technically speaking, the U.S. benchmarks’ January rally attempt remains firmly-grounded, writes Michael Ashbaugh.
The Sniff Test: Wells Fargo spent $7.3 billion to help buy an earnings beat — was it worth it?
The $7.3 billion Wells Fargo spent on share repurchases during the fourth quarter failed to prop up its stock price, but it effectively helped the bank one-up its blue-chip rival…
Jeff Reeves’s Strength in Numbers: 3 shutdown-proof investments to buy now — and 3 stock-market plays to avoid
Yes to senior housing, but no to the rest of the housing market.
The Tell: Trader could lose more than $500 million on a single position if S&P 500 tumbles
If the S&P drops below 2,100 by the end of next year, one trader will face a costly — and now, high-profile — reckoning.
Suze Orman says you need $5 million to retire. That’s nonsense
Even people with modest balances can comfortably retire
Currencies: British pound volatile as Brexit-vote day arrives
The British pound bounces around Tuesday, ahead of a crucial vote on U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s exit plan from the European Union, which Parliament will vote on later in…
The No. 1 way to avoid financial disaster, according to this New York bankruptcy judge
The Hon. Margaret Cangilos-Ruiz advises taking four steps, but some are more critical than others.
Cryptos: Americans lost $1.7 billion trading bitcoin in 2018 — and more than half don’t know they can claim a deduction
Americans who owned bitcoin in 2018 took a shellacking, and according to a survey, a surprising number of them don’t plan on taking advantage of the one bright spot: a…
Cryptos: Cryptos marginally lower ahead of Ethereum hard fork
Major cryptocurrencies are trading marginally lower on Tuesday, surrendering some gains made on Monday.
Need to Know: Investors haven’t been this bearish about global profits since the financial crisis, say BAML survey
On Brexit-vote day expect investors to be plenty distracted, but our call of the day says they can’t shake their worries about how badly global earnings season could go.