As of June, publicly traded markets were almost 7 times as large as the private equity market.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance shrunk by a net $48 billion in the second quarter, as buybacks and mergers outpaced IPOs.... Read More
Flows usually follow performance over longer periods of time. This has not been the case with financial ETFs in 2019.... Read More
A look at earnings growth and stock price appreciation since 2007 shows little multiple expansion.... Read More
The last half hour of the trading day has proven very profitable for stock traders.... Read More
Although the aggregate size of North America's economy is on par with that of Asia and Europe, its stock market is much larger.... Read More
Buy-and-hold investors recently posted one of their largest weekly inflows of the past couple years.... Read More
Japanese and European bank stocks defy the concept of 'stocks for the long run.'... Read More
Foreigners have sold U.S. equities for a record 12 straight months.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance shrunk by a net $683 billion in the first quarter, as buybacks and mergers outpaced IPOs.... Read More
Typically IPOs offer great returns on their first day of trading, but suffer over the ensuing three-year period. Uber clearly missed the memo.... Read More
Uber's IPO last week headlined one of the busiest IPO weeks in several years. While they were a big fish in a small pond as a private company, they are now part of a much larger cohort of publicly traded companies.... Read More
Companies with high foreign revenue exposure have outperformed since the December 24, 2018 low.... Read More
The stock market can now be broken into two parts, the 12 disruptors (which includes the six FAANMGs) and everything else. The disruptors are running the show as no other concentrated theme/industry has before.... Read More
As stocks hit new highs, 65% of futures newsletter writers are bullish.... Read More
The correction in stocks at the end of 2018 led to a high degree of correlation between individual stocks and the S&P 500. This trend has largely reversed course during the rally in 2019.... Read More
Despite a healthy rally in the S&P 500, foreigners continued to sell U.S. equities in January.... Read More
U.S. equity issuance shrunk by a net $462 billion in the fourth quarter, as buybacks and mergers outpaced IPOs.... Read More
As another earnings season comes to a close, companies have once again successfully guided analysts' expectations low enough to ensure positive results. This is a game that has been perfected over the past decade.... Read More
The largest companies in the S&P 500 trade almost 5 times more often than the smallest companies.... Read More