Investors Yearn for December’s Santa Claus Rally

Investors Yearn for December’s Santa Claus Rally

As the most conducive month for the US stock market approaches, investors have been cautioned about the period. The excellent gains in December for US investors, which is also called the “Santa Claus rally” dates back to as far as 1945. Since then the S&P 500 index has increased by an average of 1.7 percent [...]

Importance of Index Funds

Importance of Index Fund

Index funds have gradually facilitated investing even with the problems in the European market, insider-trading at Wall Street and the hitches in the Federal Reserve plan of lowering interest rates. Investors in these funds are optimistic of the future although this selection may not be attractive for long term investments. Despite a smaller gain compared [...]

Three Stocks ATNI-LZB-SKX May Go Down by December

Three Stocks that may go down by December

Investors should unload stocks that have been not been doing well since it may never recover by the end the year. This is also known as the January effect which will likely affect smaller-sized businesses. A number of investors wait until the end of the year before they unburden themselves of these stocks since they [...]

Korean and Irish Tension Rattle Global Markets

Korean and Irish Tension Rattle Global Markets

Tuesday saw a decline in the shares as volatile stocks were unloaded by investors due to increasing tension between the two Koreas and mounting concerns on debt problem in Europe. The prices of stock at the iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund(ETF) NYSE:EWY dropped by 5.43 percent following the most serious attacks by the North [...]