By Michael Santoli | Michael Santoli – 5 hours ago Just naming certain years in market history can tell a dramatic story: 1929 and 1987 denote generation-defining crashes, 1999 is code for easy-riches mania, 2008 for financial-system collapse. The year 1995 tends to get lost in the general “late ‘90s bull market” period, yet it was one of...

Last spring, many investors followed the seasonal “Sell in May and go away” pattern as trading volume fell sharply during the summer. Unlike some other perceived calendar anomalies—such as the January effect—this pattern has been very reliable over the years. Will the trend repeat this year and, if so, what might the potential implications be? A...

The Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator You’ll Ever Find Mar 20 2013, 15:19  |  includes: SPY Yesterday, I smashed every investor’s go-to crystal ball — corporate insiders — into a thousand little pieces. As it turns out, they can’t predict the market’s next move, particularly downturns, with any more consistency...

By Matthew J. Belvedere | CNBC – 5 hours ago @cnbc on Twitter Although blue-chip stocks are hitting all-time high after all-time high, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspantold CNBC Friday that “irrational exuberance” is the last term he’d use to describe today’s market. Greenspan said in a “ Squawk...

Reuters – 2 hours 57 minutes ago By Steven C. Johnson and Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Private employers hired more workers than expected in February and demand for a range of factory goods was solid in January, hopeful signs for the economy as it deals with higher taxes and deep government budget cuts. The reports on Wednesday...

By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Would a new record for the Dow Jones Industrial Average prove to be the bull market’s last gasp? That prospect has more than just a few investors worried, as the index gets within a 100 points of its all-time closing high of 14,164.53, hit on Oct. 9, 2007 — particularly when you consider...

By Sri Jegarajah | CNBC – Sun, Feb 24, 2013 6:26 AM EST @cnbc on Twitter Iron ore prices may extend gains from 16-month highs this week as forecasts predict a “severe” tropical cyclone crossing Australia’s northwestern coast on Tuesday or Wednesday, possibly halting exports of the steel-making ingredient to Asian consumers...

Research Driven Investing Provides Stocks Research on Cleveland BioLabs and Hyperion Therapeutics Press Release: Research Driven Investing – 5 hours ago   NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Feb 5, 2013) – A sharp increase in drug approvals and mergers and acquisitions combined to create a bull market for...

Joe Weisenthal | Jan. 28, 2013, 5:32 AM | 5,995 | 5 Japan’s main stock index, the Nikkei, has been on a surge since last autumn. But if you want to see action, check this out. Japan’s small-cap index is called the MOTHERS index, and SocGen points out in a note today that it’s going bananas. Small-caps, of course, surge when there’s...