Nicholas Vardy
Bet on Aluminum and Book 66.67% and 50% Gains
It was a mixed to flat week in U.S. stock markets. The Dow Jones was down 0.56%; the S&P 500 closed essentially flat and the NASDAQ rose 0.68%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) fell 0.48%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio included AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), which jumped 6.55%, and Russia’s Mobile Telesystems […]
Global Markets Steady as Dubai Tumbles
Global markets ended the past week pretty much where they started. The Dow Jones was up 0.06%, the S&P 500 rose 0.41% and the NASDAQ rallied 0.30%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index ended the week up a hairsbreadth. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included Google Inc. (GOOGL), up 3.98%, and the Market Vectors Biotech […]
This Is ‘Bond King’ Bill Gross’s Favorite Investment
If you’re like most retail investors, you’ve probably never thought of stamps as an investment.
The Market Melt-up Continues
U.S. markets continued to melt up last week, with the S&P 500 rising 1.38% and the NASDAQ climbing 1.33%. Global markets ended the week flat with the MCSI Emerging Markets Index down 0.11%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio included the ProShares Ultra Real Estate ETF (URE), which rose 2.79%, and Mobile Telesystems […]
Global Markets Stumble on Tension in the Middle East
Stock markets across the globe pulled back across the board this past week. The Dow Jones was down 0.81% and the S&P 500 fell 0.45%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index also fell 1.21%. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included the PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), up 3.53%, which also hit […]
Why You Should Consider an Investment in Brazil, ‘The Country of the Future’
With Brazil playing host both to the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, this Latin American giant’s coming-out party onto the world stage has the potential to be bigger than China’s was during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.