Cannabis ETFs Aren’t the Same ETFMG Alternative Harvest and AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis may track the same industry, but they are quite different in terms of holdings A burning desire for pot stocks may leave unwary cannabis investors with more speculative investments than they realize. Take two exchange-traded funds focused on the cannabis industry: ETFMG Alternative […]
What Is a Stock Rerating? The term, when used to describe stocks, refers to changes in investor sentiment When Wall Street analysts use the terms “rerating,” “rerate” or “derating,” they are talking about something at the heart of the investing process: changes in investor sentiment. “When a stock sees a rerating, people are either more […]
Race to Public Markets Continues Despite Uber, Lyft Flops Strong anticipated demand for Slack signals robust investor appetite; 2019 still expected to be a record The IPO market faced its first major test since the disappointing debuts of Uber Technologies Inc. UBER 1.41% and Lyft Inc. LYFT 4.58% and passed with flying colors. Investors eagerly […]
Frackers Scrounge for Cash as Wall Street Closes Doors With traditional financing options dwindling, shale companies explore costlier alternatives Shale drillers are scrambling to raise cash as oil prices plummet and financing from Wall Street dries up. The companies behind the U.S. fracking boom are turning to asset sales, drilling partnerships and other alternative financing […]
Fed Likely to Remain Dovish: Analyst Stocks have climbed in recent sessions amid signs that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates to boost the economy. Bryce Doty, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager at Sit Fixed Income Advisors, said that the implications of May’s weaker-than-expected jobs report for the Fed are dovish. View […]
Battered Oil Investors Dive Back Into Crude Signs suggest heavyweight producers from OPEC are cutting output and the breakneck expansion in U.S. shale drilling is slowing down Oil investors, their wounds still fresh from last year’s sharp selloff, are again growing bullish on crude. Supporting the confidence of hedge funds and other money managers: signs […]
Fears Loomed Large in Oil’s Worst Quarter Since 2014 The U.S. crude benchmark finished the year 25% lower after a slump that shaved $30 off oil prices The oil market is engulfed by fears of a global growth slowdown, as worries grow that falling demand and robust output from major producers will lead to a […]