The US stock market ended September in the green amid signs of ease in trade tensions with China and monetary policy moves from the Fed in line with expectations......
(read more)October 4 - ETF Trading, Market Movers, News - Comments
Hedge funds aren’t what they used to be. They used to be exclusive investment vehicles where wealthy investors could generate double digit alpha with......
(read more)September 6 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions, News - Comments
What are the countries with the highest inflation rates in the world? Inflation is one of the indicators of a country’s economic state, representing......
(read more)September 2 - ETF Trading, Lists - Comments
What are the biggest marijuana companies in the world? If you are looking for the safest investment, marijuana companies may just be the next big thing......
(read more)August 13 - ETF Trading, Lists, News - Comments
Since its launch in 2000, the ASX 200 has been recognized as “the institutional investable benchmark” in Australia. Its large size and liquidity is......
(read more)July 11 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, Futures/Forex, Macroeconomic Predictions, News - Comments
Trading is not an easy activity. Granted, you can get by for a while, but unless you have strong foundations, you’ll eventually get overpowered by the......
(read more)July 4 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, Futures/Forex, News - Comments
Wall Street today is underpinned by automation, and it’s been this way for decades. Trading and automation are intimately linked, to an extent many......
(read more)June 27 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Quantitative Investing, Tech - Comments
Bitcoin, which came out more than ten years ago, is the first use case of blockchain. However, as of today, blockchain’s list of use cases is not capped......
(read more)May 15 - Bitcoin, Commodities, ETF Trading, Ethereum and Other Cryptocurrencies, News, Tech - Comments
Even though they’ve been around since the early 1990s, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) only started to gain real traction a decade ago. In the aftermath......
(read more)May 13 - Commodities, ETF Trading, Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s often said that in order to be a successful day trader, one must master technical analysis and focus only on patterns, charts, and trends. The......
(read more)May 7 - Commodities, ETF Trading, Market Movers, News - Comments
Tradenet, the stock day trading academy established by Meir Barak more than 15 years ago, is regarded as the best learning service aimed at novice and......
(read more)April 22 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, Futures/Forex, News - Comments
Funded trading accounts allow stock traders to get control over a decent deposit and enjoy potential gains with higher value. The main advantage of such......
(read more)March 27 - ETF Trading, Market Movers, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
Since June 2016, Europe (and the rest of the world) has been facing one major uncertainty – Brexit. On June 23, voters in the UK chose for the country......
(read more)January 28 - Economy, ETF Trading, Macroeconomic Predictions, News - Comments
Barry Rosenstein and his event-driven, activist hedge fund JANA Partners haven’t had it easy over the past few years. The fund’s assets under......
(read more)December 19 - ETF Trading, Gold, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Paul Singer of Elliott Management has been described by Bloomberg as “the world’s most feared investor”. Other outlets have......
(read more)December 18 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Options - Comments
Investors in the market for large-cap dividend-paying companies that nonetheless have huge growth potential need look no further than the following five......
(read more)December 16 - Dividend Stocks, ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
So you’ve decided you want to be a stock trader? Well, that’s great, and many have succeeded and accomplished great things as traders – but bear......
(read more)December 12 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, Lists, News, Options - Comments
You may be too young to remember when Yahoo, Altavista, Lycos, and Excite were the dominant companies in the emerging field of internet search. In 1998......
(read more)August 8 - Bitcoin, ETF Trading, News, Tech - Comments
Stock trading is characterized by whipsaw activity in the financial markets. Stocks rise and fall owing to a myriad of factors including geopolitical......
(read more)March 29 - ETF Trading, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
Exchange-traded funds are a great investment vehicle that is suitable for many investor profiles. They are perfect for new and inexperienced investors......
(read more)February 12 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
There are many ways to pick stocks to your portfolio, but two main categories that stocks can be subdivided into are growth stocks and value stocks. Growth......
(read more)February 7 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Billionaire David Tepper is one of the most respected and most followed investors on Wall Street. The co-founder and CEO of Appaloosa, who was one of......
(read more)November 23 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The 11 largest industries in the US by revenue contribute the most to the U.S economy and employ tens of millions of people. The U.S is the richest......
(read more)November 10 - Economy, ETF Trading, News - Comments
Investments come in different shapes and sizes and sophisticated investors will definitely have heard about fractional shares. Fractional shares simply......
(read more)August 10 - ETF Trading, Tech - Comments
Investment fees are notoriously high with traditional brokers. Since land-based brokers operate with higher fixed costs, it makes sense that they charge......
(read more)August 9 - ETF Trading - Comments
What are the 8 Best Personal Finance Apps and what impact do these apps have on Asset Management Companies? The advancement of technology brought more......
(read more)March 31 - ETF Trading, Lists, News, Tech - Comments
Preferred stocks offer the distinction of being unique hybrid instruments with qualities of both stocks and bonds. In that manner, they offer healthy......
(read more)March 13 - ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Interest rates have been a hot topic of conversation lately and JC Parets from All Star Charts thinks rates are going higher thanks to the relationship......
(read more)March 9 - ETF Trading, News, Options, Stock Analysis - Comments
Vanguard ETFs have become a juggernaut in the world of passive investment management. They are widely used across retail, institutional, and retirement......
(read more)March 6 - ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Love is in the air this Valentines week and many income investors are smitten with the returns of their high yield investments. The steady march higher......
(read more)February 17 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Income investors with large taxable accounts are consistently focused on maximizing their total return and minimizing the impact of taxes on their nest......
(read more)February 13 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A long strangle is an option strategy that benefits from a large move in the underlying stock in a short space of time. The trader doesn’t care which......
(read more)February 8 - ETF Trading, News, Options, Stock Analysis - Comments
How countries with political and civil unrest in 2017 handle their issues, and in what manner, while likely be a factor in how some of your investments......
(read more)January 23 - Economy, ETF Trading, Lists, News - Comments
If you are an income-focused investor, and you believe in the power and safety of real assets, then this particular closed-end fund (CEF) may be worth......
(read more)January 12 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A reader recently sent me a question asking why you would own a bond fund when interest rates are on the move higher. This type of sentiment is more than......
(read more)January 9 - ETF Trading, News - Comments
Income Investors are often attracted to real estate securities because they offer big steady yields. For example, the real estate sector ETF (XLRE) offers......
(read more)January 6 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Hedge funds and other investment firms run by legendary investors like Israel Englander and Ray Dalio are entrusted to manage billions of dollars of accredited......
(read more)December 20 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
At Insider Monkey we track the activity of some of the best-performing hedge funds like Appaloosa Management, Baupost, and Third Point because we determined......
(read more)December 19 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Retired investors are often looking for core exposure in funds that demonstrate low costs and steady income. These two attributes are key to maintaining......
(read more)December 19 - ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A whopping number of 13F filings filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been processed by Insider Monkey so that individual investors......
(read more)December 18 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Legendary investors such as Leon Cooperman and Seth Klarman earn enormous amounts of money for themselves and their investors by doing in-depth research......
(read more)December 9 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Is iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) (NASDAQ:TLT) a good investment right now? We check hedge fund and billionaire investor sentiment before delving......
(read more)December 8 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The closed-end fund marketplace is one of over 500 offerings that span virtually every global asset class. This makes the landscape both ripe with opportunity......
(read more)December 7 - CEF Trading, ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Simon Sadler‘s Segantii Capital Management Ltd. was established in 2007 and is based out of Hong Kong. The fund, which mainly invests in Asia-Pacific......
(read more)December 6 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Whitney Tilson the founder of the New York based hedge fund Kase Capital Management recently shared the slide deck of his “Robin Hood” Investor’......
(read more)December 6 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Real estate stocks have taken a beating in recent months as rising interest rates derail the momentum of this beloved income sector. Yet despite the dip......
(read more)December 5 - ETF Trading, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Pharmaceutical stocks have had a tough year, with landmark ETFs like the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals(ETF) (NYSEARCA:PJP) down about 18.7% since......
(read more)December 2 - ETF Trading, News - Comments
Insider Monkey finished processing more than 700 13F filings made by hedge funds and prominent investors. These filings show these funds’ portfolio......
(read more)December 1 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire investors didn’t get to where they are (or get their bank accounts to boast that many 0’s) by being ordinary. Many made shrewd......
(read more)November 28 - ETF Trading, Gold, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track more than......
(read more)November 28 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
