Gold's Time to Shine? (5 Bullish Catalysts)
After a decade of under performance, gold appears poised for a comeback. Several factors, including a dovish Fed and a massive technical breakout bode well for the precious metal.
After a decade of under performance, gold appears poised for a comeback. Several factors, including a dovish Fed and a massive technical breakout bode well for the precious metal.
Given the bullishness, many ETFs, having a solid Zacks ETF Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy), touched new 52-week high and are expected to soar further.
Despite the "Magnificent Seven" — or three — powering the S&P 500, the long list of companies hitting new record highs shows another side of the market concentration conversation.
The semiconductor sector has been outperforming many others in the market and shows few signs of slowing down. With that in mind, let’s take a look at two popular semiconductor ETFs to see which is the better choice for investors — the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) or the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD). While these are both great ETFs that invest in semiconductor stocks, they differ quite a bit in several key ways, which we’ll explore in this article. What Is the SMH ETF’s Str
Improved earnings estimates for a few select tech companies show why their stocks are outperforming peers.
Overall, ETFs pulled in $10.3 billion in capital last week, taking year-to-date inflows to $31 billion.
The homebuilder's luxury positioning in the market is a major advantage amid rate cut uncertainty.
Mortgage rates are once again rising, causing grief for many would-be homeowners. Meredith Whitney — dubbed the "Oracle of Wall Street" for predicting 2008's Great Financial Crisis — previously sat down with Yahoo Finance to explain what she called the "Silver Tsunami": how baby boomers aging closer to retirement age will seek to downsize their current living situation, ultimately freeing up a large volume of housing inventory. Meredith Whitney Advisory Group CEO Meredith Whitney joins Yahoo Finance again to give further insight into how the housing market is in a transitional phase and which regions will see the brunt of that transition. Whitney gives historical context and outlines the economics behind why people are moving, and to where:"Over the last 60 years, it's been a coastal Sun Belt revolution and I think what I believe, or I saw, over ten years ago was that people are going to start moving based on state dynamics in terms of better cost of living. No income tax dates. And you've seen that. So Texas, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Nevada, Utah — those have all been the strong states and the weaker states have seen out-migration. That's California, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois. And so what you see, out-migration jobs have already gone so companies have relocated. Texas is the state with the most Fortune 500 companies. That wasn't the case ten years ago." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Nicholas Jacobino
Oil is making a comeback. And if that continues, we could all be in a lot of trouble… unless we own energy stocks. Why? Because the real concern now is that inflation isn’t dead yet. I’ve written about the link between oil prices and inflation expectations before. Broadly speaking, because oil goes into literally every aspect of the economy, it is the closest barometer we have for real-time insights on cost-push inflation rising or falling. I argued late last year that oil is what broke inflatio
Stocks, so far, are higher for the month of February. But it has been a wild ride, with earnings reports and inflation data causing a lot of volatility. Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre take a closer look at some of the areas if the market that have been performing well despite the whipsaw market action. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Stephanie Mikulich.