By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
With 147 companies already going public this year, the U.S. market is on pace to see more IPOs in 2014 than any year since the dot-com boom of 2000 when 406 companies went public.
In fact, 2014 has seen more IPOs in six months than 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012 saw all year.
Because the IPO market is so "white hot," some analysts are wondering if we're reaching bubble territory. Here's the full story…
It's been so crazy some analysts are worried we're getting into bubble territory...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
Investors are always looking for cheap stocks on the rise, because small-cap stocks can bring huge gains in a very short period of time.
Because these stocks have small market caps and low prices, they can be very volatile. Investors who are on the right the right side of those swings, however, quickly forget about the risks of owning penny stocks.
With that said, here are five cheap stocks that have already posted big gains, and still have room to run…
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
With U.S. stocks at all-time highs in 2014, folks are wondering where prices can go from here. Granted, there will be periodic corrections and temporary market downturns.
But I believe the conditions now in place could foster a bull market that could last 18 to 20 years, with much of it fueled by tech investing.
And the investors who take advantage of it now will have a shot at life-changing wealth...
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Best stocks to buy for the week ending June 27, 2014: Each week our experts dish out the latest profit plays and asset-protection moves for our Money Morning Members – all for free.
Last week, Money Morning's best stocks to buy included two ways to cash in on sub-Saharan Africa's $1 trillion resource rush, a leader-turned-laggard that's about to reverse course and bring tremendous upside to investors, a way to profit from the end of the U.S. oil export ban, a smart silver exchange-traded fund (ETF), and more.
Get the full list of our best stocks to buy now and start profiting today…
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Twitter stock (NYSE: TWTR) was up more than 4.5% on Tuesday morning after the microblogging company announced it appointed former Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) banker Anthony Noto as chief financial officer.
The news comes less than three weeks after Twitter's June 12 management shakeup, when Chief Operating Officer Ali Rowghani resigned his position and shifted into a strategic advisor role. Twitter said the COO spot would remain vacant.
Here’s what’s behind the appointment – and what it means for investors…
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Yesterday (Monday), General Motors (NYSE: GM) recalled 8.45 million more vehicles. The latest round means GM has set a new record for U.S. automaker vehicle safety fixes in a calendar year at 29 million – it's now recalled nearly 3% of the world's total cars.
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
Most people who are just "in the market" don't understand high-frequency trading (HFT) and dark pools.
My knowledge of HFT and dark pools dates back to the late 1990s, when I was trying to figure out how to get better executions on the large trades my hedge fund was generating. I consider myself a bit of an expert.
So, for all of you who want to know more, I’m going to share some of that expertise…
By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
We love the General Electric Co. investment story.
In fact, we've been telling our readers of Private Briefing about it for months.
We're going to talk about it again today – with good reason.
The already strong investment case for GE just got even stronger.
On Friday, the French government finally backed General Electric's $17 billion offer for the power and electrical-grid businesses of Alstom SA.
And that's not all…
In a surprise move, France also said it would take a 20% stake in the French engineering giant.
It's a complicated deal.
But it could serve as an additional "catalyst" for the GE share-price rally we've been predicting.
Here's why…
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Stock market today, June 30, 2014: U.S. stock markets were flat on Monday, but that represented good news as the second quarter ends. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished up for a sixth consecutive quarter. The S&P 500 posted its best second-quarter gain since 2009.
Here are the top stories from the stock market today…
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
GWPH Stock Update: GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH) stock once again hit our "hot stocks" list Monday when shares surged some 15% intraday to a 52-week high of $109.56.
Here’s why this leader among marijuana stocks has soared more than 1,100% in the past year.
