The S&P 500 has outperformed hedge funds every year since 2008 – and investors are deserting them in droves.
Why Hedge Funds Are Bleeding, and Why You Need to Pay Attention
Today, our expert explores why funds no longer turn a profit...
by Shah Gilani
The S&P 500 has outperformed hedge funds every year since 2008 – and investors are deserting them in droves.
Today, our expert explores why funds no longer turn a profit...
Regardless of how election 2016 plays out, we're likely looking at four more years of market gridlock.
But there is one tiny reason for market optimism... Get everything you need to know, right here.
Who is Michael Lewitt?
by David Zeiler
Corporate debt bombs – companies that have over-borrowed because of historically low interest rates – will be at a much greater risk of exploding when the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates over the next couple of years.
These companies were OK as long as rates stayed low, but now the Fed is telegraphing its intent to raise rates to 1% next year and 2% in 2018.
And those Fed rate hikes will light the fuse on these seven corporate debt bombs...
With all eyes turned to the presidential election, another vote is slipping under the radar.
It could trigger the word economic shock in history. Here's what you need to know...
These three stocks are on death watch in October, so be sure to avoid them.
There's a high likelihood these companies will fail, and any investors caught unaware will get pummeled.
What a shock – the Fed didn't raise interest rates last week. Its next chance is in December – we'll see if it chickens out then, too.
You can count on markets to obsess over the possibility of a rate hike for the rest of the year. Anything to keep the free money hose on full blast.
But this obsession with rate hikes means the markets are missing a critical component of the big picture – corporate credit quality. It's really in horrible shape, but eight years of zero interest rates have helped to disguise that fact, and these companies aren't advertising it to shareholders.
Now that the Fed is contemplating raising interest rates, their disguise could be ripped off.
The truth is, "Corporate America" is far more leveraged now than it was on the cusp of the financial crisis.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is climbing after the Swiss National Bank decided to keep negative interest rates in play.
The Bank of England is also looking at ways to potentially stimulate its economy after Brexit.
by Diane Alter
VRX stock has been on a huge rally recently.
After gaining nearly 27% last month, shares of Valeant stock are up another 7% so far this week.
But there's one reason we're still staying away from VRX stock in 2016...