Tag: trading

November 16, 2021

When assessing income-generating stocks, one important thing to note is the yield, which measures the percentage the company pays out in dividends in relation to its stock price. As you analyze, you might come upon an expensive stock with a […]

October 15, 2021

Global stocks have rallied significantly in the last two sessions as upbeat sentiment returns to markets. Continued growth in earnings from major US banks and asset managers have seen investors take a break from concerns about growth and stagflation, focusing […]

October 8, 2021

Over the past five trading sessions, the performance of major bank stocks depicted an optimistic stance. The continued market optimism on the back of the Federal Reserve’s slightly hawkish stance on monetary policy is driving the bank stocks. Thus, yields […]

October 6, 2021

Earnings season can be a great time for a trader to get insight on their equity investments, as well as benefit from short-term volatility. But in order to maximize this trading opportunity, there are some key considerations to make before […]

August 24, 2021

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD), the zero-commission investment app that has revolutionized the brokerage industry, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO is set to be one of the most anticipated offerings of the year, given how the […]

August 16, 2021

The Asia-Pacific trading week will kick off with Japan’s second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP). Japan is slated to release its preliminary Q2 GDP data, with analysts expecting the figure to cross the wires at 0.7% on an annualized basis, according […]

August 11, 2021

US Dollar bulls have clearly controlled the steering wheel over the last few days. The broader DXY Index is up more than 1% on the month largely thanks to US Dollar strength against key peers like the Euro and Yen. […]

August 6, 2021

Shorting a stock involves selling a borrowed stock in the anticipation of buying the same stock back at a lower future price and pocketing the difference. Short selling is a normal part of an active trader’s plan as it presents […]

July 26, 2021

The phenomenon of mobile phone apps continues to transform the world: from the opportunities it gives to order a taxi to the way that it allows instant groceries deliveries, the app ecosystem has given a new lease of life to […]

July 21, 2021

Those figures would mean a valuation of between $27 billion and $35 billion, placing the trading app in the upper third of the S&P 500. Robinhood’s revenue grew by 245% to $959 million last year on the back of increased […]