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Several parts of the medical sector are in the pink. Three medical industry groups are in the top 11 of IBD’s 197 groups, based on six-month price performance. A fourth is No. 30. The overall sector is held back by the four additional medical industry groups that are in the bottom 30 of IBD’s 197, [...]
Despite numerous criticism, jokes and pessimism about Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) latest gadget, iPad, Apple was caught off-guard when it announced that the international launch of the (sanitary) iPad will have to wait, at least for another month. Reason – Apple sold 500,000 iPads in the first week on the market. Apple further predicted [...]
I notice that a lot of my readers were searching for this basic question of how to buy stocks, so I thought it might be useful to you to synthesize some of the great content that’s been generated over the past several years, putting it in one easy-to-find and simple-to-use location for your convenience. This [...]
Long-term bond yields climbed sharply on today as improving sentiment on the economy sapped demand for government debt. Several positive reports on the U.S. economy, higher oil prices and a resurging stock market helped send Treasury prices back down again, resuming a sell-off that began late last month. Demand for Treasurys had already been waning [...]