What Is a Gravestone Doji? A gravestone doji is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern that is formed when the open, low, and closing prices are all near each other with a long upper shadow. The long upper shadow suggests that the bullish advance in the beginning of the session was overcome by bears by the…
What Are Indexed Earnings? Indexed earnings is a calculation the Social Security Administration (SSA) uses to determine Social Security benefits by taking inflation into consideration. Inflation is the rate at which prices increase within an economy over a period of time. The amount someone collects from Social Security after retirement or disability after an injury…
Dow component McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) is likely to break March support in coming weeks and drop to the lowest lows since 2015. A variety of fierce headwinds have come into play in the first quarter, topped by the closure of restaurants and/or dine-in eating all across the world. The company is assisting franchisees under economic…
COVID-19 peak is key, but hard to pin down Investors are looking for the bottom as stocks swing How to identify the bottom and the start of the recovery U.S. markets are trading sharply lower Friday morning, halting three straight days of gains for the major indexes. The U.S. now has the most cases of…
Dow component The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) could offer safe haven against the pandemic storm in coming weeks after holding long-term support at the 200-week exponential moving average (EMA). Vicks, NyQuil, and Charmin sales are far less cyclical than Model 3s, iPhones, and Air Jordans, allowing Procter & Gamble to maintain strong revenues and…
Starting a new business can be very exciting. The thought of working for yourself and creating something new—not to mention making a lot of money—is a prospect many people toy with but may never actually realize. That’s because it can be a very challenging and daunting task, too. It takes a lot of time, effort,…
Wild price swings in the major market indexes this month caused by uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak don’t look like they will be abating anytime soon. In the past week alone, the broad-based S&P 500 has rallied 20% from its Monday low. With stocks falling as much as 35% since late February, it’s not surprising…
What Is a Pass-Through Certificate? Pass-through certificates are fixed-income securities that represent an undivided interest in a pool of federally insured mortgages put together by a government-sponsored agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). How a Pass-Through Certificate Works A large percentage of mortgages that have been issued to borrowers are sold…
No matter how strong the economy or how bulletproof the industry, no specific stock can ever claim to be a perfectly safe investment. Individual companies can be undone by lawsuits, internal fraud, management changes, product failures, new technology, stronger competitors, and many other factors. For a safer investment, spread your money across an entire industry through…