Historically, stock market performance in the months leading up to the election has been a fairly accurate predictor of the U.S. election outcome. Since 1984, every time the S&P 500 has generated a positive return from the beginning of August through the end of October in a U.S. presidenti...
In 2024’s closing months, a mixed interest rate environment appeared to have limited consequences for the broader stock market. The period was marked by the Federal Reserve (Fed) cutting the federal funds target rate (a rate used by banks with each other for overnight...
CLOSING PRICE MANIPULATION IN INDONESIA STOCK MARKET AND IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-CLOSING There are obvious incentives for market participants to manipulate the closing price due to the significance of the closing price, the price that is most commonly used for many purposes. To ensure ...
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I’ll assume you plan on trading in the local stock market since you’re to looking to open a brokerage account in Singapore. But besides the SGX, you may also be interested in stocks listed in foreign markets like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, the U.S., etc. If that is...
If you ever decide to take the plunge and buy a home, your mortgage will likely be the largest debt you'll ever take on. And as part of owning a home, you may be faced with fees in terms of mortgage points. However, paying mortgage points can sometimes m
While it is true that there are millions to be made in real estate, it simply isn't true that it can be done overnight and without a lot of hard work (as my dad always said, "the harder you work the more you'll make!"). ...
There may come a time, sooner than you think, when the world economy simply cannot operate to its full potential without bitcoin, Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) proposed Libra or some other large-scale digital currency. Consider what’s happening in the U.S. alone: Regional banks are closing at...
When trading is done for the day on a stock exchange, all stocks are priced atclose. The price that is quoted at the end of the trading day is the price of the last lot of stock that was traded for the day. This is referred to as the stock'sclosing price.1 That closing price is...
Stock index futures are purchased byportfolio managerswho merely want to hedge against potential losses. Stock index futures represent an efficient method of transferring risk in a market that can be volatile, however, whether they're held by a conservativefund manageror a recklessspeculatorwho's lo...