After the first several weeks of trading in 2023, some early winners include Chinese stocks, short natural gas, short Treasury yields and long gold—as well as a slew of single-stocks that are already up by more than 20% this year.
The 2021 trading year is almost in the books, and a review of this year’s biggest winners and losers should help investors and traders strategize for 2022.
“Buy the dip” refers to a trading/investing approach that involves purchasing an asset, or group of assets, after a drop in price.
Interest in interstellar investment opportunities has been steadily growing the last several years and the recent launch of the ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (ARKX) has further diversified the offerings in this emerging sector.
Advancements in marine technology (aka “marine tech”) have accelerated in recent years, and some of the new startups in this sector will likely shape the future of the industry. Most technology advancements these days seem to center on cities and clouds (the digital variety). But big tech may soon be setting sail on the high … Continued
Trading in stocks and options during 2020 broke all-time volume records, and early data in 2021 suggests trading activity hasn’t peaked yet. 2020 was a historic year in terms of stock trading volumes on U.S. exchanges. Not surprisingly, options markets also experienced record-breaking growth. Interestingly, early data from the first few weeks of January suggests … Continued
Earnings for the first quarter of 2020 are only recently in the books, but savvy traders are already looking toward the second quarter, which don’t kick off until mid-July. One reason for having a longer view at this time is because earnings this year have been especially unpredictable, and going by the first quarter, pretty … Continued
The term “single stock” doesn’t refer to a security that spends its free time swiping right and left on Tinder. No, “single stock” as a concept evolved only after financial products that incorporated exposure to more than one stock were conceived—products like stock indexes, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and mutual funds. That means a single stock … Continued