If your home needs a new roof and you are looking for something that will make it stand out and increase its curb appeal, zinc roofing is an excellent option. Zinc roofing will give your home a distinct look, and it is also a hardwearing material with a long lifespan. …
Read More »Market Snapshot: Stock-market pros are having a tough time imagining an S&P 500 slump in 2021
Farewell, 2020. Hello, 2021. It is onward and potentially upward, Superman style, for the U.S. stock market next year, based on analysts’ ambitious year-end targets for the S&P 500 index. No equity market analysts that MarketWatch surveyed for this report foresee a pullback from current levels, already observed as lofty …
Read More »NewsWatch: Stock-market pros are having a tough time imagining an S&P 500 slump in 2021
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. Videogames are a bigger …
Read More »NewsWatch: Stock-market pros are having a tough time imagining an S&P 500 slump in 2021
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. ‘Real Housewives of New …
Read More »Tips For Dealing With HVAC Pros
A heating and cooling specialist should check your air conditioner at least twice a year. Nothing affects your comfort more than your heating and cooling system. Yet, unless the heater conks out during a blizzard or the air conditioning goes on the fritz in the middle of a heatwave, most …
Read More »The Tell: A portfolio of stocks being bought by mom-and-pop investors is trouncing Wall St. pros — here’s what they’re buying
It’s no secret that retail investors have been stepping up their participation in the stock market lately, but the degree by which they have outperformed professional investors may be coming into greater focus. A basket of equities that have been eagerly bought by individual investors since the depths of the …
Read More »Market Extra: It’s like the Wild West with the ‘get-rich-crowd’ vs Wall St. pros, but it’s too easy to blame retail investors for ‘rampant speculation’
Tales of out-of-work 20 and 30-somethings using coronavirus-stimulus checks to scoop up stocks on Wall Street with reckless abandon are emerging fast and furiously, but the reasons behind the recent fervor for investing is, perhaps, far simpler. MarketWatch has written a bit about the rise of retail investors of late, …
Read More »Mark Hulbert: These 4 stocks are investment pros’ favorites — and not one is a ‘FAANG’ stock
It takes guts to be a value investor these days. But the top-performing investment newsletters have no shortage of courage. By value, I’m referring to stocks that are out of favor, trading for relatively low ratios of price-to-earnings, book value, sales, and so forth. Value’s opposite is growth: Stocks in …
Read More »Do you want to work from home post-pandemic? Will you be forced into a pay cut? Read these pros and cons before deciding
Twitter, Square, Shopify and Facebook employees were told they can work from home even after the pandemic ends. “As we’ve become accustomed to working outside the office, it’s become clear that we don’t need everyone to be physically present to do great work,” Lori Goler, vice president of people at …
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