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2015-12-16 16:01 Heidi Richardson Global Investment Strategist BlackRock Macro 4 Simple Actions to Consider After Fed Liftoff The wait is over—in the wake of the first Fed rate hike in nearly a decade, Heidi Richardson explains what you can do now to prepare your portfolio for a rising rate environment. We ... View Article

2015-12-16 15:33 Barron's Options Rate Hike Trend: Loading Up on Bank of America In last-second positioning, Wall Street traders bet that the financial giant's shares surge on Fed news. Bank of America is sizzling in the options market. Investors aggressively bought upside ... View Article

2015-12-16 14:21 Sam Mcbride Stocks Why PE Ratios Are Not A Good Measure Of Value We've pointed out the flaws in the price to earnings (PE) ratio many times before. Chief among these flaws is the fact that the accounting earnings used in the ratio are unreliable for many ... View Article

2015-12-16 13:17 Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk Stocks Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk - Equity Market Insight December 16, 2015 Investors are counting down to this afternoon's FOMC rate decision, with equities advancing for the third consecutive day. Crude Oil gapped lower at 10:30am, pulling the energy sector with it. ... View Article

2015-12-16 12:49 Briefing.com Stocks Lakeland (LAKE): Lower on earnings; Despite its best efforts, LAKE still seen as a boom-bust play Lakeland Industries (LAKE), which is down since it was added to our GROWX rankings on October 12 at $14.13 (-14%), is trading 19% lower today following its earnings report last night. Our sense ... View Article

2015-12-16 10:22 Barron's Options As Yum Struggles in China Nimble Traders Can Profit Options sales should pay off as the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut moves to spin off its China business. Investors interested in China's restaurant business can get paid top dollar for trading ... View Article

2015-12-16 09:19 Avi Gilburt Technical Analyst ElliottWaveTrader Technical Analysis Last Chance for a 2015 Bottom First published Sat Dec 12 for members of ElliottWaveTrader.net: As I have said on numerous occasions, there are several patterns that I find hard to rely on in any chart, and one of those is a ... View Article