Consider these the dog days of the dog days. Not only is August traditionally a crappy markets month, but it’s also when it gets harder to find truly market-moving news. The stock market just seems to have a mind of its own. So long as hopes remain that Congress will figure out a way to […]
Read moreSuitability may be all-important in investing, but the concept can be lost on children, who probably have little to no interest in what stocks are or how to invest, Jim Cramer said. “Let’s be honest. You couldn’t explain to a kid what a stock is to save his or her life,” the “Mad Money” host […]
Read moreJim Cramer says that suitability, or the concept that certain stocks are right for some investors but wrong for others, can last investors a long time once they figure out what is right for them. But after college, during which the “Mad Money” host does not recommend investing or putting away money at all, “things […]
Read moreOver the years, Jim Cramer found that when it comes to investing, some of the best advisors have been none other than his two teenage daughters. “We all know that teenagers are incorrigible. The last thing they want to hear about is stocks. They have bigger fish to fry. To which I say, so what? […]
Read moreInvesting for children can be tricky, but Jim Cramer says that if you do it right, it can leave your loved ones much better off by the time they grow up than if you avoid it altogether. “Parents, grandparents, listen up. You can give all sorts of things to families that had just had babies. […]
Read moreThere used to be a widespread understanding in the stock market that stocks could be here today and gone tomorrow, but Jim Cramer finds that is not the case anymore. “We’ve gone well beyond that,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Those days are long over, and if you recommend a stock for a trade, even […]
Read moreProfessional traders are not impressed with the Dow rally, driven by Boeing, Apple and a few banks. August is typically a down month: The S&P 500 has on average dropped 2.1 percent this month since 2010, according to the analytics tool Kensho. Right on schedule, the August slowdown has emerged. The issue is whether this […]
Read moreThe strong U.S. jobs numbers don’t look sustainable but wages are likely to increase, said Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs. Hatzius spoke after the Labor Department said Friday that the U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent, the lowest since March 2001. […]
Read moreThe S&P 500 is on pace for its 72nd straight trading session without a gain of 1 percent or more — its longest such streak since early 2007. The implications of this kind of historical market calm that’s been the subject of much debate across Wall Street this year are concerning to some strategists who […]
Read moreBlue Apron shares have fallen 37 percent since its IPO, and one trader warns that the stock is a “no touch” ahead of its first earnings report scheduled for Thursday. The meal-kit delivery kit service went public on June 29 at $10 a share, but since then its shares have plummeted to single digits. Despite […]
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