Dustin Tibbitts

Small gains once again for a slow market... With little news for traders to focus on the markets once again continued higher today with small gains. The Dow 30 was up 66 (0.37%), the S...

Quiet, but mostly positive day for the m... The markets were mostly higher today in a quiet day of trade. Since there was no meaningful news scheduled for today the Dow 30 only gained...

Removing the fear of options with one si... Let's face it, Options are not for everyone. Many investors feel that there is some heightened risk that is taken when using options and tha...

Managing risk when adding to a winning p... When investing, many theories about position management often recommended scaling into a position. Usually the thought is that the investor...

Markets close at highs after strong Yell... Stocks were higher today as comments from Janet Yellen seemed to clarify the number of rate hikes to be expected this year. The Dow 30 gaine...

No great offerings this week, but IPO ma... Coming off a shortened, holiday week the IPO markets are back in action this week. The shortened holiday week saw three healthcare IPOs rais...

Walmart not going down without a fight. Wal-Mart announced Thursday that it will continue to take drastic measures to cut costs and lower prices for consumers. Taking a page from t...

Lower finish for stocks after Jobs numbe... Stocks traded sightly lower to wrap up the week as the jobs numbers came in less than expected. The Dow 30 was down 34(-0.19%), the S&P 500...

Another reversal day for the markets ahe... Once again the markets started the day weak but were able to finish in the green. The Dow 30 was up 29 (0.17%), the S&P 500 was up 5 (0.28%)...

Markets start the new month on a quiet n... The first day of June starts off with a whole lot of nothing. While the markets were mostly lower in the morning, stocks recovered slowly al...

Weak end to the month for ETF's The markets finished the month with a down day. Most major market ETF's were lower after some impressive gains last week. The S&P 500 (NYSE:...

Rent your portfolio? I am always striving to find simpler ways to explain investing and strategies to clients and students. The markets are a complicated arena,...

Markets move lower after holiday. Markets were mostly lower to end the month as a few major Dow components suffered losses. Most notably was Boeing (NYSE: BA) which lost 2.38...

Are you outperforming in all market cond... When times are good in the stock market, how do you know if you are maximizing your investment portfolio value? For over seven years now the...

Analysts agree, summer will be red hot f... As is typical for the Memorial Day shortened week, the IPO markets are typically quiet. This week we will see two deals come to market, rais...

Markets finish the week with small rally... The markets finished the week with a quiet day of trade. Traders waited for Jannet Yellen to speak in the afternoon and she commented that t...

The end of an american brand? If republican nominee Donald Trump was talking about Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD) he would call it a disaster. The sad part is that sears would have...

Markets flat ahead of Yellen speech. The markets traded mostly flat today as news continues to be light. The Dow 30 closed down 21 (-0.12%), the S&P 500 closed flat (-0.02%) and...

The markets rally again, breaking the "r... The markets rallied again today breaking the reversal curse that has been seen all month. The curse was that when the markets added 1% or mo...

Lots of green in ETF land this week. The markets saw a strong and steady rally Tuesday following a slow start on Monday. Most traders attributed the rally to the housing numbers...

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