Nasdaq’s Big Bet: Why 24-Hour Trading Could Change Everything (Or Nothing)
Picture this: It's 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, and you're wide awake wondering if you should buy that stock. Soon, you might actually be able to. Nasdaq just announced it's gunning for 24-hour trading, five days a week—basically turning the stock market into the financial equivalent of a 7-Eleven. Here's the deal: Right now, the market opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. ET. Nasdaq wants to blow that wide open and let people trade around the clock. They're ...
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Don’t Fall for the IPO Trap: Why SpaceX’s Big Day Isn’t Your Big Day
Here's the thing about IPO day: everyone's watching the wrong number. When SpaceX hits the Nasdaq tomorrow, financial media will lose its collective mind over the first-day pop. And yeah, it'll probably be huge. But here's what nobody tells you—that massive gain? It's not for you. Let me introduce you to Jay Ritter, a professor at the University of Florida who's basically the IPO whisperer. His database covers 45 years and over 9,300 offerings. Goldman cites him. JPMorgan cites him. The SEC ...
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Tech’s Hot Streak Just Hit a Speed Bump—Here’s What Bank of America’s Seeing
Remember when the Nasdaq 100 was on an absolute tear? Yeah, well, the party might be getting a little too crowded. Bank of America's technical strategists just threw up a yellow flag, and honestly, it's worth paying attention to. Here's the deal: The Nasdaq broke through 30,000 last week like it owned the place. Impressive, right? But here's where it gets spicy—the rally stretched beyond what their models expected, and now the 14-week Relative Strength Index (RSI) is flashing overbought signals ...
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New Fed Chair Warsh Goes Silent — What It Means for Interest Rates
The first Federal Reserve meeting under new Chairman Kevin Warsh is approaching, and Wall Street is unusually in the dark. Unlike his predecessor Jerome Powell, who held press conferences after every FOMC meeting and systematically telegraphed policy moves months in advance, Warsh has made clear he intends to speak less — and say more when he does. Markets are heading into this meeting with almost no read on where Warsh stands on inflation, the labor market, or the path of ...
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Markets Rotate to ‘Boring’ Stocks — REITs and Defensives Lead New Highs
Something notable is happening beneath the surface of the stock market: institutional and retail money is quietly abandoning high-growth names and piling into the safest, most predictable corners of the market. On Mad Money this week, CNBC's Jim Cramer walked through the full list of S&P 500 stocks hitting 52-week highs — and the pattern was impossible to miss. The new-highs list was dominated by real estate investment trusts, insurance companies, and classic consumer defensive names. Cramer's read was blunt: ...
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SpaceX Hits $2 Trillion Market Cap on Historic Nasdaq Debut
SpaceX made Wall Street history on Friday, June 12, as shares of Elon Musk's rocket company surged 26% on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq. Opening at $150 per share — an 11% premium over its $135 IPO price — SpaceX stock climbed as high as $176.52 before settling around $170 at midday. That put the company's market capitalization above $2.2 trillion, making it more valuable than every U.S. company except Apple and Nvidia. The debut also officially ...
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