All Entries in the "Economic Data" Category
Private Equity Outperforms Venture Capital for the 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods…
Great stuff from Dan Primack (@danprimack) related to private equity and venture capital returns for the past few years. If this trend doesn’t change, VCs may have some issues raising money going forward. Article here.
S&P 500 Annual Returns Since 1998…
The below link presents the S&P 500 annual return since 1998…pretty interesting data. A couple of interesting tidbits… In 2008 we lost 38.49%, but have gained 36.24% back in 2009 and 2010 – not bad, eh? The largest one year gain was 34.11% in 1995 The largest one year loss was….you guessed it…38.49% in 2008 [...]
New Piotroski Screen Stocks
Good evening. The markets were primarily bullish today, as traders await the jobs report number tomorrow. Tomorrow at 8:30 am EDT we have the following economic number releases: Nonfarm payrolls Unemployment rate Hourly earnings Average workweek I am looking to see about 500k for Nonfarm payrolls, versus prior period of 290k. Since this is released [...]
Economic Data – Week of June 1st
Briefing.com has a very informative and simple to use Economic Calendar, which I have pasted below (Briefing). To become a successful trader or investor, you must learn how to research items that affect the macro economy, as well as each individual geographic region, industry, sector, and stock. This Economic Calendar is something that I have [...]
Friday Morning and Economic Data
Futures are looking mixed this morning, after yesterday’s stellar market action. Today will be an interesting day in the financial markets. I am wondering if traders will be starting their Memorial Day Weekend early, which could lead to light volume today. However, there are some key Economic data being released today, which I am sure [...]
