Joel Elconin

In the 149 previous Kentucky Derbies, 44 horses have raced from the No. 17 post position. It’s the only post that has not sent a horse to the Winners Circle. In addition, outside that post — 18, 19 and 20 — there have been only five winners in 84 attempts.

The curtain has finally come down on the circus of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure as the head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines after winning the 20

One market adage that is commonly mentioned just ahead of the Jewish holidays is “Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur.”

Six students completed due diligence on a stock of their choice for the Maize and Blue Stock Pitch Competition at the University of Michigan on Friday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), along with few other big banks, kicked off fourth-quarter earnings season Friday morning.

The entire investment world was on pins and needles Thursday morning waiting for the release of the December Consumer Price Index reading at 8:30 a.m. EST.

So far, 2023 is getting off to good start for investors. Of course, the release of the December Consumer Price Index on Thursday morning could change that in a hurry.

Sometimes the timing of when bad news is announced by a company can soften the impact of the potential price decline. For example, when the news is released after the close on a Friday, there is a chance the Street may overlook or forget the bad news by Monday morning.

Not all issues are off to as a rocky start to the New Year as the S&P 500 index. In fact, with a potential recession looming in 2023, one would expect the banking sector to be taking it on the chin along with the broad market.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), a company that some consider a bellwether for the markets and the economy, reported a second-quarter beat after the close on Tuesday.

One of the few bright spots in the markets this year has been companies in the food industry. With inflation or not, people need to eat and feed their families. And companies in this industry can more easily pass on any increases in costs to produce their products, as consumers will cut corners somewhere else to put meals on the table.

Despite the S&P 500 index being in a yearlong beat market, many issues are at or near all-time highs. One of those issues is Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) which is the PreMarket Prep Stock of the Day.

Following Wednesday’s late-day swoon, coupled with weakness in the futures during premarket trading, no stock was immune from selling pressure. The last thing an issue needed was some bad news to intensify its potential decline.

The investor outlook on an issue can be favorable for a long time, but when the sentiment turns, it can be ruthless.

Companies in the cannabis sector do not have a lot of coverage from Wall Street analysts for a variety of different reasons.

When it comes to earnings reports, it is not always so much what the results are, but when they are announced. In other words, if a company has a poor report or tepid guidance, but the market has good performance, the Street may treat it much better.

Over the years, investors have paid more and more attention to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales results. So much so, that the results, mainly the positive ones, instigate rallies in the corresponding retail issues.

The Chinese stock market is having a rough 2022. 

It was not all bad news for all stocks on Monday morning.

The S&P 500 index has made a sustained move higher from its October low off the rotation to value or low price-to-earnings ratio stocks.