PreMarket Prep

Rate cut expectations have driven up risk appetite in the last two months, and equity investors have been pushing up stocks at both ends of the market capitalization spectrum. Now could be a good time to focus on the large multinationals, says one market expert. Tim Seymour, founder and CIO at...

Although Halloween is six weeks past, the witches are out on Friday. It’s quadruple witching day in the markets, when the expiry of a number of derivatives contracts can have an unnerving impact on trading. Quadruple witching is the simultaneous expiry of stock options, index futures, index...

Get on board the year-end rally with some retail therapy, says Marc Chaikin, founder of Chaikin Analytics but, as with all investment, be selective. “I love the conversations on the retail space,” he said while appearing on Benzinga’s Premarket Prep on Thursday. But he’s not...

Owner equivalent rent (OER) makes up 25% of the headline inflation, and it’s a “fiction.” Strip it out and the headline CPI rate drops below 2%. “I don’t like taking things out of CPI, but this one’s a fiction,” said Bluford Putnam, chief economist at CME...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and various other digital currencies have experienced a major uptick this month, with Bitcoin's value increasing by over 35%. The recent surge in crypto will likely benefit brokerages like Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD), which saw a huge...

The Biden administration on Wednesday said that it has forgiven $37 million in student debt for borrowers defrauded by the University of Phoenix, following a multi-year investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that led to a $191 million settlement in 2019. Internal emails, advertisement...

The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) may be down nearly 3% since the start of August, but come October and November, the broad market index is going to break out to new highs, setting up the market for a strong start to 2024, according to Ryan Detrick. What Happened: Detrick, chief market strategist at the...

In the backdrop of a roaring market rally, a familiar name emerged with a contrarian view. Michael Burry, whose legendary bearish bet on the U.S. housing market inspired the film “The Big Short," appeared to be challenging market bulls during the second quarter. The broad market SPDR S&P...

Scott Shellady, the finance veteran widely known as the "Cow Guy," spoke candidly with Benzinga on Wednesday about his market perceptions, potential investment opportunities, and his thoughts on artificial intelligence (AI). Here's what investors need to know. Skepticism: Reacting to Fitch Ratings...

ModernIR’s Founder and CEO, Tim Quast, shared his views on the dynamics of momentum trading during a Monday appearance on Benzinga’s "PreMarket Prep," emphasizing a key point for traders to bear in mind: modest, repeated returns on each trade, rather than large one-time profits, are the...

Renowned businessman and U.S. Global Investors CEO Frank 'Bulldog' Holmes appeared on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep show Wednesday morning to discuss a variety of topics, including how the U.S. Global Jets ETF (NYSE: JETS) is up 15.4% in the last month. JETS counts the “Big 4...

The Russell rebalance, also known as Russell reconstitution, takes place annually on the fourth Friday of June. It involves stocks moving in and out of the Russell indexes, primarily based on their market cap. Stocks that increase in market cap move up into higher tiers of the index, while those...

As we traverse the murky waters of global economic changes, it’s always good to have some experienced navigators on board. One such person is Blu Putnam, chief economist at CME Group. In an interview Tuesday on the "PreMarket Prep Plus" show with Joel Elconin, Putnam...

In a Friday appearance on Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep, Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at New Edge Wealth, provided valuable insights into the state of the bond market and the shifting investor behavior from small-cap stocks toward tech giants. The bond market is being heavily swayed...

Gene Munster has a long track record of investing in innovative tech companies like Apple and Tesla. Munster is bullish the artificial intelligence space and says  Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will continue to grind higher amid the AI boom...