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Perhaps you heard yesterday that, after the close, Chipotle (CMG) announced a 50-for-1 stock split. This makes sense, because the stock is about $3,000 per share, and I don’t think they’ve ever bothered splitting it until now. This news alone, which obviously has nothing at all to do with corporate economics, blasted the stock to a new lifetime high.
The bond market, known as the debt or the credit market, is where investors go to buy and sell debt securities issued by corporations or governments. The U.S. bond market is more than 30 percent larger than the stock market in terms of total value of securities traded.
Bonds are given an investment grade, denoting the risk a bond has of defaulting. A bond with a “AAA” or “A” rating is high-quality, while an “A”- or “BBB”-rated bond is medium risk. Bonds with a BB rating or lower are considered to be high-risk.
Bonds are susceptible to risks such as inflation and interest rates. Aren’t those key topics of the day/month/year? So. Shouldn’t we be paying attention?
(more…)I haven’t mentioned NextEra Energy (symbol NEE) in a while, but it’s still an amazing long term – – let me say that again, long-term – – bearish position. So long as it doesn’t push above the price gap at 64.16, this is a fantastic-looking topping pattern.
I’ve mentioned sweetgreen (a place I eat at once a week, minimum) as a good long idea. This one keeps powering higher! The ticker symbol is SG:
Today’s the day, folks, when absolutely nothing is announced but a lot happens. Please swing on over to SlopeTalk as we enjoy Chair Powell’s musings and abusings. His press conference starts at 2:30 EST.
