New Home Sales: Why Do Investors Care
New home sales measure the number of newly constructed homes with a committed sale during the month. The level of new home sales indicates housing market trends and, in turn, economic momentum and consumer purchases of furniture and appliances. Why Do Investors Care?This provides a gauge of not only the demand for housing, but the [...]
Consumer Confidence: Why Do We Care
Why Investors Care About Consumer Confidence: The pattern in consumer attitudes and spending is often the foremost influence on stock and bond markets. For stocks, strong economic growth translates to healthy corporate profits and higher stock prices. For bonds, the focus is whether economic growth goes overboard and leads to inflation. Ideally, the economy walks [...]
How Does Companies Get Listed-Delisted
During the bull market, everyone is happy. More and more companies get listed and start raking in the money. However when the bull market stalls, some companies crash to rock bottom and could be pushed towards getting delisted. Investing in companies that are delisted can be extremely risky. Lets find out how and why delisting [...]