American equity markets rose modestly across the board in Wednesday trading as a solid figure from the ADP employment report helped to buoy stocks. The Dow rose by 71 points on the day while the broader indexes– specifically, the Nasdaq and S&#

The market put in a solid gain today on strength in the energy and telecom sectors.  Stocks are on track for their best first quarter performance since 1998.  The Dow Industrials tacked on another 71 points to close at 12,350.61.  … Continue reading →

With energy stocks still very much in demand, the markets have climbed back into overbought territory above the 200-day. Find out what ETFs are pulling back and which have rallied to new short term highs in the latest edition of 7 ETFs You Need to Know

Filed under: Newsletters, ETF Investing, Recession, Financial Crisis”Between early November and mid-January, the normally staid municipal bond market plunged; and despite recovering off the lows, federally tax-exempt muni funds with an average credit q

Kenny Feng is the President & CEO of Alerian, a leader of MLP-market intelligence that provides benchmarks, data sets, and analytics that are used extensively by a range of stakeholders such as investment banks, stock exchanges, investment professi