Al Caicedo, President, and Owner, of “CKS Summit Group” discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how consumers are cutting the cable cord, and in particular, an estimate of 5 million customers are projected to say goodbye to their cable company in 2018. Losses are expected to range into...
Adam Mesh, CEO and Founder, of “Adam Mesh Trading Group” discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how Amazon became the second company in US history to reach $1 trillion market capitalization just one month after Apple Inc. was able to achieve the historic event. Additionally, we discuss how Amazon...
David Scranton, CEO and founder of “Sound Investment Strategies" and author of “Return on Principle” discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how inflation numbers are currently at their highest headline rate since 2012 and what brought them on. And, the Federal Reserve Bank maintains a hawkish tone, while many...
By MarkHulbert - Columnist Twitter’s stock jumped on news that the company is being added to the S&P 500. This may be a good time to sell Twitter TWTR, +0.15% That’s because stocks added to major U.S. stock market benchmarks such as the S&P 500 SPX, +0.10%  tend to lag the market...
By Ryan Vlastelica - Markets reporter The month of May is set to be a positive one for the U.S. stock market, bucking a seasonal tendency for weakness and potentially giving historically minded investors reason for optimism since June usually isn’t a good time for stocks either. According to the Stock...
Anthony Saccaro, President of, Providence Financial, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how we’ve seen some pretty big drops in the market and some think it may be an opportunity to buy on the dips – but, is it? Previous market dips have proven to be buying opportunities, but...
Jeffrey Small, President of Arbor Financial, and author, “Turning Financial Planning, Right-Side Up”, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how investor confidence is holding at 17 year high despite recent market volatility and sell-off. Additionally, dueling tariff announcements between the U.S. and China flare deeper market jitters as the...
Sam McElroy, Co-Founder of, @Financial Investments, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how 4th quarter GDP was revised to the downside from 2.6% to 2.5%; while not a big revision, it’s in the wrong direction. And, since investment of inventory was a part of the GDP revision, we...
Brokerages are trying to keep millennials and Gen Xers engaged to retain their assets By Bethany Baer Ever since online brokerages added customers’ names and balances to their landing pages, financial firms have struggled to meaningfully personalize content to better engage customers. Today, most firms still get it wrong and, as...
Pedro Adao, Founder of, Fortress Financial Group, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how inflation has emerged and will rate hikes by the FED solve inflation concerns but get in the way of economic growth and prosperity. Additionally, is market volatility here to stay as robo-trading becoming more...