Dustin Tibbitts

Investing on margin. Investing using margin can be a great form of leverage when investing in the stock market. Not everyone uses it because not everyone is appr...

Small down day to start the week. Markets had a small down day today but were well off their lows by the close. The Dow 30 closed down 26 (-0.15%), the S&P 500 lost 3 (-0.18%...

IPO markets continue to show signs of re... It seems that the Bats Global Markets (NASDAQ: BATS) successful launch two weeks ago has cleared the way for more activity in the IPO market...

Nasdaq takes a hit today thanks to earni... Most markets finished positive today with small gains. The Nasdaq 100 cannot make that claim though as earnings misses from some notable Nas...

Starbucks earnings announcement a "Grand... Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) started with the good news. The company announced that it performed 16 million more transactions during the second...

Transports and Oil pull the markets back... The markets showed signs of weakness today taking many tech and transportation stocks along for the ride. Oil pulled back 1.6% today as well...

ETF news of the week. Markets continued to show signs of strength this week and many sector ETF's have now found positive territory for the year. As for market ET...

How to navigate earnings season. Earnings season can be a joyous time or cause mini heart attacks. Everything falls back to one important piece, preparation. Whether or not...

Want to invest like Warren Buffett? Warren Buffett is widely recognized as one of the greatest investors of all-time because of his discipline and conservative approach to inve...

Dow above 18,000 in strong day for marke... Wall street posted a strong day today despite negative news and performance in the oil markets. The Dow 30 traded above 18,000 for the first...

Clouds clearing on the IPO markets. Last week saw some IPO success with Bats (BZX: BATS) pricing above expectations. The exchange saw a 21% pop in its first day of trade and th...

Energy and Tech hold the markets down to... Stocks finished the week slightly lower and trading volume was lighter than average. The Dow 30 closed down 36 (-0.20%), the S&P 500 closed...

Meeting in Doha this weekend causing vol... Oil prices have plunged more than 60 percent from their peak of $110 a barrel in June 2014. The decline came amid fears global oil productio...

Mixed day of trade ahead of a slew of ea... Stocks struggled to stay positive most of the day today as investors weigh earnings from Bank of America and many of the S&P's upcoming repo...

China and J.P. Morgan help the markets h... A strong night in China along with an earnings beat from a banking giant set the markets off to new 2016 highs today. The Dow 30 was up 187...

Financials and commodities start the wee... Market ETF's started strong this week thanks to better than expected earnings releases and strong oil performance. The S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SP...

10 tips for successful stop order usage. Stop loss orders are a hot topic in the trading world. Today we will assume that the reader has chosen to use them, and provide some tips fo...

Markets post strong gains as oil rallies... The markets started lower today following a rather large downgrade list from analysts. Many analysts have been trying to get their ratings o...

A must-read list of tips for investors. In today's article I though I would change it up a little and share with you some tips that I wished someone would have shared with me when...

Markets trade slightly lower as earnings... Markets turned lower at the close today after being positive almost all day today. The Dow 30 closed down 7 (-0.04%), the S&P 500 closed low...

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