Dustin Tibbitts

IPO activity picking up The first week of the second quarter got off to a nice start. We had one pricing, three new launches, and three initial filings / updates. T...

Early excitement fades as markets close... Markets started strong today but struggled to hold those gains throughout the day. The Dow 30 held on to a 7 point gain (0.04%), the S&P 500...

Markets fueled by oil's 6% pop. Oil prices blasted off on Friday, as news came out about a proposed freeze in oil production. This coupled with firm economic indicators fro...

Sellers win the battle as markets do a 1... Markets suffered a hard loss today as selling pressure grew all day. All the major indices lost over 1% today taking almost every sector wit...

Stocks close at session highs on strong... After a 2 day decline the bulls fought back today fueling a sharp rally with stocks closing at session highs. The Dow 30 gained 113 (0.65%),...

Biotech ETF's lead the way this week. Markets have started a but weak so far taking the popular ETF's along for the ride. An early rally ahead of the Fed minutes has helped to sh...

Review like a pro: a look at post-trade... Performing post-trade analysis is one of the most overlooked and under utilized steps by investors. Just as a pro sports team might "review...

Understanding Stock Splits A stock split is when a company takes their total shares and divides them into multiple or less shares. The total dollar amount of the stock...

Sellers persist across the board. The markets had yet another down day today with the selling pressure pushing the broad indices to close the lows of the session. The Dow 30...

Stocks finish near session lows to start... The markets finished Monday in the red, closing near session lows. The Dow 30 closed off by 64 (-0.36%), the S&P 500 lost 6 (-0.32%), and th...

First quarter 2016 worst since 2009. The first quarter of 2016 ends with the worst news for IPO markets. This was the slowest quarter for new issues since 2009. There were no co...

Unemployment number sparks more gains. The markets had a strong finish to the week as the unemployment numbers sparked an all day rally that finished at the session highs. The Dow...

Unemployment numbers come out strong. Non-farm payrolls rose by 215,000 last month and the unemployment rate bumped up to 5.0 percent from an eight-year low of 4.9 percent. The L...

Stocks extend the Fed rally. Markets were strong again today as all the indices traded up on the day. The Dow 30 closed up 89 (0.51%), the S&P 500 gained 8 (0.44%) and t...

Market and Sector ETF's continue to shin... The markets have been strong this week following comments from Fed Chairwoman Jannet Yellen. Market ETFs hit fresh 2016 highs and did so wit...

Strong day thanks to Yellen. The markets had a strong day today following remarks from Fed Chair woman Jannet Yellen. The Dow 30 gained 99 points (0.57%), the S&P 500 po...

Should you consider ETF's for your portf... Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a great way to play the market as a whole, a specific industry, or an index. They trade like stocks as thei...

One way to setup a profit and loss ratio... A profit vs loss ratio is something that can by itself help you succeed investing in the stock market. They work wonders for new traders, an...

Stocks start the week mixed. Stocks closed the day mixed today as news of a shooting at the capitol building begins to come out. The Dow 30 gained 19 (0.11%), the S&P 50...

Ipo News This week Last week was a holiday shortened week which saw good news and bad news. The good news was that 100% of the IPO's on the calendar were able...

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