John Melloy was the executive producer of CNBC's "Fast Money" and the "Fast Money Halftime Report" until October 2013. Before returning to CNBC, he was chief executive officer of StockTwits.com, the leading social networking platform for stocks. He began his career at Bloomberg News in 1999 and rose to team leader of U.S. stock market coverage there before leaving for CNBC in 2006 to launch "Fast Money."
Next year could hold big equity gains interspersed with spikes in volatility, just like in the late 1990s, according to MKM's Jim Strugger.
We analyzed the last seven Santa Claus periods which have taken place during the current bull market to see if there were any patterns.
Jim Lebenthal is getting worried about holding the heavily scrutinized defense company into year end.
Active mutual fund managers must prove their worth next year, according to Jefferies analyst Daniel Fannon.
Using hedge fund analytics tool Kensho, we found the stocks that should thrive under the macroeconomic environment developing right now.
The so-called Dogs of the Dow strategy is up almost 18 percent so far in 2016, according to Bernstein.
The average correlation of an S&P 500 member to the index itself plummeted to near a 10-year low at the end of last week.
In December, investors often take profits on their stock winners in order to lock in their capital gains taxes for the year.
Using Kensho, we looked at what happened to the Dow whenever the euro fell 4 cents in two weeks vs. the U.S. dollar.