Timothy Puko and Tiva Gold from the Wall Street Journal write how the U.S. equity markets have rebounded and quote Michael Ball on the markets and the possibility of an interest rate rise. Wall Street Journal 8/29/2016. Click the image to view the article on the Wall Street Journal.
Michael Ball was quoted on www.nikkei.com speaking about US markets. The article is in Japanese and was posted on 4/20/2016. ＮＹ株ハイライト 立ちはだかる「イエレンの天井」 上値追いに不安も 2016/4/20 7:14 【ＮＱＮニューヨーク＝岩切清司】19 日の米株式市場でダウ工業株 30 種平均は約９カ月ぶり の高値を付け、2015 年５月 19 日の過去最高値（１万 8312 ドル 39 セント）を視野に入れる。 「米景気は年初の想定ほど悪くない」との見方が米株買いの底流にあるようだ。だが、この日 のダウ平均は下げる場面もあり上昇幅は限られた。投資家は上値追いに自信が持てずにいる。 投資会社ウエザーストーン・キャピタル・マネジメントのマイケル・ボール社長は年初から ３月上旬まで守りの姿勢を貫いていた。金融市場のボラティリティ（変動率）の高まりを米景 気の先行きに対する警戒のシグナルと受け止めた。混乱が一巡した後の米経済指標を注意深く 見ると、市場の描く未来図と実体経済に違いが浮かび上がり始めた。 不況入りという最悪シナリオの回避を確信した３月中旬から、ボール氏は動いた。多くの投 資家が参考指標とするＳ＆Ｐ500…
Vinicius Andrade writes about the current week (March 28th) and all of the information that is coming out this week to investors including Janet Yellen’s speach as well as unemployment numbers. Open in Google Chrome to have the page automatically translated to English. Click the image to view the article on the www.financista.com.br 3-28-2016
Lu Wang writes about the current pause in the bull market run and how the S&P 500 has gone 10 months without a new market high. Michael Ball is quoted going over the current market environment. Click the image to view the article on the Bloomberg.com.
Mike Cherney and Sam Goldfarb write why junk bonds have had such a comeback after starting the year negative and quotes Michael Ball about the their rise. Wall Street Journal 3/7/2016. Click the image to view the article on the Wall Street Journal.
Ann Shields from Market Realist writes about why 2016 has been a challenging year in Cyber Security and quotes Michael Ball about the challenges. Yahoo Finance/ Market Realist on February 22nd, 2016. Click the image to view the article on Yahoo Finance.
Fox Business – Impact of Negative Interest Rates Michael Ball, founder and lead portfolio manager at Weatherstone Capital Management discusses the impact of countries going to negative interest rates. 2-11-16
Dan Strumpf from the Wall Street Journal writes about a fresh selloff in the oil markets that are being weighed down by U.S. stocks. The Wall Street Journal on December 28th, 2015. Click the image to view the article on The Wall Street Journal website.
“Varney & Co. – Fox News Television Fox Business invited Michael Ball, Lead Portfolio Manager, to discuss dividend stocks and his thoughts on Amazon, one of the year’s top performers.”
Tatyana Shumsky writes about commodities for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. Her discussion includes Michael Ball’s thoughts on the commodity industry and challenges that was published in The Wall Street Journal in August 2015. Click the image to view the article on The Wall Street Journal website.