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Remembering the Pandemic: How the Market Went Crazy 3 Years Ago

Remembering the Pandemic: How the Market Went Crazy 3 Years Ago

It's been exactly three years since the coronavirus pandemic started impacting financial markets. Today, as conditions show signs of returning to normal, Market Insights takes a look back at key moments that defined the crisis and recovery. One Bearish Story After...

Options Alert: Trader Looks for More Upside in Chinese Tech Stock

Options Alert: Trader Looks for More Upside in Chinese Tech Stock

Chinese technology stocks have been jumping, and one options trader is positioning for the move to continue. Check out this unusual activity this afternoon in e-commerce company JD.com (JD): Some 5,000 February 70 calls were purchased for $4.01.At the same time, the...

Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It?

Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It?

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 25, 2020. Stocks continued their selloff on Tuesday as coronavirus spreads around the world. Here are some facts on what it means for your money. First, this pullback is now a "big one." The S&P 500...

Bulls in the China Shop? Call Buyers Just Piled Into Alibaba

Bulls in the China Shop? Call Buyers Just Piled Into Alibaba

Most stocks have been under pressure lately, but there could be bulls in the China shop. E-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) surged 15 percent to $119.62 despite the S&P 500 sinking more than 1 percent. The rally landed BABA at its highest closing price since February...

Silver Attempts a Pre-Fed Breakout: Technical Analysis

Silver Attempts a Pre-Fed Breakout: Technical Analysis

Silver has been dead money since the summer as the U.S. dollar ripped higher. But now it’s attempting a breakout -- despite next week’s looming Federal Reserve meeting. Notice how the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) made a higher low on January 6 versus its nadir the...

The Dollar Is Dropping Sharply, Lifting Global Stocks and Commodity Plays

The Dollar Is Dropping Sharply, Lifting Global Stocks and Commodity Plays

All of a sudden, weak-dollar trades are working. At least 26 foreign-country exchange-traded funds are outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 so far this year, according to TradeStation data. Producers of commodities like oil and metals, which tend to track the...

Technical Analysis: The Nightmare Could Be Ending in Chinese Tech Stocks

Technical Analysis: The Nightmare Could Be Ending in Chinese Tech Stocks

The last year for Chinese technology stocks has been nothing short of a nightmare. But now there could be signs of a turn in the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, which holds key names like Tencent and Alibaba. The 8-day exponential moving average was under the...