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Big technology companies face not one. Not two. But, three hearings in Congress today. Representatives from Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) are scheduled to appear before the House of Representatives and Senate today. The committees...
The S&P 500 is pushing to new highs, but cannabis stocks aren't so lucky. Well known names like Canopy Growth (CGC), Cronos (CRON) and Aurora Cannabis (ACB) are down at least 4 percent so far today. The industry-tracking Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) is also on...
Brazilian markets are running higher, and yesterday an investor placed a big vote of confidence in the nation's most important stock. A large put sale occurred in Petrobras (PBR) minutes after the opening bell. The transaction was unusually bullish, looking for the...
Oil crashed less than two months ago as bearish factors piled up. Now the process seems to be going into reverse. Crude oil futures (@CL) held above $60 on Wednesday for the first time since May 22. The price also rallied through its 50- and 200-day moving averages in...
The initial public offerings (IPOs) are surging as a new generation of technology and health-care stocks join the market. Roughly $32.5 billion of deals priced between April and June, according to ClickIPO. That made it the most active quarter since July-September of...
Remember FANG stocks? Three members of this elite club may be flirting with breakouts before some big events. Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB) and Amazon.com (AMZN) are less than 1 percent from their highs for the year. The trio has quietly outperformed the broader...
Someone thinks activity is going to get more interesting in the world's biggest airline. Options activity spiked in American Airlines (AAL) yesterday, with one transaction accounting for more than half the volume. Here's what happened in a single second during the...
"Bull markets climb a wall of worry." The old adage proved true again today as the S&P 500 breaks out to new highs. Investors ended last week fearing higher tariffs against China before the G20 Summit in Osaka. Then President Trump withdrew the threat after...
Today's the last day of the second quarter. A pair of blue-chip disruptors led the market higher during the period. Walt Disney (DIS) and Microsoft (MSFT) were the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the end of March. DIS surged 25 percent as it...
Monetary policy is changing, and it's fueling a monster rally in gold-mining stocks. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has gained 18 percent since the beginning of June. That puts it on pace for the biggest monthly gain since April 2016. "Uncertainties about...