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Bitcoin on Pace for Highest Close in Almost 3 Years as JPMorgan Joins the Crypto Club
Jamie Dimon has been a major player at the Federal Reserve and run two of the country's biggest banks. Now he's the latest to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. CNBC reported this morning that Dimon's bank, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), has started using its digital...
Making the Most of Earnings Season Before Major Tech Stocks Like Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook Report
Curious about earnings season and quarterly results from technology companies like Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN)? This video will interest you. Learn how TradeStation’s advanced functionality can help you anticipate and...
FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level
Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...
Cryptocurrencies Score Gains as Payment Giant Enters Market
Summary Paypal (PYPL) to begin offering crypto payment service.Bitcoin (BTC) rose more than 10% to new 52-week highs. Late last week, crypto-asset exchange OKEx suddenly suspended cryptocurrency withdrawals without much explanation. Later, reports surfaced that the...
Facebook or Alibaba? Next Week Could Bring the Market’s Next Trillion Dollar Company
Facebook or Alibaba. One -- or both -- of the tech giants could become the market's next trillion dollar company next week. Facebook (FB), the world's top social media platform and fifth busiest website in the world, reports earnings. It's jumped the last two...
Why Are Stocks Called Equities?
If you've been investing for a while, you've probably heard the term "equities." Let's explore what it means and why people call stocks "equities." Start with the equity in a house. If your home is worth $400,000 and you owe $320,000 on the mortgage, it has $80,000 of...
Attention Options Traders: TradeStation Is Now Linked to BlackBox
It's a record year for options trading as coronavirus drives more people into the market. Over 5.4 billion contracts were cleared through September, according to OCC. That flew past the previous record of 5.24 billion for the entirety of 2018. With so much activity in...
Stocks Are Drifting as Uncertainty Increases
Stocks advanced last week, but uncertainties about the coronavirus pandemic and stimulus are increasing. The S&P 500 was up as much as 2.1 percent last Monday, only to stall and end the week with a gain of just 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial...
Cryptocurrencies Remain Strong as Industry Legal Hurdle Cleared
Summary Grayscale obtains SEC reporting company status for Ethereum (ETH) trust.Bitcoin (BTC) price action remains strong after large investment from Square (SQ). A legal milestone was reached this week in the cryptocurrency industry. Grayscale Investments, one of the...
Bitcoin on Pace for Highest Close in Almost 3 Years as JPMorgan Joins the Crypto Club
Jamie Dimon has been a major player at the Federal Reserve and run two of the country's biggest banks. Now he's the latest to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. CNBC reported this morning that Dimon's bank, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), has started using its digital...
Making the Most of Earnings Season Before Major Tech Stocks Like Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook Report
Curious about earnings season and quarterly results from technology companies like Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN)? This video will interest you. Learn how TradeStation’s advanced functionality can help you anticipate and...
FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level
Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...
Cryptocurrencies Score Gains as Payment Giant Enters Market
Summary Paypal (PYPL) to begin offering crypto payment service.Bitcoin (BTC) rose more than 10% to new 52-week highs. Late last week, crypto-asset exchange OKEx suddenly suspended cryptocurrency withdrawals without much explanation. Later, reports surfaced that the...
Facebook or Alibaba? Next Week Could Bring the Market’s Next Trillion Dollar Company
Facebook or Alibaba. One -- or both -- of the tech giants could become the market's next trillion dollar company next week. Facebook (FB), the world's top social media platform and fifth busiest website in the world, reports earnings. It's jumped the last two...
Why Are Stocks Called Equities?
If you've been investing for a while, you've probably heard the term "equities." Let's explore what it means and why people call stocks "equities." Start with the equity in a house. If your home is worth $400,000 and you owe $320,000 on the mortgage, it has $80,000 of...
Attention Options Traders: TradeStation Is Now Linked to BlackBox
It's a record year for options trading as coronavirus drives more people into the market. Over 5.4 billion contracts were cleared through September, according to OCC. That flew past the previous record of 5.24 billion for the entirety of 2018. With so much activity in...
Stocks Are Drifting as Uncertainty Increases
Stocks advanced last week, but uncertainties about the coronavirus pandemic and stimulus are increasing. The S&P 500 was up as much as 2.1 percent last Monday, only to stall and end the week with a gain of just 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial...
Cryptocurrencies Remain Strong as Industry Legal Hurdle Cleared
Summary Grayscale obtains SEC reporting company status for Ethereum (ETH) trust.Bitcoin (BTC) price action remains strong after large investment from Square (SQ). A legal milestone was reached this week in the cryptocurrency industry. Grayscale Investments, one of the...
S&P 500 Erases February Selloff
Stocks may have just broken a key level from early in the year, shortly before they suffered a gut-wrenching drop. Here's what it felt like at the time: The S&P 500 hit a record high on January 26. It then stalled and chopped in a right range before spiraling...
Traders, Key an Eye on Small Caps
It's a busy week for earnings and economic news. But, don't forget about one the year's strongest areas in the market. We're talking about small-cap stocks, tracked by the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). Its 9 percent gain so far this year makes it the second-best...
Another Strong Day in Housing
Last week we highlighted a rare green shoot in housing. Today it might have sprouted a little higher. Homebuilders, believe it or not, are the best-performing industry among dozens available on TradeStation's ever-useful RadarScreen comparison tool. Click here for a...
Cyclicals Lead as Stocks Climb Wall of Worry
Stocks kept climbing last week, with higher-risk sectors leading the charge. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 percent between Friday, July 6, and Friday, July 13, to close at its highest level since February 1. The Nasdaq-100 surged even more into new record territory....
In Search of Millennial Melt-ups: Glu Mobile
Do you play MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018 on your mobile device? How about Design Home? Both are published by this week's “millennial melt-up” stocks: Glu Mobile (GLUU). Remember this is a series that started on Market Insights in June after a reader asked for...
Housing and Brazilian Fintech: Options Recap
What does a Texas home builder have in common with a South American tech stock? Both saw gushes of bullish options activity on Thursday. First, DR Horton (DHI). The housing company headquartered between Dallas and Fort Worth reports earnings on July 26. Options...
Nasdaq Powers to New High
Disclaimer: This post is intended for educational purposes only and should not be considered a recommendation. Most big indexes are still below their highs for the year, but not the Nasdaq-100. The technology-heavy benchmark probed 7,338.8 today, breaking its old peak...
Here Come Earnings
It's hard to deny sentiment is building for a strong earnings season. Depending on who you ask, profits are projected to rise more than 20 percent. While the estimates vary, direction is positive because all the research shows consensus figures climbing in recent...
Are Stocks Headed for a Breakout?
We've written a lot about the S&P 500 holding a bullish trend line. Now another potentially key level could be at play for the index. A resistance level around 2800 has been in play since mid-March as equities rebounded from their violent swoon in February. Now...