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An Earnings Season Like No Other Is About to Begin
Earnings season is about to start, with the coronavirus pandemic causing one of the most uncertain backdrops ever. Analysts are looking for S&P 500 earnings to decline by 43-44 percent, according to Reuters and Factset. The energy sector is expected to have the...
Bitcoin Lulls While Alt Coins Perk Up
Summary Bitcoin (BTC) prices waivered this week as the hash rate hit new highs.Alt Coins showed relative strength in comparison to Bitcoin.Cryptocurrency markets reacted positively to signs of an economic recovery in China. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) continued its...
Oil and Energy Stocks Teeter as Coronavirus Cases Soar in the U.S.
After a huge bounce last quarter, energy is struggling again as coronavirus keeps spreading. The SPDR Energy ETF (XLE) fell 9 percent between June 30 and Thursday's close. That makes it the worst-performing sector this quarter by a huge margin. It also contrasts with...
Key Options Strategies to Know as Earnings Season Begins Next Week
Second-quarter earnings season begins next week against one of the most uncertain backdrops ever. It's a good time to review some options strategies to manage risk in the age of coronavirus. Here are some options trading strategies we'll consider today: Long...
All of a Sudden, Investors Are Waking Up to Global Stocks
The U.S. dollar is under pressure, spurring interest in a whole new universe of stocks and commodities. The iShares China Large Cap ETF (FXI) flew 9.5 percent on Monday, its biggest rally in more than a decade. KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) also rose more...
Covid or no Covid, Bullish Things Keep Happening in the Stock Market
Stocks rose again last week as one bullish chart pattern after another appeared. The S&P 500 rose 4 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, June 26, and Thursday, July 2. Winners outnumbered losers by more than 19-to-1. The index also registered a 1...
Market Insights’ Biggest Stories From a Dramatic First Half of 2020
The stock market just had one of its most dramatic runs ever. It flew to new highs, crashed to multiyear lows and then bounced sharply. Coronavirus has redefined the economy and the market. The pandemic has catapulted some industries forward, and doomed others with...
Tesla, Netflix and These Other Tech Stocks Broke Out Yesterday
Tesla, Netflix and Amazon.com are leading a breakout in the technology sector as investors prepare for the Fourth of July weekend. The e-commerce giant, electric-car maker and streaming-video provider closed at new highs yesterday. But they weren't alone. Many smaller...
These Were the Top Symbols on TradeStation in June as the Economy Reopened
The economy reopened in June, and TradeStation clients played the trend by pivoting to travel-related stocks. Aerospace giant Boeing (BA) flew up the rankings of busiest symbols on our platform. United Airlines (UAL) and American Airlines (AAL) also entered the list...
An Earnings Season Like No Other Is About to Begin
Earnings season is about to start, with the coronavirus pandemic causing one of the most uncertain backdrops ever. Analysts are looking for S&P 500 earnings to decline by 43-44 percent, according to Reuters and Factset. The energy sector is expected to have the...
Bitcoin Lulls While Alt Coins Perk Up
Summary Bitcoin (BTC) prices waivered this week as the hash rate hit new highs.Alt Coins showed relative strength in comparison to Bitcoin.Cryptocurrency markets reacted positively to signs of an economic recovery in China. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) continued its...
Oil and Energy Stocks Teeter as Coronavirus Cases Soar in the U.S.
After a huge bounce last quarter, energy is struggling again as coronavirus keeps spreading. The SPDR Energy ETF (XLE) fell 9 percent between June 30 and Thursday's close. That makes it the worst-performing sector this quarter by a huge margin. It also contrasts with...
Key Options Strategies to Know as Earnings Season Begins Next Week
Second-quarter earnings season begins next week against one of the most uncertain backdrops ever. It's a good time to review some options strategies to manage risk in the age of coronavirus. Here are some options trading strategies we'll consider today: Long...
All of a Sudden, Investors Are Waking Up to Global Stocks
The U.S. dollar is under pressure, spurring interest in a whole new universe of stocks and commodities. The iShares China Large Cap ETF (FXI) flew 9.5 percent on Monday, its biggest rally in more than a decade. KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) also rose more...
Covid or no Covid, Bullish Things Keep Happening in the Stock Market
Stocks rose again last week as one bullish chart pattern after another appeared. The S&P 500 rose 4 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, June 26, and Thursday, July 2. Winners outnumbered losers by more than 19-to-1. The index also registered a 1...
Market Insights’ Biggest Stories From a Dramatic First Half of 2020
The stock market just had one of its most dramatic runs ever. It flew to new highs, crashed to multiyear lows and then bounced sharply. Coronavirus has redefined the economy and the market. The pandemic has catapulted some industries forward, and doomed others with...
Tesla, Netflix and These Other Tech Stocks Broke Out Yesterday
Tesla, Netflix and Amazon.com are leading a breakout in the technology sector as investors prepare for the Fourth of July weekend. The e-commerce giant, electric-car maker and streaming-video provider closed at new highs yesterday. But they weren't alone. Many smaller...
These Were the Top Symbols on TradeStation in June as the Economy Reopened
The economy reopened in June, and TradeStation clients played the trend by pivoting to travel-related stocks. Aerospace giant Boeing (BA) flew up the rankings of busiest symbols on our platform. United Airlines (UAL) and American Airlines (AAL) also entered the list...
Good, bad and ugly: Earnings this week
It's the first big week of first-quarter earnings. Here are some big takeaways so far. Netflix (NFLX) is the flashiest name overall, spiking to new all time highs after adding 7.4 million subscribers in the first quarter. That's like signing up the entire Dallas-Fort...
Markets seem to be climbing a wall of worry
This article is not a recommendation and is intended for educational purposes only. "Stocks climb a wall of worry." Most of us have heard the expression. Now it may be playing out before our eyes. After all, we've had worries. Trade wars with China. Presidential...
Stocks advance but hit resistance
So much for a breakout in the S&P 500. The index began last week on a strong foot, only to stall at the top of its range since mid-March. Sellers materialized each afternoon to prevent the index from closing at its highs. Without that resistance, the S&P 500...
How the bulls are chasing Fox: Options activity
If you've ever wondered about bulls chasing a Fox, look no further than the activity yesterday's options market. And no, we're not talking about a rerun of Downton Abbey. We're talking about the big spike of options activity in media conglomerate Twenty-First Century...
Don’s Notebook March 27, 2018
Case-Shiller data are likely to highlight the strength of home appreciation, which is a less publicized factor behind what have been robust levels of consumer confidence. The S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller home price index tracks monthly changes in the value of...
Don’s Notebook March 15, 2018
This morning’s jobless claims report points to strength in the labor market with initial claims down 4,000 in the March 10 week to 226,000. The 4-week average, at 221,500, is down for the seventh time in the last nine weeks and is nearly 7,000 lower than it was a...
Has General Electric Finally Bottomed?
This post is for education purposes only and should not be interpreted as a trade recommendation. General Electric (GE) has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average for over a century, and at one point was the biggest company in the world. As most traders...
Suddenly the Bears are in Retreat
Stocks recovered from early losses last week as interest rates stabilized and money streamed into tech. A Friday-afternoon surge landed the S&P 500 back above its 50-day moving average, resulting in a 0.55 percent gain for the holiday-shortened span. The...
Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Two Years as Rates Rise
Stocks just took their deepest dive in two years as higher interest rates caused investors to take profits. The S&P 500 cratered 3.85 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2 -- its biggest weekly decline since early 2016. The selloff contrasted...