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Tesla and Apple Leap After Stock Splits. Will Amazon.com Follow?

Tesla and Apple Leap After Stock Splits. Will Amazon.com Follow?

Apple and Tesla jumped to new highs today after splitting their stocks. Will other big Nasdaq companies like Amazon.com follow? AAPL rose more than 3 percent and TSLA spiked over 13 percent. Their gains helped lift the the Nasdaq-100 to its ninth record level in the...

E-Commerce Breakouts! Target and JD.com Explode Higher: Earnings This Week

E-Commerce Breakouts! Target and JD.com Explode Higher: Earnings This Week

If you want to know the week that e-commerce officially took over the world, this might have been it. Companies including Minneapolis-based Target (TGT), Beijing-based JD.com (JD) and Singapore-based Sea (SE) rode strong digital trends to new record highs. Meanwhile,...

Travel Stocks Gain as Executives See Demand Rebound: Earnings This Week

Travel Stocks Gain as Executives See Demand Rebound: Earnings This Week

The last week of earnings featured mixed results from technology companies and optimism from two prominent travel companies. Cruise-ship operator Royal Caribbean (RCL) and hotel giant Marriott (MAR) predicted demand will continue to recover as the U.S. economy reopens...

This Fast Moving Data Point May Show Things Returning to Normal

This Fast Moving Data Point May Show Things Returning to Normal

Just how quickly is the economy recovering from coronavirus? Rail traffic gave a potentially hopeful sign yesterday. U.S. trains moved 497,397 carloads last week, according to the Association of American Railroads. It was the highest number since the last week of...

Reopening 2.0? Small Caps Gain Traction as Covid Cases Trend Lower

Reopening 2.0? Small Caps Gain Traction as Covid Cases Trend Lower

Some new trends are emerging as the market potentially looks for the coronavirus pandemic to ease. Small caps, industrials and retailers are showing signs of relative strength so far in August -- a big change from last month. Those sectors have lagged since the crisis...

Here’s Your Ultimate Guide to Trading the Weak Dollar

Here’s Your Ultimate Guide to Trading the Weak Dollar

A perfect storm of forces is lining up against the U.S. dollar. Here are some key things for investors to know. First, even if you don’t trade currencies (and most people don't), they can have a big influence on the stock market. Moves in the foreign-exchange markets...

Tesla Results Come Through and Housing Surges: Earnings This Week

Tesla Results Come Through and Housing Surges: Earnings This Week

This week's earnings featured a huge quarter from electric-car maker Tesla and several positive surprises in the housing space. TSLA's earnings and revenue beat estimates in the second quarter, despite coronavirus shuttering some factories. Its manufacturing practices...