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Small Companies Outperforming in the New Year

Small Companies Outperforming in the New Year

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Suddenly small is beautiful in the eyes of investors. Indexes focused on smaller companies, like the Russell 2000 (IWM) or the Nasdaq Composite ($COMPX), have outperformed larger benchmarks like the S&P 500 ($SPX.X) and Dow...
Double-Dose of Good News for Economy as 2019 Begins

Double Dose of Good News for Economy as 2019 Begins

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The U.S. economy has gotten a double dose of good news as 2019 gets underway. Non-farm payrolls had their biggest gain in 10 months, almost doubling forecasters' expectations. But that's not all. The October and...

Bearishness Reigns in Energy Giant: Options Recap

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Energy's the weakest sector over the long run, and options traders are sticking with that trend. Check out this giant bearish trade in oil-field servicing company Halliburton (HAL): A block of 58,000 22-February 27.50 puts...

Nasdaq Dominates the Top 10: December at TradeStation

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The Nasdaq-100 fell 8.9 percent in December, its worst monthly drop this decade. Not surprisingly, seven of the 10 busiest symbols at TradeStation during the period were somehow associated with the tech-heavy index. Here's the...
Brazil Kicked Off 2019 With a Bang

Brazil Kicked Off 2019 with a Bang

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Latin America's biggest economy kicked off the New Year with a bang as a pro-business government took power. The iShares Brazil ETF (EWZ) ripped 6.4 percent yesterday, its biggest gain since Jair Bolsonaro effectively won...
These Were Market Insights' Top Stories in 2018

These Were Market Insights’ Top Stories in 2018

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TradeStation's Market Insights blog launched in early 2018. It was a great year to write about the markets, thanks to broad volatility, economic changes and geopolitical turmoil. Today as 2019 gets underway, it's a good time...
Santa Was Naughty and Nice for Stocks in a Crazy Christmas Week

Santa Was Naughty and Nice for Stocks in a Crazy Christmas Week

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Santa Claus was naughty and nice for investors last week, delivering one of the craziest Christmas weeks ever. It started with the S&P 500 plunging to its lowest level in 16 months. The index then...
Best Stocks and Biggest Losers of 2018

Best Stocks and Biggest Losers of 2018

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Stocks are finishing their worst year in a decade, but there were still plenty of winners. Let's run through the best and worst performers of in the S&P 500 index over the course of...

Bulls Target Coca Cola and Silver Options

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What do a soft-drink giant and a precious metal fund have in common? They both have bullish options trades today, that's what. Let's start with Coca-Cola (KO). The soda maker is one of the few...

Stocks and Economy in Massive Disconnect

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A lot of things can be said about the stock market right now. One of the biggest is its huge disconnect with the economy. Judging by Wall Street, you'd think we're in a recession now....
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