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Earnings season begins today with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. It could feature the strongest profit growth in half a generation. Analysts on average forecast a profit increase of 64 percent for the S&P 500, according to FactSet. While that sounds impressive,...
That huge shift in investor sentiment, growth to value, seems to be resuming as a new month begins. This chart compares the iShares Value ETF (IWD) with the iShares Value Growth ETF (IWF). Notice how they’ve moved in opposite directions since the beginning of last...
The economy is roaring back to life, just in time for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low. No major change in policy is expected from the central bank on Wednesday. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has repeatedly said inflation needs to go solidly above 2 percent...
Financials are the second-best performing sector in 2021. Now one of the biggest names has pulled back to hold some key levels: Morgan Stanley (MS). MS dipped on the Archegos implosion last week, but reportedly faces no significant losses. That brought MS down to its...
Banking giant Citi reports earnings in two weeks, and one big investor is looking for a breakout. Unusual options activity was detected in the April 76 calls. Traders started buying for $1.11 shortly after the opened, with larger transactions for $1.08 after the...
Travelers (TRV) doesn’t get much attention, but maybe it should. The insurance stock trended steadily upward since October. It made a new all-time high above $160 last week when Chubb (CB) bid for Hartford Financial (HIG). TRV quickly pulled back, creating a potential...
Apple rallied in December after holding $120. Now it’s back and threatening to break support at that level. The price action is part of the ongoing technical weakness in the smart-phone giant. It had a false breakout in January and a trend-line failure last month....
Sentiment has changed dramatically in 2021 as investors position for a surge of economic growth. This has caused some big pivots between former leaders and laggards. This post will break down some key trends. First, the change can be explained by higher interest rates...
Bitcoin keeps hitting new highs as mainstream firms like Blackrock jump on board. "The technology has evolved and the regulations have evolved to the point where a number of people feel it should be part of their portfolio," Rick Rieder of Blackrock (BLK) told CNBC...