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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...

Netflix’s Covid Surge Fades and Banks Struggle: Earnings This Week

Netflix’s Covid Surge Fades and Banks Struggle: Earnings This Week

Earnings season has begun on a weak note as banks struggle and Netflix said its blistering growth will slow. The four biggest U.S. lenders -- JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) -- have issued quarterly results. JPM, C and...

Banks Cling to Support Ahead of Stress Test

Banks Cling to Support Ahead of Stress Test

The Federal Reserve is set to release the latest stress test results for banks on Thursday, June 25th after the U.S market close. The central bank began conducting the stress tests in 2009, in response to the devastating effect of the global financial crisis. The...

Swift Rotation into Big Cap Tech, as Russell Support Nears

Swift Rotation into Big Cap Tech, as Russell Support Nears

Since the global financial crisis in 2008, the theme in the overall market has been drastic outperformance in large-cap technology stocks such as the “FANG” names- Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Google (GOOGL). The aforementioned names are members of...

Are Options Traders Bearish? Put Volume Spikes in Financial ETF

Are Options Traders Bearish? Put Volume Spikes in Financial ETF

Financial stocks jumped yesterday, triggering a big trade in the options market. The SPDR Financial ETF (XLF) surged 5.2 percent on Tuesday, its biggest rally in more than a month. There was also heavy options volume as 60,000 contracts traded in a single transaction...