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Technical Analysis: Bonds Fly a Potential Bearish Flag Before Key Economic Data
Bonds have been in a steady downtrend all year. And now, after a period of consolidation, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF may be set to continue lower. This main pattern on this chart is the modest rebound over the last three weeks. Given the preceding four...
AMD Remained the Busiest Symbol in May With the Chipmaker Reporting Quarterly Results
Advanced Micro Devices was the busiest stock at TradeStation Securities in May as the chipmaker reported strong quarterly results. AMD held its position at the top of the rankings for the fourth straight month, according to TradeStation data. The company's earnings,...
Stocks Break Historic Losing Streak on Positive Earnings and Inflation News
Stocks exploded higher last week, breaking a historic losing streak, as good news chipped away at a wall of negativity. The S&P 500 rose 6.6 percent between Friday, May 20, and Friday, May 27 -- the biggest gain since November 2020. The rally broke a seven-week...
Lumber Prices Tanked in May. Is That a Good Sign for Inflation and the Stock Market?
Inflation has been a major worry for investors this year, but there could be signs of the crisis easing. Recent weeks have brought several glimmers of hope for a country facing its sharpest price spiral in 40 years. Continued improvement could prompt the Federal...
Options Alert: Bears Are Targeting a 30-Year Low in the Top Cruise Operator
Travel stocks like cruise ships have accelerated lower in the past month, and yesterday the options flow turned bearish in the biggest operator. Carnival (CCL) was especially active, with more than 126,000 puts changing hands. That was triple the average in the last...
Technical Analysis: This LNG Tanker Stock Is Squeezing. Will a Breakout Follow?
Natural gas tanker stock Cheniere Energy has steadily trended higher for more than a year, but it’s effectively gone nowhere for three months. Now it may be getting ready to move again. The first pattern on today’s chart is the descending trendline that started...
Technology & Communication
Options Alert: Call Volume Grows as Salesforce.com Nears Highs
Major technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft jumped on quarterly results. Will peer Saleforce.com make a similar move? Marc Benioff's provider of cloud-based marketing software is up 49 percent this year after a sharp selloff in 2022. It has paused over the last...
Forgotten Stocks Rip Higher: Earnings This Week
Several forgotten companies have rallied in the last week as investors continue to pore over quarterly results. Covergirl maker Coty (COTY) is up more than 50 percent in the last week after earnings and revenue beat estimates. That suggested the heavily shorted...
This Corner of Tech Has Gotten Hammered
Many high profile technology stocks have rebounded this earnings season. Video-game makers aren't so lucky. Check out the three worst performing members of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 today. No company is even close to these drops in either index: Electronic Arts...
Harpoon Going Public as Market Waits for Uber IPO
Initial public offerings have faced a double-whammy of challenges, but now experts expect a pickup. First, the stock market ended 2019 with its worst quarterly drop in over seven years. Volatility like that is a challenge for any company going public, but it was...
Big Tech Strikes Back: Earnings This Week
Big tech results weren't so bad after all: That's the main takeaway from the busiest week of earnings season. Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Alibaba (BABA) rallied 7 to 16 percent after reporting. Not all beat estimates, but each...