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Surprise Deals Lift Stocks Before Powell Speech
Unexpected dealmaking is lifting stocks as investors brace for a key event on Friday.
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...
Parabolic SAR and Moving Averages Can Help Traders Follow Trends
Trend following is a common strategy for traders in the stock market, but spotting opportunities can be difficult. Today we'll consider a combination of indicators included in the TradeStation platform that may help: parabolic SAR and moving averages. Parabolic SAR...
‘Bear Market’ Is Trending as Inflation Pummels Corporate America
Investors are freaking out about the stock market as inflation pummels major retailers like Walmart and Target. The S&P 500 fell 3 percent last week. At one point on Friday it slipped below 3855, representing a 20 percent drop from the high of 4819 on January 4....
Historic Selloffs in Walmart and Target as Inflation Crushes Profit Margins
Retailers are having a bearish week as inflation hammers major chains like Walmart and Target. The pain began on Tuesday when WMT reported sales growth of 2.4 percent, but a 23 percent drop in operating income. TGT followed by announcing that revenue increased by 4...
Can Stocks Break Their Losing Streak as Attention Shifts Away From Inflation and the Fed?
Bearishness continues to run high in the stock market, but some traders may expect a bounce. At one moment last week, the S&P 500 was down 6.4 percent. That would have been the sharpest drop since March 2020, but it turned on Thursday afternoon and cut the loss to...
Technology & Communication
Chart of the Day: Apple Pulls Back After a ‘Golden Cross’
Apple clawed to a six-month high last week. Is it done or will prices continue higher? The first pattern on today’s chart is the price level around $156. AAPL peaked there on March 6 and bounced there yesterday. Some chart watchers could think ... For more,...
Chinese Tech Stocks Come to Life
China may still be in trade talks with President Trump, but that's not keeping money away from the country's technology sector. The PowerShares GoldenDragon Halter Index ($HXC) is up more than 3 percent today and on pace for its highest close since early October. The...
Chips Rip and Transports Move North: Earnings This Week
Earnings remained strong in the last week, led by economically sensitive industries like semiconductors, transports and financials. Chip stock Xilinx (XLNX) is the S&P 500's biggest gainer today and in the last week after beating estimates across the board. Some...
Big Growth Stocks Roar Back as Earnings Approach
Big growth stocks are roaring back to life as earnings approach. Companies like Netflix (NFLX), Incyte (INCY), Broadcom (AVGO), Facebook (FB) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are leading the S&P 500 higher today as investors return to the most important part of the market....
New Companies Are Leading the Market in the New Year
Last year was a busy year for initial public offerings, and several of those new names are rallying in 2019. A list of 37 recent IPOs generated an average gain of more than 9 percent since the start of January. That's more than twice the gain of the broader S&P...