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Software Company Rallies After Embracing AI
Unity Software has been coming to life as traders focus on its new AI powers in the world of mobile gaming.
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...
Chart of the Day: U.S. Dollar Is Breaking Major Levels
While everyone is focused on the meltdown in technology stocks and bond prices, the U.S. dollar is hitting even more historic levels to the upside. The U.S. Dollar Index started moving in late 2021 as the Federal Reserve got more hawkish. It accelerated after Russia...
Stocks Cling to Support as Inflation Rages and Interest Rates Surge
Stocks are trying to hold a support level as investors worry about inflation and soaring interest rates. The S&P 500 slid 0.2 percent between Friday, April 29, and Friday May 6. The index swung wildly despite the small closing change. It initially plunged within a...
Global Fears Distract from Earnings as Advanced Micro and Meta Surge
Earnings season is normally a big time for the stock market, but these days investors have bigger fish to fry. Companies including Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla (TSLA) barely moved after issuing quarterly results. Each beat estimates on both the top and...
The Nasdaq Just Had Its Worst Month Since 2008 as the Fed Prepares to Battle Inflation
The selloff in growth stocks worsened last month as a perfect storm of rising rates, geopolitical risk and poor earnings hammered the Nasdaq-100. The technology-heavy index plunged 13 percent in April, its biggest monthly drop since October 2008. Other benchmarks like...
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Options Alert: Large Put Spread Targets Key Level in Apple
Apple has surged this year as Wall Street anticipates a new iPhone cycle and growth opportunities in India. But yesterday options traders looked for a pause. Check out this large transaction that occurred shortly after Monday's open: 20,000 4-August 180 puts traded...
Some Stocks Are Already Hitting New Highs
Major indexes remain well below last year's peaks despite their recent bounce. But some stocks are now trying to break out to new highs -- unfazed by the volatility of late. The screenshot below from TradeStation's Scanner shows several companies at or near 52-week...
Small Companies Outperforming in the New Year
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 Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) since...
Bad News Hammered Several Key Stocks Last Week
No, it wasn't a nightmare. There was a lot of bad news on a lot of companies last week. At least five of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped amid some kind of bearish headline: Apple (AAPL): Wall Street analysts continued to hammer the...
The Mood in Growth Stocks Seems to Brighten
After months of negativity, sentiment may be brightening in technology stocks and the Nasdaq-100. As covered on Market Insights, these "growth" oriented parts of the market lost their mojo late in the summer and then led a selloff in October. But some potential...