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Amazon May Face an Uphill Struggle as 2022 Begins: Chart of the Day
Believe it or not, Amazon.com is little changed since July 2020. Now it faces an uphill struggle as a new year begins. The first pattern jumping off the chart is the downward-sloping trendline that began shortly before Thanksgiving. AMZN steadily trending lower as the...
Stocks Ended 2021 Strong as Investors Shift from Technology to Health Care and Real Estate
Stocks ended 2021 on a strong note as investors found opportunities in new sectors like health care and real estate. The S&P 500 rose 4.7 percent in December, rebounding from worries about the Federal Reserve and omicron variant of coronavirus. The index climbed...
Why Do Stocks Move? Check Out These 7 Catalysts That Drive Price Action in the Market
The stock market includes thousands of companies in scores of industries and groupings. While they may go up and down for any reason any day, there are underlying patterns behind price movement. This article reviews an earlier series on Market Insights explaining...
Tesla Is Weaving in Its Lane: Chart of the Day
Tesla has been on anything but autopilot since peaking above $1,240 in early November. The EV giant first made a lower high near $1,200, followed by a lower low under $900 yesterday. Taking a step back, the price action is starting to resemble a downward channel. This...
Find Opportunities in Any Market With TradeStation: Free Instructional Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48zbPk542XM The stock market is always changing. Sometimes investors focus on technology and growth companies. At other times, they stick with safe havens or traditional, established industries. How can you keep up? This free...
Caution Reigns in the Stock Market as the Fed Gets Hawkish and Omicron Spreads
Stocks remained under pressure last week as the Federal Reserve got hawkish and coronavirus made a comeback in the U.S. The S&P 500 slid 1.9 percent between Friday, December 10, and Friday, December 17. It was the third decline in the last four weeks, with risk-on...
Technology & Communication
Technical Analysis: Netflix Shares Are Inching Toward a Big Price Gap
Does anyone remember Netflix? After losing three-quarters of its value between November and May, the streaming-video stock may be trying to claw its way back. The first pattern on today’s chart is the bearish price gap on April 20 after the business unexpectedly lost...
Guess What Tech Stocks Are Up Today?
It's a rough day for technology stocks, but one group in the sector is still pushing higher. Electronics-payments firms including Square (SQ) and Mastercard (MA) are mostly positive today. These have been one of strongest niches in the entire market for a while, with...
Big Tech Slammed Again As Rotation Continues
As the saying goes, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. That seems to be the case in technology stocks this week as large-cap members of the big indexes get hammered while other parts of the market hold their ground. Notice on the RadarScreen® below that the...
Tech Troubles, Emerging Meltdown Lifts Volatility
Volatility's on the rise again today, especially for tech stocks and emerging markets. A combination of political risk, currency anxiety and simple buyer exhaustion seem to be triggering the move. The political risk is happening on Capitol Hill as major e-commerce...
Apple Rockets Up the Rankings: August at TradeStation
August brought upsets to TradeStation's rankings as clients shifted attention to big technology companies. Major exchange-traded funds lost interest. Apple (AAPL), which didn't even make the Top 10 in June or July, was the busiest stock at TradeStation last month. The...