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Markets Brace for Inflation as Slowdown Takes Hold
Investors are hoping for rate cuts, and inflation numbers are the key events to watch this week.
Stocks Begin 2022 on a Bearish Note as Technology Gets Liquidated and Interest Rates Jump
Stocks began the year on a bearish note as investors unloaded high-multiple Nasdaq companies before the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates. The S&P 500 slid 1.7 percent between Friday, December 31, and Friday, January 7. Selling focused heavily on the technology...
Forgotten Blue Chip Doubles as Recovery Takes Hold. Can You Guess January’s Mystery Stock?
Price inflation has been a major concern since the economy roared back from coronavirus a year ago. While the trend has been difficult for the public, some companies have benefited from the trend. That's especially true with January's mystery stock. Its story begins...
Shocker: The Federal Reserve Is Actually Serious About Tightening Monetary Policy
First they announced tapering. Then they accelerated the taper. Now the Federal Reserve wants to take the next step by shrinking its massive balance sheet. "A significant amount of balance sheet shrinkage could be appropriate," policymakers warned yesterday. They...
Automakers Begin the Year With an Explosive Rally as Ford Goes After Tesla in the EV Space
Tuesday, January 4, 2022, was an epic day for automakers as the industry begins a New Year inundated with good news. Ford Motor (F) jumped 12 to percent to close at its highest price in 20 years. General Motors (GM) and Toyota Motor (TM) leaped 7 percent to new record...
Options Alert: Bulls Target Breakout In Financials as Earnings Draw Near
Financials kick off earnings season next week, and one options trader is positioning for a breakout in the entire sector. Check out this large transaction in the SPDR Financial ETF (XLF), which holds major names like JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC):...
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...
Technology & Communication
How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 12, 2020. If the coronavirus is shaking your faith in stocks, you need to keep reading this article. Why? There are three reasons. Reason 1: This Selloff Is a Total Aberration Pretty much every previous...
New Companies Back on the Rise
Back in the spring, there was a wave of bullishness in initial public offerings. After a few pullbacks, some of those companies are pushing higher again. Take a name like ZScaler (ZS), which provides cloud-computing security services. It chopped around after crushing...
Goldilocks Drives S&P 500 to New Highs
If the longest bull market in history had a patron saint, it would be Goldilocks. This Wednesday marked the 3,453rd session in the uptrend that began on March 9, 2009. That outlasted the earlier run between late 1990 and early 2000. While improving economics and...
Calls Spike as Small Cap Goes Mobile: Options Recap
Last month, Market Insights highlighted a surging maker of smart-phone games. Yesterday, options traders lit up the name. Here's a breakdown of the large transactions detected in Glu Mobile (GLUU): A block of 5,500 September 5.50 calls was bought for $2.04. A block of...
Retail Revival Underway: Earnings This Week
Remember when everyone thought traditional retailers were going extinct? This week's earnings reports may have destroyed that narrative. "This is the healthiest environment I have ever seen," Target (TGT) CEO Brian Cornell told CNBC as his stock shot into record...