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Has This Bullish Pattern Returned?
by David Russell | Jul 17, 2025
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 7/21. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 holds last week’s low of 6201, above February high Tight range resembles earlier breakouts...
The Pandemic Actually Helped This Travel Company. Can You Guess October’s Mystery Stock?
by David Russell | Oct 6, 2021
Few industries crashed harder than travel stocks during the pandemic. However one company benefited from the crisis as an unexpected set of catalysts drove its shares up more than 1,700 percent from the 2020 lows. The story of this month's mystery stock begins in 1946...
Nasdaq Stocks Are Teetering, Except For This One Key Company
by David Russell | Oct 5, 2021
The Nasdaq-100 is teetering, but one major index member is fighting the trend as business surges: electric-car giant Tesla. TSLA rose almost 1 percent yesterday, despite NDX sliding more than 2 percent. It managed to close at its highest price since February, even...
Chart of the Day: South American Energy Giant May Be Attempting a Breakout
by David Russell | Oct 4, 2021
Emerging markets have mostly struggled lately as the U.S. dollar climbed. That may have created an opportunity in Brazilian energy driller Petrobras. Unlike other oil giants like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, PBR has barely moved in the last month as crude oil jumped....
Tech Stocks Just Had Their Worst Week In 7 Months as Inflation Scares Haunt the Market
by David Russell | Oct 4, 2021
Technology stocks just had their worst week since February as rising inflation makes investors worry about higher interest rates. The SPDR Technology ETF (XLK) and Nasdaq-100 both declined more than 3 percent between Friday, September 24, and Friday, October 1. That...
Crypto Bulls Cite Mounting Positives as Gloom Plagues the Market
by David Russell | Sep 30, 2021
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum pulled back in September. Now analysts may be seeing potentially bullish trends, even with bearishness plaguing the market. One emerging positive is "big fish" accumulation as large investors move cryptocurrency off...
Toast and Freshworks: Two New Disruptors Pull Back After Scorching IPOs
by David Russell | Sep 29, 2021
Initial public offerings (IPOs) have been going strong as a series of disruptive technology firms hit the market. Two prominent names have pulled back sharply following big rallies last week: Toast (TOST) and Freshworks (FRSH). TOST is a nine-year old provider of...
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A Key Semiconductor Stock Just Gave Tech Investors a Boost of Confidence
by David Russell | Jul 15, 2022
Chip stocks are an important part of the market because of their wide use across the economy. Yesterday, a key player gave investors a big shot of confidence in the group. Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) gained almost 3 percent after announcing quarterly results. As its...
China’s challenge to Silicon Valley
by David Russell | Jun 12, 2018
Chinese tech stocks warmed up this spring. Will they have an even hotter summer? Iqiyi (IQ), the "Netflix of China," is up more than 60 percent in the last month. Mobile-based social network Momo (MOMO) rose 38 percent and e-commerce service provider Baozun (BZUN) has...
Options traders see fireworks in beaten down tech stock
by David Russell | Jun 11, 2018
Options traders seem to expect a hot summer from a forgotten tech stock. More than 19,000 July 29 calls traded in Juniper Networks (JNPR) on Friday. Buyers initially paid $0.56 and kept nibbling as the stock moved higher. Pretty soon they doubled to $1.15 and even...
Big techs battle over privacy: WWDC review
by David Russell | Jun 7, 2018
Maybe we should have guessed it. After all, Tim Cook spent most of the last month bashing Facebook (FB) for collecting user data. Now it turns out there's some bark to his bite. Apple (AAPL) is in the midst of its annual WWDC conference, begun with Cook's keynote...
Is Dorsey the new Bezos?
by David Russell | Jun 5, 2018
Technology's all about change. There's even change in the hottest CEO. Sure Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com (AMZN) might be the richest man in the world. And, sure, Tim Cook of Apple (AAPL) may run the most valuable company. And sure, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (FB) is...





