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Options Alert: Volume Surges in Oil Giant
BP has been clawing higher, and options traders are getting active.
Cisco Is Holding Multi-Decade Support: Chart Analysis
Cisco Systems has gone nowhere for three years, but now the tech stock may be showing signs of life. First, notice the pullback from new highs in early February. Second, notice where CSCO broke out and is trying to stabilize. The current $45.50 level was resistance in...
Snap Just Had a Historic Day as Self-Serve Advertising Fuels Stunning Growth Forecast
Snap just had an insanely bullish day, thanks to a better advertising platform and augmented reality. Executives told investors revenue will grow more than 50 percent annually for "multiple" years, according to reports on Reuters, Bloomberg and CNBC. That's more than...
Bullish News Continues for Housing, Despite Higher Interest Rates. Here Are Key Stocks to Watch
Bullish news continues for the U.S. housing sector, even with interest rates spiking to pre-coronavirus levels. Home prices rose 10.4 percent in December, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller yesterday. It was the biggest in seven years, accelerating from...
Diversifying with ETFs and Beta
Diversification, or spreading risk between different assets, is a key concept in the world of investing. This practice can help manage volatility because not all stocks move the same way when the broader market swings. It also prevents a big drop in a single security...
Tesla Is Lagging as ‘Old Economy’ Stocks Make a Comeback
Tesla is probably the most prominent stock in the last 12-18 months, surging about 2,000 percent from its peak to trough. But now it may be at risk as sentiment pivots from "new economy" stocks to "old economy" stocks. The chart in this study compares TSLA’s relative...
Walmart Hammered as Covid Boom Fades and Commodities Take Off: Earnings This Week
Walmart cratered this week as investors unloaded stay-at-home stocks and shifted toward commodities. Walmart (WMT) might have generated more revenue than expected, and enjoyed better traffic. However it came at a cost to profits, which missed estimates because of...
Technology & Communication
Call Buyers Flock to Advanced Micro as Chipmaker Wins Business From Microsoft and Meta
Advanced Micro Devices lit up the options market yesterday after being included in the world's biggest social network. The three busiest contracts across the entire options market were short-term AMD calls expiring this Friday, November 12. They outpaced other...