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All Eyes on the 10-Year Treasury Yield
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 1/16. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 falls the most since 8/5, hits low of month Prices under 8-, 21-day EMAs, 50-day MA...
Facebook or Alibaba? Next Week Could Bring the Market’s Next Trillion Dollar Company
Facebook or Alibaba. One -- or both -- of the tech giants could become the market's next trillion dollar company next week. Facebook (FB), the world's top social media platform and fifth busiest website in the world, reports earnings. It's jumped the last two...
Why Are Stocks Called Equities?
If you've been investing for a while, you've probably heard the term "equities." Let's explore what it means and why people call stocks "equities." Start with the equity in a house. If your home is worth $400,000 and you owe $320,000 on the mortgage, it has $80,000 of...
Attention Options Traders: TradeStation Is Now Linked to BlackBox
It's a record year for options trading as coronavirus drives more people into the market. Over 5.4 billion contracts were cleared through September, according to OCC. That flew past the previous record of 5.24 billion for the entirety of 2018. With so much activity in...
Stocks Are Drifting as Uncertainty Increases
Stocks advanced last week, but uncertainties about the coronavirus pandemic and stimulus are increasing. The S&P 500 was up as much as 2.1 percent last Monday, only to stall and end the week with a gain of just 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial...
Cryptocurrencies Remain Strong as Industry Legal Hurdle Cleared
Summary Grayscale obtains SEC reporting company status for Ethereum (ETH) trust.Bitcoin (BTC) price action remains strong after large investment from Square (SQ). A legal milestone was reached this week in the cryptocurrency industry. Grayscale Investments, one of the...
Banks Are Still Hurting as the Coronavirus Pandemic Drags On: Earnings This Week
Major banks kicked off earnings season much as the market expected -- still struggling with the coronavirus recession. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) reported third-quarter results this week. JPM and C beat estimates...
Technology & Communication
Is This Level a Lucky Number for Facebook? Here’s Today’s Technical Analysis
Technology and the Nasdaq have gone through a rough spot lately because of inflation. That may be creating an opportunity in social-media giant Facebook. FB is one of the few major Nasdaq stocks to hit new highs recently. Now it’s pulled back and retraced nearly six...