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Options Alert: Volume Surges in Oil Giant
BP has been clawing higher, and options traders are getting active.
Market Pulse: Sea Has a Bullish Triangle
Sea Ltd. Is one of the biggest companies people have never heard of – especially after this year's big run from the $40s to the $180s. Now trend followers may eye the chart for continuation higher into yearend. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis...
Market Pulse: The Fed Could Start Doctoring the Yield Curve
Economists and Federal Reserve watchers threw around the idea of "yield curve controls" over the summer. They were dismissed at the time but last week's Fed minutes suggest they might be coming back. Yield curve control means the Fed would buy longer-dated Treasury...
Market Pulse: The IPhone Upgrade Cycle Could Be Starting for Apple
Apple (AAPL) unveiled its new iPhones 1-1/2 months ago. Now Wall Street is starting to notice. Loop Capital and Morgan Stanley both issued notes today arguing that orders for the new iPhone 12 are stronger than expected. That helped lift the stock back toward $120,...
What Happened to the VIX? Volatility Shrivels as the Nasdaq-100 Attempts a Breakout
Anxiety is fading as the stock market enters the homestretch for 2020 with the wind at its back. The S&P 500 rose 2.3 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, November 20, and Friday, November 27. It was the third gain in the last four weeks and...
Market Pulse: Will a Slack Deal Let the Merger Genie Out of the Bottle?
Merger and acquisition activity has been down this year, but some big deals popped up in November. Last week brought the most prominent: a potential takeover of Slack (WORK) by Salesforce.com (CRM). Dow Jones and CNBC both reported on the talks, citing sources. WORK...
Sports Betting, Cryptocurrencies, IPhones and Market Rotation: Key Stories From Market Insights
A lot has happened since early July, when we last recapped major stories on Market Insights. Today we'll review some of the major developments since then. Sports Betting Lifts Penn National, Boyd Jumps on Strong Reopening. Are Casinos Back in Play? (7/30): Sports...
Technology & Communication
E-Commerce Giant Struggles After Bearish Price Gap: Chart of the Day
Amazon.com rallied into its last earnings report, and crashed on a very weak outlook. Now traders may need to mind the price gap that resulted. So far, AMZN hasn't even tried to fill that chasm, which creates the risk that it will become a longer-lasting scar on the...