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Stocks Break Out as the Federal Reserve Turns Dovish
Stocks are breaking out as the Federal Reserve moves to support the economy instead of fighting inflation. The S&P 500 rose 1.4 percent between Friday, September 13, and Friday, September 20. The index closed above 5,700 for the first time ever, while the Dow...
What You Need to Know About Risk Management
Most investors like finding stocks they think will move. And most are eager to place trades. But they often overlook risk management because it's less fun. This is one of the biggest mistakes people make when starting in the market. Survival Matters More Than Anything...
Stocks Break Three Week Losing Streak as Trade War Moves Toward Resolution
Stocks just broke a three-week losing streak as President Trump and China made progress to end a trade war between the world's two largest economies. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent between Friday, October 4, and Friday, October 11. The index also held some important...
Stocks Follow Expected Script as Trump Approaches Trade Deal With China
Investors had a plan going into today's big meeting with China, and they stuck to it. Economically sensitive stocks like banks, materials and industrials led the rally on Friday. Semiconductors and Chinese Internet stocks also had some of their bigger gains in recent...
Monex Crypto Market Weekly: October 11
This post is a translation of the weekly cryptocurrency analysis by Crypto Lab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group. Due to the difference in time zone, we’re able to share Friday’s report today. Summary...
Trade War Drama Continues as Chinese Delegation Visits White House
Key talks with China begin today, and things are already off to a crazy start. Last night, reports from Asia said the meetings had pretty much failed before they even started. Stock futures crashed immediately, then roared back after the White House denied the story....
Massive Options Trade Looks for Bounce in Ailing Sector
Health-care stocks have been lagging all year, but yesterday an options trader looked for quick a bounce. Check out the huge call spread in the SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV): 100,000 25-October 91 calls were purchased for $0.42.100,000 25-October 92 calls were sold for...
Technology & Communication
This Mini Version of the Nasdaq Is Leaving QQQ in the Dust
Big cap technology stocks have struggled for months. But that's not true for their smaller cousins. The below compares the performance of the Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen ETF (QQQJ) with the Invesco QQQ (QQQ). QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, so it holds the 100 largest...