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Small Caps Surge as a Potential ‘Trump Trade’ Takes Shape
The stock market is changing quickly as investors anticipate potential rate cuts and a second Trump Administration. TradeStation data shows a dramatic shift away from large growth stocks in favor of smaller companies and value plays. Banks, financials, small caps,...
Monex Crypto Market Weekly: March 8
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. Owning to the difference in time zone, we're able to share Friday's report today....
Retailers Rebound as Tech Traders Sell the News: Earnings This Week
The last week of earnings saw big rallies by old-fashioned retailers. Software companies also beat estimates, but failed to advance. Foot Locker (FL) led the charge by crushing consensus on its top and bottom lines. Same-store sales, a key metric showing the...
Chinese Tech Stocks Are Crushing the Nasdaq
Forget about trade wars. The big story with China this year may be the runaway rally in the country's technology sector. The Golden Dragon Index ($HXC) has surged 9 percent in the last month and is up 28 percent so far in 2019. That's more than twice the gains of the...
Waiting for Uber IPO? Here Comes Yandex
Everyone's waiting for Lyft and Uber to go public. Did you know Russia's top Internet stock is also active in the ride-sharing space? Last month, Yandex (YNDX) reported 216 percent revenue growth for its Taxi division as ridership more than doubled. The service...
Comex Gold Futures: Contract of the Week
Gold's one of the world's oldest measures of value. It's also one of of the most actively traded commodities, thanks to CME's Comex Gold Futures. These contracts use the symbol root GC and track 100 troy ounces of gold. That means every point represents $100 of change...
This Week’s Market Action: March 4
Did you miss this week’s Market Action webinar with David Russell and Don Pratl? Here’s a link to the summary, and the replay is shown above. Market Action is a fast-paced, all-encompassing breakdown of big trades, sectors, trends, equities, derivatives and events....
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Travel Stocks Gain as Executives See Demand Rebound: Earnings This Week
The last week of earnings featured mixed results from technology companies and optimism from two prominent travel companies. Cruise-ship operator Royal Caribbean (RCL) and hotel giant Marriott (MAR) predicted demand will continue to recover as the U.S. economy reopens...