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Automakers Drive Stocks Higher as Earnings Arrive
Stocks are hitting new highs again, led by automakers and technology.
Is the Opposite of Goldilocks Taking Shape?
"Goldilocks" is a common way to describe positive market conditions, but the opposite of that scenario may be taking shape. Low inflation and moderate growth is the normal meaning of goldilocks. The Federal Reserve doesn't have to hike interest rates to bring down...
Nvidia Calls Get Active as AI Goes Mainstream
Options traders flocked to Nvidia yesterday ahead of a potentially key week for the AI giant. Volume surged in short-dated weekly calls expiring this Friday, which suggests investors are looking for a quick move. Here were some of the busiest contracts: More than...
Assessing the Market With Sector Performance
Market internals is a field of technical analysis that considers how companies within the stock market are performing. A recent article covered breadth, and now we'll turn to sector performance. This technique assesses the S&P 500 by comparing price changes of...
Is Big Tech Starting 2025 With Bullish Signals?
The Nasdaq-100 may be confirming a breakout as the New Year begins with more strength in AI. The tech-heavy index probed below 21,000 last week before reversing higher. That pullback included tests under its October high, December low and 50-day moving average....
Check out These Big Stories in 2024
The S&P 500 is headed for another strong return as 2024 winds down. Here were some of the big stories along the way: Netflix Leads Market to New Highs Before Fed Meeting (January 29): While megacap AI stocks stole the show in 2024, an other growth name broke out...
Rollercoaster Week Draws Money from the Sidelines
The stock market had a rollercoaster week but could be riding bullish momentum into yearend. The S&P 500 slid 2 percent between Friday, December 13 and Friday, December 20. It was the index's second straight negative week, with prices rebounding from a drop of 3.6...
Technology & Communication
Chart of the Day: CrowdStrike Is in a Small Club
The broader market has been tumbling for months, but CrowdStrike has stood its ground. The first pattern on today’s chart is the March 10 low of $303.79. While the Nasdaq-100 has revisited levels from over a year ago, CRWD has held lows from a month prior. Support at...
Chart of the Day: Here’s a Rare Breakout in the Technology Sector
Most technology stocks remain well off their highs in 2022, but not Juniper Networks. The maker of routers and switches closed at its highest level in almost 11 years last week. The breakout followed some interesting patterns that may anticipate a bigger move. First,...
Options Alert: Call Buyer Gives Chinese Tech Stock More Time for a Potential Move
Chinese technology stocks jumped last week, and one big options trader is targeting a former high flier. Check out this unusual options activity in Shanghai-based e-commerce company Pinduoduo (PDD): A block of 15,000 April 50 calls was sold for $1.67 against open...
Tech Stocks Break the Downtrend Despite a Hawkish Fed. Are the Bears Losing Control?
Stocks just had their biggest rally in over a year as a broad cloud of bearishness began to lift, despite an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 rose 6.2 percent between Friday, March, 11, and Friday, March 18. The Nasdaq-100 jumped 8.4 and the Dow...
After Getting Cut in Half, An Options Trader Thinks this Social Media Giant May Have Bottomed
Social-media giant Meta Platforms has gotten cut in half, and now one big investor seems to think it will stabilize. Check out the unusual options activity detected in the company formerly known as Facebook (FB) yesterday: A trader sold 16,500 8-April 200 puts for...