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Is the ‘Growth’ Trade Finally Over?
Software and communication stocks have been sliding as value names break out.
Gasoline Futures Go on Sale as China Sputters and Saudis Cut Prices
Energy costs are falling on signs of weaker demand and increased supply. Several negative headlines appeared before and after the Labor Day weekend. First, Chinese manufacturing activity slowed more than expected to its worst level in six months. Then Reuters reported...
Bears Enter September in Retreat After a Dramatic August
Bears tried to hit the stock market in August, but were driven off by good news about the economy and earnings. The S&P 500 began last month with a sharp selloff, initially falling more than 9 percent below its July close. But sellers quickly evaporated and the...
Rotation Continues as Nvidia Beats Again: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 9/9. (Next Market Trends will be Thursday, 9/12) Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds 5560 price area...
Chart of the Day: Amazon.com May Be Overbought
Amazon.com has rebounded from a drop, but some traders may think the e-commerce giant will give back some of its recent gains. The first pattern on today’s chart is the $181.87 level. It was the low immediately before earnings came out and represented the approximate...
There’s Big AI News This Week, But Is the Market Already Moving On?
This week brings major news for Artificial Intelligence, but some investors may already be moving on to the next big trend. The S&P 500 rose 1.4 percent between Friday, August 16, and Friday, August 23. Interest-rate sensitive groups, like homebuilders, banks and...
Key Options Knowledge: Time, Volatility and Different Kinds of Value
Options confuse a lot of investors because several factors impact their value. Unlike stocks, they don’t just go up and down based on supply and demand. This post will explain three of the most important concepts you need to get started: time, volatility and intrinsic...
Technology & Communication
This New S&P 500 Member Leading in 2025. Why?
Palantir Technologies has been soaring as investors come to appreciate its fast-growing data-crunching software products.
Options Traders Are Looking for This Satellite Radio Stock to Blast Off
Sirius XM has gone nowhere for years, but now bullish options trades are building as the satellite-radio company partners with TikTok. Call volume has climbed steadily in the last week, according to TradeStation data. Today's top contract is the September 8 call,...
Apple Could Be Squeezing Toward a Breakout With New Features Unveiled at WWDC
Apple has been a frustrating stock for most of the year, but now it may be squeezing toward another rally. The first pattern on today's chart is its super-tight Bollinger bandwidth, which yesterday was the narrowest since December 2019. That could suggest price is...
Technical Alert: Death Cross in Netflix
The economy is reopening. People are going back to work. It's great news for a lot of stocks, but Netflix isn't one of them. Today, the streaming-video giant's 50-day simple moving average (SMA) closed at $513.97, or $0.53 below its 200-day SMA. That "death cross" may...
Junior Nasdaq Beating QQQ Again as Low Volatility Draws Risk Takers Away From Apple
Big-cap technology stocks like Apple are lagging again, even as investors start buying smaller companies on the Nasdaq. The chart below compares the Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen ETF (QQQJ) with the Invesco QQQ (QQQ). It shows percentage change, with hourly bars, since the...