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The Year’s Leading Megacap Reports Earnings Thursday
by David Russell | Dec 10, 2025
Did you know Broadcom has risen twice as much as Nvidia so far in 2025?
Megacaps vs. Small Caps: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Aug 1, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 8/5. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds 50-day moving average New record high for advance / decline line...
Financials Take Leadership as Megacaps Sputter
by David Russell | Jul 29, 2024
Financial stocks have become the year's top performing sector as rotation away from megacaps intensifies. The group, which includes banks, insurers and securities firms, is now up 15 percent in 2024. It just pulled ahead of communications, which includes Nasdaq giants...
Rotation Intensifies as Tesla, Alphabet Drop: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Jul 25, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our new webinar "State of the Market," launching on Monday. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 revisits mid-June price range, 50-day MA Lowest RSI since early May...
Oil Could Be Teetering Before OPEC+ Meeting Next Week
by David Russell | Jul 24, 2024
Crude oil has been sputtering, and OPEC+ isn't expected to provide much relief next week. Ministers from the energy cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, are scheduled to meet on Thursday, August 1. Reuters reported on July 18 that they will probably let oil...
Tech Stocks Fall Again. Has the ‘Great Rotation’ Begun?
by David Russell | Jul 22, 2024
Some investors have worried that overconcentration in large growth stocks could hurt the broader market. Now it might be coming true. The S&P 500 fell almost 2 percent between Friday, July 12 and Friday, July 19. It was the first drop in three weeks and the...
Big Technology Companies Report Earnings Soon
by David Russell | Jul 18, 2024
Second quarter earnings season has begun. Financials have already reported, and attention will soon turn to major technology companies like Microsoft and Apple. This article will cover some key dates and recent news on these stocks....
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Tariff Stunner Puts Stock Buyers on Strike
by David Russell | Apr 7, 2025
Wall Street is on recession watch amid “Armageddon” and “stagflationary purgatory.”
Bears Tried to Sink the Semiconductor Index and Failed: Chart Study
by David Russell | May 20, 2021
Chip stocks have lagged along with the broader technology sector. But just when you think they're dead, they have a session like yesterday. Notice how the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index opened 2.2 percent below its close the previous session. Also notice how quickly...
Is This Level a Lucky Number for Facebook? Here’s Today’s Technical Analysis
by David Russell | May 12, 2021
Technology and the Nasdaq have gone through a rough spot lately because of inflation. That may be creating an opportunity in social-media giant Facebook. FB is one of the few major Nasdaq stocks to hit new highs recently. Now it’s pulled back and retraced nearly six...
Cloud-Computing vs Crude Oil: Lessons in a Dramatic Chart
by David Russell | May 11, 2021
One of the biggest events in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average happened last August when Salesforce.com replaced Exxon Mobil as an index member. A 21-year software company elbowed out a transnational giant tracing its origins to John D. Rockefeller and...
Apple Crushes Estimates But Investors Are More Interested in Two Other Nasdaq Giants
by David Russell | Apr 30, 2021
Apple had an amazing quarter, but investors seem more interested in the advertising growth at Alphabet and Facebook. All three of the Nasdaq giants reported better-than-expected earnings this week, but their stocks moved in different directions. AAPL tried to rally...




