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Stocks Are Turbulent, But Go Nowhere
Stocks were barely changed last week despite a big jump and sharp decline.
Stocks Have Had a Healthy Pullback. Will Buyers Step In?
Stocks have had their biggest pullback since the current rally began. Will buyers step in? The S&P 500 fell 1.6 percent between Friday, April 5, and Friday, April 12. It was the biggest weekly drop since October. The index also touched its 50-day moving average...
Are Rate Cuts Out the Window? Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 in midst of first negative month since October Prices break trendline, rising 21-day exponential...
Stocks Pull Back Before Inflation Data and Earnings Season
Stocks began the second quarter with a pullback as investors worried about higher interest rates and geopolitical risk. The S&P 500 fell almost 1 percent between Thursday, March 28, and Friday, April 5. (Markets were closed on March 29.) It was the biggest weekly...
Bulls Pivot from Rate Cuts to Economic Growth: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds 50% of March 15-22 weekly move, March 8 high Trio of key patterns remain: Holds rising...
Stocks Make a 3rd Monthly Record as Buyers Rotate Away from Growth
Stocks hit a new record for the third straight month in March, but there was significant rotation away from growth names and technology The S&P 500 rose 3.1 percent, outpacing the Nasdaq-100 by 1.9 percentage points. It was the biggest underperformance in the...
Chart of the Day: Palantir Stabilizes Above Old Highs
Palantir Technologies has advanced as investors embrace AI and non-government customers embrace its products. Is its current pullback offering an opportunity? The first pattern on today’s chart is the pair of rallies after the last two quarterly reports. Those may...
Technology & Communication
Tech: Smaller Names Break Out as the ‘Big 3’ Lag
Technology is the worst-performing sector this year. A lot of the weakness is at the top, but some smaller names are breaking out. Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) are the three biggest technology stocks, accounting for more than 40 percent of the...
Alphabet, PayPal and EBay Spike as Digital Boom Continues: Earnings This Week
Major technology stocks delivered strong results again. This week, Alphabet, PayPal and eBay stood out the most. Alphabet (GOOGL) made the biggest splash, spiking more than 12 percent to new record highs. The search giant benefited from a stay-at-home boom in online...
Apple Stuns as the IPhone Upgrade Cycle Takes Hold: Earnings This Week
Apple led a busy week of earnings by crushing estimates as users clambered for new iPhones. Most other companies also had strong results -- especially chip makers and industrials. The tech giant generated $65.6 billion of revenue from iPhones last quarter, up 21...
GameStop Has Overtaken Tesla on Google Finance
GameStop's epic short squeeze is a stunning example of how quickly markets can change. A big example of this appeared on Google Trends. This screenshot compares interest in GameStop (GME) and Tesla (TSLA) on Google Finance over the last seven days. A week ago, GME had...
Facebook Crashes as Energy Soars: This Chart Shows the Massive Rotation Happening in the Market
Stocks have barely moved this week. You almost wouldn't guess how much drama is swirling beneath the surface. Major stocks like Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) have drifted sideways or lower. Meanwhile former laggards in the energy, financial and...