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Market Pulse: QQQ Is Making a Comeback as Tesla Keeps Flying

Market Pulse: QQQ Is Making a Comeback as Tesla Keeps Flying

The Nasdaq-100 tracking QQQ has lagged since September, along with FANG stocks. But recent price action may suggest they're coming back to life. The Nasdaq was the only major index to rise yesterday. (The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and Russell 2000 all fell.)...

FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level

FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level

Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...

Tesla Could Run out of Money, But Snap’s Breaking Out: Earnings This Week

Tesla Could Run out of Money, But Snap’s Breaking Out: Earnings This Week

Tesla just reported its "best quarter ever," but investors are afraid it might still run out of money. The electric-car maker earned $0.76 a share on a record $8.77 billion of revenue. Both numbers beat estimates and marked a fifth straight quarter of profitability....

Stocks Are Drifting as Uncertainty Increases

Stocks Are Drifting as Uncertainty Increases

Stocks advanced last week, but uncertainties about the coronavirus pandemic and stimulus are increasing. The S&P 500 was up as much as 2.1 percent last Monday, only to stall and end the week with a gain of just 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial...

The Nasdaq Just Had the Worst Week In a Decade, By this Measure

The Nasdaq Just Had the Worst Week In a Decade, By this Measure

Stocks rose again last week, flirting with post-pandemic highs, even as major technology names declined. The S&P 500 rose 1.25 percent between Friday, July 10, and Friday, July 17. It was the index's third straight weekly gain, with more than four-fifths of its...

Netflix’s Covid Surge Fades and Banks Struggle: Earnings This Week

Netflix’s Covid Surge Fades and Banks Struggle: Earnings This Week

Earnings season has begun on a weak note as banks struggle and Netflix said its blistering growth will slow. The four biggest U.S. lenders -- JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) -- have issued quarterly results. JPM, C and...

3 Reasons Why Stocks May Be on the Verge of a Breakout

3 Reasons Why Stocks May Be on the Verge of a Breakout

Stocks climbed again last week as investors kept piling into the technology sector. Is a breakout coming next? The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent between Thursday, July 2, and Friday, July 10. The index closed at its highest level in a month as the economy improved and...