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Tesla, Netflix and Amazon.com are leading a breakout in the technology sector as investors prepare for the Fourth of July weekend. The e-commerce giant, electric-car maker and streaming-video provider closed at new highs yesterday. But they weren't alone. Many smaller...
Since the global financial crisis in 2008, the theme in the overall market has been drastic outperformance in large-cap technology stocks such as the “FANG” names- Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Google (GOOGL). The aforementioned names are members of...
The coronavirus shutdown continues to weigh on quarterly results. However, a few stocks are immune or benefiting from the pandemic. Companies like Coca-Cola (KO) and Hershey (HSY) have lost sales because of the disease. Target (TGT) enjoyed a surge of online orders,...
Earnings season is just getting started. This post will consider what it means for options, and how traders may want to position for the reports. Implied volatility ("IV") is the key term because it often declines after big events like quarterly results. Traders often...
Stocks are back to key levels as the market looks for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression to fade. The S&P 500 rose 3 percent between Friday, April 10, and Friday, April 17. The index closed above its 50-day moving average for the first time since...
Stocks are falling early Wednesday following relief rallies from the major indexes. Small-cap stocks have lagged so far this week as large-cap technology continues to shine. Coming into Wednesday the major index ETFs performance is as follows: the Russell 2000 ETF...
Amazon.com is trying to regain an elite status it lost because of coronavirus: a trillion-dollar market capitalization. The e-commerce giant briefly reached that valuation in January after a strong earnings report. It proceeded to drop as much as 26 percent as...
While coronavirus hammered most stocks in the first quarter, a few began the second quarter on a strong footing. Tesla (TSLA) is one of them. The electric-car maker just reported deliveries of 88,4000 vehicles, more than 10 percent above forecasts. The total included...
Stocks just had their worse quarter since the financial crisis. Now that it's over, where are investors looking next? First, a brief review of the rocky few weeks we've just endured: At one point the S&P 500 was up 5 percent for the year. Then investors realized...