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Can Internet ETF Break Out as Big Tech Stocks Announce Earnings?

Can Internet ETF Break Out as Big Tech Stocks Announce Earnings?

Major Internet stocks are running as investors prepare for a crowd of earnings. The First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF (FDN) is challenging its old highs from 2018, hours before Facebook (FB) and PayPal (PYPL) announce quarterly results. Other big names like...

Futures Trading Coach: This Key Market Could Accelerate Higher

Futures Trading Coach: This Key Market Could Accelerate Higher

The S&P 500 has potential to accelerate higher as it flirts with last year's highs. That was the view this morning from John Hoagland at TopstepTrader. S&P 500 E-mini futures (@ES) have consolidated in a tight range since the beginning of last week. On this...

Options Strategy Fears Bounce Is Over For This Ailing Blue Chip

Options Strategy Fears Bounce Is Over For This Ailing Blue Chip

Is the bounce over for a once-might industrial stock? One big options trader is treading cautiously before quarterly results. General Electric (GE) took a beating in 2017 and 2018. It rebounded sharply this year, at one point rising 76 percent from its lowest price....

Stocks Flirt With Highs Amid Strong Economy and Earnings

Stocks Flirt With Highs Amid Strong Economy and Earnings

Stocks flirted with new highs last week as the economy improved and earnings season got underway. The S&P 500 was little changed in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, April 12, and Thursday, April 18. At one point, the index touched its highest level...

Financial ETF Soaring as Sentiment Quickly Turns Positive

Financial ETF Soaring as Sentiment Quickly Turns Positive

Financial stocks are on the move as changing sentiment draws money back to a forgotten corner of the market. The SPDR Financial ETF (XLF) closed at a six-month high yesterday, and has risen 3.5 percent in the last week. That's the biggest gain for any of the 11 major...

Health Care Hammered as Investors Liquidate Safe Havens

Health Care Hammered as Investors Liquidate Safe Havens

Health care stocks got slammed yesterday amid an apparent rotation away from "safe havens." The SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV) dropped 2.05 percent to its lowest price since January 30. While not that might not sound huge, it was the biggest drop relative to the broader...

Bulls Chasing Strongest Name in a Breakout Sector: Options Recap

Bulls Chasing Strongest Name in a Breakout Sector: Options Recap

Semiconductors have broken out to new highs, and one investor is targeting more gains in one of the industry's top performers. Marvell Technology (MRVL), whose chips are used for data storage and networking, has climbed 11 percent in the last week. That makes it the...

Media ETF on the Move as Disney Shifts to Streaming Services

Media ETF on the Move as Disney Shifts to Streaming Services

Media stocks are on the move as a key player in the space makes an historic shift. The SPDR Communications Services ETF (XLC) has risen almost 4 percent so far in April -- almost twice the performance of the broader S&P 500 over that period. It was also one of...

Column: Was Bitcoin’s Rally This Week Inevitable?

Column: Was Bitcoin’s Rally This Week Inevitable?

This column was translated from Crypto Lab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group. Its original author is Crypto Lab analyst Masamichi Matsushima. People like me, who've watched Bitcoin (BTC) for a long...