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Growth Makes a Comeback as Summer Ends: Market Trends This Week

Growth Makes a Comeback as Summer Ends: Market Trends This Week

Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 9/30. Tickets for the Crossroads Summit 2024 can be accessed here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500...

Options Alert: Long-Term Position Stays Bullish on Chip Giant

Options Alert: Long-Term Position Stays Bullish on Chip Giant

Will Broadcom be the next company to achieve a $1 trillion valuation? One big options trader may think so. Check out this unusual activity yesterday in AVGO, which is up more than 50 percent so far this year: 7,000 December 200 calls were purchased for $5.40. 7,000...

Stocks Break Out as the Federal Reserve Turns Dovish

Stocks Break Out as the Federal Reserve Turns Dovish

Stocks are breaking out as the Federal Reserve moves to support the economy instead of fighting inflation. The S&P 500 rose 1.4 percent between Friday, September 13, and Friday, September 20. The index closed above 5,700 for the first time ever, while the Dow...

Fed Makes Big Pivot to Employment Mandate: Market Trends This Week

Fed Makes Big Pivot to Employment Mandate: Market Trends This Week

Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 9/23. Tickets for the Crossroads Summit 2024 can be accessed here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500...

Chart of the Day: Caterpillar’s High Basing Pattern

Chart of the Day: Caterpillar’s High Basing Pattern

Caterpillar began the year with a strong rally before entering an extended pause. But now some traders may think the Dow Jones Industrial Average member is ready to start moving again. The first pattern on today’s chart is the low in June, the lower low in August and...

The Economy Could Be Accelerating as the Fed Prepares Rate Cuts

The Economy Could Be Accelerating as the Fed Prepares Rate Cuts

The U.S. economy could be accelerating, even as the Federal Reserve enters a rate-cutting cycle. Retail sales beat estimates for the third straight month in August, lifted by strong demand for autos. Industrial production increased by 0.8 percent, quadruple the...

Chips Lead a Violent Comeback as Sellers Vanish Before the Fed

Chips Lead a Violent Comeback as Sellers Vanish Before the Fed

Sellers are disappearing into thin air as investors prepare for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. The S&P 500 surged 4 percent between Friday, September 6, and Friday, September 13. It was the biggest weekly gain...