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This Social Media Stock May Be Squeezing Toward a Breakout: Technical Alert

This Social Media Stock May Be Squeezing Toward a Breakout: Technical Alert

Snap is an expensive growth stock. It’s the kind of name investors have mostly avoided this year, although recent weeks have seen a shift back to such companies. This chart highlights SNAP’s last four months of consolidation. It isn’t exactly a cup and handle, but...

This Major Index Is Breaking Out as Value Stocks Pause: Chart Study

This Major Index Is Breaking Out as Value Stocks Pause: Chart Study

Value stocks and reopening plays have been the main themes in 2021, but now the bulls seem to be returning to Big Tech and the Nasdaq-100. The yellow histogram on this chart compares the 21-day return of NDX against the S&P 500. (It uses our Smart Relative...

Growth Stocks Regain the Lead as Investors Embrace a Dovish Fed

Growth Stocks Regain the Lead as Investors Embrace a Dovish Fed

Most of 2021 has focused on value stocks as the economy reopening from coronavirus, but last week investors returned to growth. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 4, and Friday, June 11. The Nasdaq-100 climbed 1.2 percent, its biggest outperformance...

Advanced Micro Is Challenging a Trend Line: Chart of the Day

Advanced Micro Is Challenging a Trend Line: Chart of the Day

Believe it or not, Advanced Micro Devices has been little changed for 10 months. But now the semiconductor stock may be getting ready to move. This chart shows how AMD is stuck between a falling trend line and its 50-day moving average. Our Moving Average Speed custom...

Health Care Stocks Come to Life, Supported by FDA, Low Interest Rates

Health Care Stocks Come to Life, Supported by FDA, Low Interest Rates

Health-care stocks have lagged the market for years, but now the sector is coming to life as the coronavirus pandemic winds down. The SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV) has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5 percentage points so far this week. That puts it on pace for its...

Options Traders Are Looking for This Satellite Radio Stock to Blast Off

Options Traders Are Looking for This Satellite Radio Stock to Blast Off

Sirius XM has gone nowhere for years, but now bullish options trades are building as the satellite-radio company partners with TikTok. Call volume has climbed steadily in the last week, according to TradeStation data. Today's top contract is the September 8 call,...