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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.)...
Stocks kept hitting new highs last week, but some risks could be brewing. The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent between Friday, November 27, and Friday, December 4. It was the index's fourth gain in the last five weeks. Other key benchmarks including the Dow Jones...
Tesla closed at a new all-time high yesterday as Elon Musk's electric-car maker keeps getting more respect. An upgrade by Goldman Sachs was the latest catalyst for the stock, already up 609 percent this year. Analyst Mark Delaney based his call on macro and micro...
Semiconductors have been one of the strongest groups this year. Now a trade group sees more gains in 2021. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) yesterday said worldwide chip sales will increase 8.4 percent in 2021 from this year's estimated $433.1 billion...
Each week we check the American Association of Individual Investors sentiment survey. This week, only 22.7 percent of respondents were "bearish." It was the lowest negative reading since January 2. It's also noteworthy that CNN's Fear and Greed index remains in...
Most of the high profile "FANG" stocks haven't done much recently. That is, aside from Alphabet (GOOGL), which is leaving them all in the dust. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.
Housing stocks benefited from the coronavirus pandemic, and now are looking sickly as hopes of a vaccine spread. This chart shows the iShares US Home Construction ETF (ITB), with a potential head and shoulders reversal pattern. It's one of the worst-performing corners...
Big cap technology stocks have struggled for months. But that's not true for their smaller cousins. The below compares the performance of the Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen ETF (QQQJ) with the Invesco QQQ (QQQ). QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, so it holds the 100 largest...
The stock market is always changing. That's especially true at times like the present, when investors are finding opportunities in new companies or returning to long-abandoned sectors. This post will help traders keep up with shifts in sentiment. It will describe some...