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TradeStation clients kept their focus on the Nasdaq in January, with stocks on the exchange enjoying their biggest rally in three years. Nine of the 10 busiest symbols on our platform last month were listed on the Nasdaq. Most of the top names were prominent large-cap...
Stocks rallied for a fourth straight week amid good earnings, positive economic news and signs of progress in the trade war with China. The S&P 500 rose 2.9 percent between Friday, January 11, and Friday, January 18. The index is in the midst of its longest weekly...
Earnings season began on a strong foot, thanks to financials and a handful of other key stocks. Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS) and Citigroup (C) led the charge. Stronger banking activity was the big driver, also lifting smaller regionals like Comerica (CMA)...
Biotechnology stocks are ripping in 2019, fueled by some high-profile takeovers. It was only the second trading session of the year that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) gobbled up Celgene (CELG) in a record $74 billion deal. Loxo Oncology (LOXO) accepted an $8 billion bid...
Big growth stocks are roaring back to life as earnings approach. Companies like Netflix (NFLX), Incyte (INCY), Broadcom (AVGO), Facebook (FB) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are leading the S&P 500 higher today as investors return to the most important part of the market....
Last year was a busy year for initial public offerings, and several of those new names are rallying in 2019. A list of 37 recent IPOs generated an average gain of more than 9 percent since the start of January. That's more than twice the gain of the broader S&P...
"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in which direction we are moving." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Stock trading is risky because even experienced forecasters can struggle to anticipate the market's direction. At...
The Nasdaq-100 fell 8.9 percent in December, its worst monthly drop this decade. Not surprisingly, seven of the 10 busiest symbols at TradeStation during the period were somehow associated with the tech-heavy index. Here's the top 10. Nasdaq-related symbols are marked...
TradeStation's Market Insights blog launched in early 2018. It was a great year to write about the markets, thanks to broad volatility, economic changes and geopolitical turmoil. Today as 2019 gets underway, it's a good time to review some of last year's big stories....