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Stocks recovered from early losses last week as interest rates stabilized and money streamed into tech. A Friday-afternoon surge landed the S&P 500 back above its 50-day moving average, resulting in a 0.55 percent gain for the holiday-shortened span. The...
Stocks just took their deepest dive in two years as higher interest rates caused investors to take profits. The S&P 500 cratered 3.85 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2 -- its biggest weekly decline since early 2016. The selloff contrasted...
Move over China, here comes Brazil. Global stocks have outperformed domestics since last spring, mostly led by Chinese equities. But in the last week or so there's been a sudden gush into a region that many traders may have forgotten: Latin America. The region's...
Buy at support, sell at resistance, but always back-test. That was the message from our pro trader this morning. Price Headly, founder of BigTrends.com, runs Donchian channels on his TradeStation platform to time entries and exits. Like many other power users, he's...
The year 2017 was undeniably dominated by Technology. Megacaps like Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB) Alphabet (GOOGL) climbed to new highs. Semiconductors giants like Micron (MU) and Nvidia (NVDA) weren't far behind as foundries basked in record orders from datacenters, AI...
Some people may confuse energy and utility stocks, but they're not likely to make that mistake right now. Energy's up 4.5% in the last week, compared with a 4.8% drop for utilities over the same time frame. The resulting 9.3 percentage-point difference is the widest...
"Keep an eye on the transports." It's one of the oldest adages of market watchers. The theory is the railroads, truckers and airlines are forward-looking indicators on the economy and broader market. Increased shipments and travel signal improving business...
Bullish, bullish, bullish. That was the message from a widely followed market pro this morning. "We do have higher highs coming," Bennett McDowell of TradersCoach.com said on today's Morning Market Briefing. "At this time we're in Elliott Wave 3 on the 60-minute...