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Energy Bears Chase Downside in Ocean Driller: Options Recap

Energy Bears Chase Downside in Ocean Driller: Options Recap

Someone seems to think the downside will continue in a debt-laden energy stock. McDermott (MDR), a provider of services like offshore drilling and engineering, has lost about two-thirds of its value in the last year. Today a large options transaction looked for the...

Gold Miner ETF Shines With Market Dreading a Slowdown

Gold Miner ETF Shines With Market Dreading a Slowdown

The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is rallying as investors worry about growth and interest rates fall. GDX is up about 2 percent since last Friday, making it one of the best-performing major exchange-traded funds (ETF). The big move occurred on Wednesday after...

Naysayers Hapless as Worst-Case Scenarios Prove Elusive

Naysayers Hapless as Worst-Case Scenarios Prove Elusive

It's hard being a stock bear now because worst-case scenarios are simply not panning out. Take the economy. It was supposed to slow down because of trade wars and the fading "sugar high" from President Trump's tax cuts. On Wednesday, that had Federal Reserve...

Confidence Keeps Spreading in this Favorite Corner of Tech

Confidence Keeps Spreading in this Favorite Corner of Tech

Semiconductors are ripping as evidence keeps suggesting a rebound is coming soon. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ($SOX) has surged almost 9 percent since the beginning of last week. That's more than twice the gain of the broader S&P 500 over the same period....

Is Advanced Micro Devices the Latest Esports Player?

Is Advanced Micro Devices the Latest Esports Player?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ripped to a five-month high on news it may be getting into esports. Alphabet (GOOGL) announced it will use the actively traded company's chips in its new Stadia cloud-based video-game service. That could make AMD a key player in a...

Lyft IPO Coming Next Friday, Seeking About $2 Billion

Lyft IPO Coming Next Friday, Seeking About $2 Billion

It's official: Ride-hailing company Lyft (LYFT) will hold its initial public offering (IPO) next Friday, March 29. The six-year-old tech firm plans to raise about $2 billion dollars selling 30.77 million shares for $62 to $68. The information was listed this morning...

Chart Expert Sees Potential Weakening in S&P 500

Chart Expert Sees Potential Weakening in S&P 500

This post highlights the work of a presenter at TradeStation's upcoming MasterClass learning session. It's intended for educational purposes only and shouldn't be interpreted as a trade recommendation. While the S&P 500 is pushing new highs for the year, one...

Market Keeps Levitating amid Nirvana Conditions

Market Keeps Levitating amid Nirvana Conditions

Stocks keep levitating to new highs for the year, riding a wave of Nirvana-like conditions. The S&P 500 2.9 rose percent between Friday, March 8, and Friday, March 15. Not only was it the biggest weekly advance since the end of November. The index also seemed to...

S&P 500 Isn’t the Only Chart Hitting New Highs for 2019

S&P 500 Isn’t the Only Chart Hitting New Highs for 2019

Stock indexes, along with crude oil, just closed at their highest levels of the year. Is it the top, or the start of another rally as fear leaves the market? Let's review some of the key points with equities in the midst of their third straight winning month. One big...