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Tech Keeps Beating Estimates as Lockdown Drives Growth: Earnings This Week

Tech Keeps Beating Estimates as Lockdown Drives Growth: Earnings This Week

Technology stocks continue to lead a small group of companies doing well amid the coronavirus lockdown. Cisco Systems (CSCO), Square (SQ), Logitech (LOGI) and Datadog (DDOG) all reported strong quarterly results over the last week. Several are direct beneficiaries of...

Worried About a Pullback? Here Are Three Go-To Options Strategies

Worried About a Pullback? Here Are Three Go-To Options Strategies

Sentiment has turned more negative this week as investors worry the economy will keep struggling with coronavirus. Let's consider some ways to protect your investments with options. Managing Risk with Collars The first strategy is known as a collar. Say you purchased...

Apple, Tesla and the Economy Starts to Reopen: This Week Has It All

Apple, Tesla and the Economy Starts to Reopen: This Week Has It All

The stock market is entering one of its most important weeks in years, with the S&P 500 parked at a key level. Traders may be watching for a breakout. Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon.com (AMZN) -- the three trillion-dollar companies -- report earnings....

Stocks Are Back to This Major Level. Here’s What to Watch Next

Stocks Are Back to This Major Level. Here’s What to Watch Next

Stocks are back to key levels as the market looks for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression to fade. The S&P 500 rose 3 percent between Friday, April 10, and Friday, April 17. The index closed above its 50-day moving average for the first time since...

Earnings Off to Weak Start as Banks Fill Rainy Day Funds

Earnings Off to Weak Start as Banks Fill Rainy Day Funds

Earnings season began on a weak note as major banks set aside billions for credit defaults after coronavirus shut down the U.S. economy. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) took more than $19 billion of combined loan-loss...

Amazon.com Tries to Rejoin the Trillion Dollar Club as FANG Lags

Amazon.com Tries to Rejoin the Trillion Dollar Club as FANG Lags

Amazon.com is trying to regain an elite status it lost because of coronavirus: a trillion-dollar market capitalization. The e-commerce giant briefly reached that valuation in January after a strong earnings report. It proceeded to drop as much as 26 percent as...