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TradeStation Has Tools to Simplify Tax Reporting
Disclosure: This post is for educational purposes only. None of the information should be considered tax, legal or investment-planning advice. Tax season is underway, and today's post will cover a few tools to make reporting easier for TradeStation customers. We'll...
Market Pulse: Blackstone May Be Squeezing Toward a Breakout
Private-equity giant Blackstone Group has squeezed into a tight range for the last month, but now it may be attempting a breakout. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.
Market Pulse: International Paper Pulls Back from 28-month High
Recent months have seen a shift toward cyclical stocks like International Paper, which has some potentially bullish chart patterns. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.
Stocks Just Had Their Worst Week Since the Election as General Motors Out-Dazzled Tesla
Stocks pulled back last week as big Nasdaq stocks like Tesla stalled and investors looked for opportunities in newer names like General Motors. The S&P 500 slid 1.5 percent between Friday, January 8, and Friday, January 15. It was the index's sharpest decline...
Tesla or General Motors? Check Out This Stunning Chart
General Motors (GM) exploded higher last week after highlighting electric vehicles and the concept for a flying car. General Motors (GM), weekly chart, with relative strength bars compared with Tesla (TSLA). This chart compares the price action of GM with Tesla...
Market Pulse: Energy Hasn’t Done This Since the Pandemic
Energy is the top performing sector this year by a wide margin. The SPDR Energy ETF (XLE) has advanced 13 percent so far in 2021, compared with a 0.3 percent gain for the S&P 500. Hopes about the economy reopening and a rebound in China are obviously parts of the...
Market Pulse: Positive Signals from Bitcoin’s Big SMAs
The recent price action in Bitcoin seems to highlight the importance of two simple moving averages (SMAs): the 50-hour SMA and the 100-hour SMA. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.
Technology & Communication
Technical Alert: Death Cross in Netflix
The economy is reopening. People are going back to work. It's great news for a lot of stocks, but Netflix isn't one of them. Today, the streaming-video giant's 50-day simple moving average (SMA) closed at $513.97, or $0.53 below its 200-day SMA. That "death cross" may...