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This Industry Just Broke Out. Will the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Follow?
Stocks could be attempting a breakout as confidence continues to spread. The S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed fractionally between Friday, December 1, and Friday, December 8. All three had their highest daily and weekly closes in over a...
COVID-19 Losers Become Winners
The price action in the major U.S. indexes in the last couple of weeks is a perfect illustration of how the stock market tends to constantly discount the future. Coronavirus headlines have hijacked almost all the nation’s news headlines, unemployment claims have seen...
Vertical Spreads Can Be a Key Strategy as Big Tech Stocks Report Earnings
It's the most important week in earnings season. Now's a great time to review one of the most important options strategies -- the vertical spread. Our previous post covered how to profit from stocks going nowhere after a big event. This one considers just the...
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....
Monex Crypto Market Weekly: April 24
Summary Bitcoin (BTC) rose ahead of the May halving.Cryptocurrency investors await monetary policy decision next week from the Federal Reserve.Volatility in the price of oil causes movement in cryptocurrency markets. Market Trends This Week Bitcoin (BTC) prices...
A Remedy for Corona Virus? Biotech Stocks in Breakout Mode
Biotech stocks have been the poster child of relative strength in recent weeks. Relative strength (not to be confused with the Relative Strength Index) measures the performance of a stock or index against a broader benchmark like the S&P 500 index ($SPX.X). Though...
Netflix, Chipotle Stand Out as Others Struggle: Earnings This Week
The coronavirus shutdown continues to weigh on quarterly results. However, a few stocks are immune or benefiting from the pandemic. Companies like Coca-Cola (KO) and Hershey (HSY) have lost sales because of the disease. Target (TGT) enjoyed a surge of online orders,...
Technology & Communication
Intel Explodes Higher on New CEO. It Could Be a Very Big Deal
Intel just had a massive rally on some potentially huge news: Pat Gelsinger is the new CEO. Gelsinger was the chipmaker's chief technology officer until 2012. During that time, he was instrumental in key initiatives like the Xeon chip. The market hopes he can fix one...