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Stocks Narrow as Traders Expect Fed Pause: Market Trends Today
Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 in neutral range before the Fed Bias may be to upside given: 50% retracement of move from 8/18 through 9/1 More index members above 20-day MA than above 50-day MA Faster MAs mostly above...
Stocks Break Out as Jerome Powell Keeps the Party Going
Stocks broke out to new highs last week as Jerome Powell kept the party going. The S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent to close above 3,000 for the first time ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq-100 also set new records. "Risk-on" sectors like emerging markets,...
Cannabis Stocks Lagging Sharply as Bad News Piles Up
The S&P 500 is pushing to new highs, but cannabis stocks aren't so lucky. Well known names like Canopy Growth (CGC), Cronos (CRON) and Aurora Cannabis (ACB) are down at least 4 percent so far today. The industry-tracking Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) is also on...
South American Oil Giant Gets Big Vote of Confidence: Options Recap
Brazilian markets are running higher, and yesterday an investor placed a big vote of confidence in the nation's most important stock. A large put sale occurred in Petrobras (PBR) minutes after the opening bell. The transaction was unusually bullish, looking for the...
Monex Crypto Market Weekly: July 12
This post is a translation of the weekly cryptocurrency analysis by Crypto Lab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group. Due to the difference in time zone, we’re able to share Friday’s report today....
Brazilian ETF Rips Higher on Hopes of Major Pension Fix
Brazil's soccer team isn't the only winner in the country this month. Its pro-business President is also nearing his first big victory, and the stock market's loving it. The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) has risen 7 percent so far this month. That makes it the top...
Podcast: Jerome Powell’s Big Day in Congress
Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks in Congress today with markets looking for the central bank to lower interest rates on July 31. Is he caving to political pressure from President Trump, or does a cut make sense now?
Technology & Communication
How Much Is Zoom Video Up Since its IPO?
Zoom Video Communications just rallied to new record highs after the coronavirus pandemic fueled one of the most dramatic growth stories ever. ZM closed at $457.67 today. That's 1,171 percent above the $36 price where it went public just 16 months ago on April 18,...