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Could Sentiment Finally Turn? Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Aug 15, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 8/12. (Time now at at 2 p.m. ET.) Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 rebounds to 50-day MA, erasing more than 50% of...
AMD Remained the Busiest Symbol in May With the Chipmaker Reporting Quarterly Results
by David Russell | Jun 1, 2022
Advanced Micro Devices was the busiest stock at TradeStation Securities in May as the chipmaker reported strong quarterly results. AMD held its position at the top of the rankings for the fourth straight month, according to TradeStation data. The company's earnings,...
Stocks Break Historic Losing Streak on Positive Earnings and Inflation News
by David Russell | May 31, 2022
Stocks exploded higher last week, breaking a historic losing streak, as good news chipped away at a wall of negativity. The S&P 500 rose 6.6 percent between Friday, May 20, and Friday, May 27 -- the biggest gain since November 2020. The rally broke a seven-week...
Options Alert: Bears Are Targeting a 30-Year Low in the Top Cruise Operator
by David Russell | May 25, 2022
Travel stocks like cruise ships have accelerated lower in the past month, and yesterday the options flow turned bearish in the biggest operator. Carnival (CCL) was especially active, with more than 126,000 puts changing hands. That was triple the average in the last...
Technical Analysis: This LNG Tanker Stock Is Squeezing. Will a Breakout Follow?
by David Russell | May 24, 2022
Natural gas tanker stock Cheniere Energy has steadily trended higher for more than a year, but it’s effectively gone nowhere for three months. Now it may be getting ready to move again. The first pattern on today’s chart is the descending trendline that started...
‘Bear Market’ Is Trending as Inflation Pummels Corporate America
by David Russell | May 23, 2022
Investors are freaking out about the stock market as inflation pummels major retailers like Walmart and Target. The S&P 500 fell 3 percent last week. At one point on Friday it slipped below 3855, representing a 20 percent drop from the high of 4819 on January 4....
Historic Selloffs in Walmart and Target as Inflation Crushes Profit Margins
by David Russell | May 19, 2022
Retailers are having a bearish week as inflation hammers major chains like Walmart and Target. The pain began on Tuesday when WMT reported sales growth of 2.4 percent, but a 23 percent drop in operating income. TGT followed by announcing that revenue increased by 4...
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How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market
by David Russell | Dec 3, 2022
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 12, 2020. If the coronavirus is shaking your faith in stocks, you need to keep reading this article. Why? There are three reasons. Reason 1: This Selloff Is a Total Aberration Pretty much every previous...
Facebook or Alibaba? Next Week Could Bring the Market’s Next Trillion Dollar Company
by David Russell | Oct 22, 2020
Facebook or Alibaba. One -- or both -- of the tech giants could become the market's next trillion dollar company next week. Facebook (FB), the world's top social media platform and fifth busiest website in the world, reports earnings. It's jumped the last two...
Tesla Is Accelerating Higher as Elon Musk Prepares Earnings
by David Russell | Oct 15, 2020
After weeks of going nowhere, Tesla is starting to move before its quarterly results. The electric-car maker rallied more than 70 percent in August, followed by a sideway triangle pattern in September. Yesterday, it pushed near the top of its range. Are investors...
Why Apple’s Expected IPhone Release Today Could Be Huge
by David Russell | Oct 13, 2020
5G networking, bigger screens, a new upgrade cycle. Those are some reasons Apple's product launch today could be huge. Tim Cook, CEO of the world's most valuable company, is expected to unveil four new versions of the iPhone 12 at 1pm ET today. Prices will reportedly...
Apple IPhones and Amazon Prime Day May Bring Attention Back to the Nasdaq This Week
by David Russell | Oct 12, 2020
The Nasdaq-100 has struggled for the last month, but Apple and Amazon.com could draw interest back to major tech stocks this week. The Nasdaq-100 rose 4.2 percent between Friday, October 2, and Friday, October 9. It was the index's third straight positive week, and...