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Tech Unwind Continues as Traders Wait for the Fed
Technology stocks are still falling as investors wait for big news events like inflation and the Federal Reserve. The Nasdaq-100 shed 5.9 percent of its value in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, August 30, and Friday, September 6. It was the biggest weekly...
Attention Amazon Traders! Check Out This Chart
Amazon.com has declined along with the broader Nasdaq-100. But other consumer-facing companies have fared much better. The chart below compares AMZN with competing retailers. It uses percentage-change charts with a six-month interval. Notice how the e-commerce giant...
Stocks Could Face a Lull as Investors Wait for Bigger Events Next Week
Action in the stock market could hit a brief lull as investors wait for big events later in the month. The S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent between Friday, November 25, and Friday, December 2. All of the gain occurred on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
Three Potential Signs of a Turn, Even After Stocks Had Another Bearish Week
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on April 6, 2020. Stocks fell again last week, but there may be signs the market is starting to see light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. The S&P 500 slid 2.1 percent between Friday, March 27, and Friday,...
How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market
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...
Suddenly, Everyone’s Talking About Rate Cuts
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 2, 2020. Last week's selloff is making people think the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again soon. The market is pricing in a near-unanimous opinion that the Fed will lower its target rate by 50...
Undercounting: A Potentially Bearish Twist to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 27, 2020. A new and potentially bearish twist is emerging in the coronavirus outbreak: the risk of health officials undercounting cases. "We could have it spread here in the United States and not be...
Technology & Communication
Chart of the Day: Will T-Mobile Follow Other Telecoms Lower?
Telecom stocks have mostly fallen in recent months. One exception has been T-Mobile US. Could it soon follow its peers lower? The first pattern on today's chart is TMUS's break below its 100-day moving average in late September. Price bounced there several times this...
5 Sports Betting Stocks to Watch Before Football Season Begins
Barely two years ago, sports betting was legalized in the United States. Now investors are getting excited about sports-betting stocks with football season less than a month away. Roundhill Sports Betting ETF (BETZ) hit a record price yesterday and has made new...
Travel Stocks Gain as Executives See Demand Rebound: Earnings This Week
The last week of earnings featured mixed results from technology companies and optimism from two prominent travel companies. Cruise-ship operator Royal Caribbean (RCL) and hotel giant Marriott (MAR) predicted demand will continue to recover as the U.S. economy reopens...
Big Shifts Could Be Happening as the Stock Market Keeps Climbing a Wall of Worry
Stocks began August on a strong footing, with some potentially big changes happening in the market. The S&P 500 rose 2.5 percent between Friday, July 31, and Friday, August 7. The index has now retraced its entire decline since the coronavirus selloff began in...
Where’s the Crisis? Covid Economy Drives Growth at Disney and Square: Earnings This Week
The coronavirus pandemic might have caused a recession. But it's also driving growth at companies like Walt Disney and Square. DIS is the most prominent company that reported earnings this week. The health crisis predictably weighed on its backward-looking results....