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Apple, Inflation, Fed: Events Next Week Could Dominate Trading in June
by David Russell | Jun 3, 2024
June is starting, with major catalysts over the next eight sessions. First is Apple (AAPL). The smart-phone giant has mostly been excluded from the AI boom, but that could change with analysts widely expecting CEO Tim Cook to unveil new functionality in his speech at...
Earnings Have Arrived. Keep Up to Speed With These Key Platform Tools
by David Russell | Oct 21, 2021
Hundreds of companies in the S&P 500, including Apple and Facebook, announce results over the next two weeks. Did you know that TradeStation offers a suite of powerful tools to navigate around these key quarterly events? Learn to schedule and plan for earnings...
Bitcoin Popularity Explodes as ETF Launches and Investors Shed U.S. Treasury Bonds
by David Russell | Oct 20, 2021
Bitcoin's popularity is surging as a long-awaited exchange-traded fund launches. Preliminary analysis from Google Trends showed Bitcoin's popularity jumping to its highest level in at least five years. It even eclipsed the previous peak from December 2017 when prices...
Technical Analysis: The Nightmare Could Be Ending in Chinese Tech Stocks
by David Russell | Oct 19, 2021
The last year for Chinese technology stocks has been nothing short of a nightmare. But now there could be signs of a turn in the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, which holds key names like Tencent and Alibaba. The 8-day exponential moving average was under the...
The Nuclear Option? Inflation Has Call Buyers Rushing Back to This Uranium Stock
by David Russell | Oct 19, 2021
Forget about lumber. Options traders looking to play inflation have rediscovered Cameco, a once-popular uranium miner. Call volume in CCJ totaled 3.6 million contracts in September, almost 4 times the previous record. After a pause in early October, activity surged...
Stocks Roar Back as Earnings Break a Negativity Bubble in the Market
by David Russell | Oct 18, 2021
Stocks rebounded sharply last week as investors rushed back to the market following a month of extreme pessimism. The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent between Friday, October 8, and Friday, October 15. It was the index's biggest weekly gain in almost three months. The...
Some Inflation Hedging Stocks Are Still Down Big Despite Yesterday’s Hot Price Report
by David Russell | Oct 14, 2021
Inflation is a hot topic after consumer prices jumped yesterday. However several companies that could benefit from the trend are still down big. Producers of metals like gold, copper, steel, iron ore and silver remain below their recent highs. Others are near their...
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Taper Tantrum? High Multiple Growth Stocks Take a Hit Before the Big Fed Meeting
by David Russell | Dec 15, 2021
High-multiple growth names crumbled again yesterday as investors brace for tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. Using TradeStation's extensive library of fundamental and technical data, we compared S&P 500 members that fell at least 1 percent on...
Esports IPO Coming to Market Next Week
by David Russell | Feb 20, 2019
Esports are the latest thing in tech, and the first company dedicated to the field is going public next week. Super League Gaming (SLGG) plans to raise $25 million via an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, February 26. There will be about 2.7 million shares...
Who Were the Winners and Losers in Tech This Earnings Season?
by David Russell | Feb 15, 2019
Earnings season has mostly finished for major technology firms. Let's take a look at the big winners and losers. The first major theme was a rebound in beaten down social-media stocks Facebook (FB) and Snap (FB). Both showed signs of repairing different kinds of...
Forgotten Stocks Rip Higher: Earnings This Week
by David Russell | Feb 14, 2019
Several forgotten companies have rallied in the last week as investors continue to pore over quarterly results. Covergirl maker Coty (COTY) is up more than 50 percent in the last week after earnings and revenue beat estimates. That suggested the heavily shorted...
This Corner of Tech Has Gotten Hammered
by David Russell | Feb 6, 2019
Many high profile technology stocks have rebounded this earnings season. Video-game makers aren't so lucky. Check out the three worst performing members of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 today. No company is even close to these drops in either index: Electronic Arts...