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Stocks Muscle Higher as Rate Hike Looms and Earnings Stream In

Stocks Muscle Higher as Rate Hike Looms and Earnings Stream In

Stocks are muscling higher before one of the busiest weeks of the year, packed with key earnings and a major Federal Reserve meeting. The S&P 500 rose 2.5 percent between Friday, July 15, and Friday July 22. The index closed at its highest level in over a month as...

Stocks Bounced Last Week, But Can They Overcome These Two Risks?

Stocks Bounced Last Week, But Can They Overcome These Two Risks?

Stocks bounced again last week, but two potential risks may challenge investors. The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent between Friday, October 15, and Friday, October 22. It was the third straight weekly gain following a sharp drop earlier in the month. The rebound brought...

Tesla Is Falling Behind as FANG Stocks Begin to Report Quarterly Results

Tesla Is Falling Behind as FANG Stocks Begin to Report Quarterly Results

Stocks broke out to new highs last week, but something changed. For the first time in months, Tesla didn't lead the charge. Traditional Nasdaq companies like Netflix (NFLX), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Apple (AAPL) outperformed the electric-car maker by a wide margin. The...

Tesla Could Run out of Money, But Snap’s Breaking Out: Earnings This Week

Tesla Could Run out of Money, But Snap’s Breaking Out: Earnings This Week

Tesla just reported its "best quarter ever," but investors are afraid it might still run out of money. The electric-car maker earned $0.76 a share on a record $8.77 billion of revenue. Both numbers beat estimates and marked a fifth straight quarter of profitability....

Options in These Two Tech Stocks Are Suddenly on Fire

Options in These Two Tech Stocks Are Suddenly on Fire

A pair of technology companies are suddenly on fire in the U.S. options market. International Business Machines (IBM) and Slack Technologies (WORK) and have both set records in the options market over the last few sessions. The surging activity is yet another example...

Netflix, P&G Teeter as Competition Grows: Earnings This Week

Netflix, P&G Teeter as Competition Grows: Earnings This Week

The last week of earnings showed increased competition hurting big companies like Netflix. The streaming-video giant added just 550,000 subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, about 39,000 less than expected. That confirmed worries about viewers shifting to new services...