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Options Alert: Bears Could Be Shopping at Troubled Retailer

Options Alert: Bears Could Be Shopping at Troubled Retailer

Kohl's has been under pressure for years, and one big trader may see further downside into next month. Check out this unusual options activity in the retailer: Roughly 15,000 23-August 20 puts were sold for $0.44. A matching number of September 19 puts were bought for...

Tesla Denied! Meet the Companies That Beat Elon Musk to the S&P 500

Tesla Denied! Meet the Companies That Beat Elon Musk to the S&P 500

One of the biggest events expected by investors didn't happen. Tesla wasn't added to the S&P 500. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced changes to the most important index on Friday afternoon. Three relatively small companies with a combined market capitalization of...

Stocks Reclaim Old Highs, Led by Breakouts in Apple and Tesla

Stocks Reclaim Old Highs, Led by Breakouts in Apple and Tesla

Stocks pushed back above their pre-Covid highs last week, with big technology companies like Apple and Tesla leading the charge. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent between Friday, August 14, and Friday, August 21. It was the index's fourth straight positive week,...

E-Commerce Breakouts! Target and JD.com Explode Higher: Earnings This Week

E-Commerce Breakouts! Target and JD.com Explode Higher: Earnings This Week

If you want to know the week that e-commerce officially took over the world, this might have been it. Companies including Minneapolis-based Target (TGT), Beijing-based JD.com (JD) and Singapore-based Sea (SE) rode strong digital trends to new record highs. Meanwhile,...

Reopening 2.0? Small Caps Gain Traction as Covid Cases Trend Lower

Reopening 2.0? Small Caps Gain Traction as Covid Cases Trend Lower

Some new trends are emerging as the market potentially looks for the coronavirus pandemic to ease. Small caps, industrials and retailers are showing signs of relative strength so far in August -- a big change from last month. Those sectors have lagged since the crisis...

Can the S&P 500 Hold This Key Level as July Begins?

Can the S&P 500 Hold This Key Level as July Begins?

Stocks fell again last week as the coronavirus pandemic made a comeback. The S&P 500 slid 2.9 percent between Friday, June 19, and Friday, June 26. It was the index's second negative week in the last three, with more than 85 percent of its member stocks losing...

Bullish or Bearish? A Look at Retail Stocks to Watch

Bullish or Bearish? A Look at Retail Stocks to Watch

Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on the world economy. Here in the US, some are cautious but optimistic about the future. This week American retailers will be put to the test as earnings for Walmart, Advanced Auto Parts, Kohl's, Home Depot, Target, L Brands, and...

Stocks Hold a Key Level Again as the Economy Reopens

Stocks Hold a Key Level Again as the Economy Reopens

Stocks fell last week but held a key level. Attention will now focus on the economy reopening for Memorial Day. The S&P 500 initially tried to rally, only to fall on bearish comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At one point it...