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Apple, Tesla and the Economy Starts to Reopen: This Week Has It All

Apple, Tesla and the Economy Starts to Reopen: This Week Has It All

The stock market is entering one of its most important weeks in years, with the S&P 500 parked at a key level. Traders may be watching for a breakout. Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon.com (AMZN) -- the three trillion-dollar companies -- report earnings....

Key Things to Know About Volatility as Earnings Season Begins

Key Things to Know About Volatility as Earnings Season Begins

Earnings season is just getting started. This post will consider what it means for options, and how traders may want to position for the reports. Implied volatility ("IV") is the key term because it often declines after big events like quarterly results. Traders often...

Amazon.com Tries to Rejoin the Trillion Dollar Club as FANG Lags

Amazon.com Tries to Rejoin the Trillion Dollar Club as FANG Lags

Amazon.com is trying to regain an elite status it lost because of coronavirus: a trillion-dollar market capitalization. The e-commerce giant briefly reached that valuation in January after a strong earnings report. It proceeded to drop as much as 26 percent as...

Here’s Where the Market Is Looking After Its Worst Quarter in 11 Years

Here’s Where the Market Is Looking After Its Worst Quarter in 11 Years

Stocks just had their worse quarter since the financial crisis. Now that it's over, where are investors looking next? First, a brief review of the rocky few weeks we've just endured: At one point the S&P 500 was up 5 percent for the year. Then investors realized...

Another Emotional Week, But Tech Giants Like Apple Try to Hold

Another Emotional Week, But Tech Giants Like Apple Try to Hold

Stocks crashed again last week, but it could have been a lot worse. At one point, the S&P 500 was down more than 16 percent because of coronavirus. If the index had remained there, it would have been the second-biggest drop since at least 1950. But then a...

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: February 21

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: February 21

This post is a translation of the weekly cryptocurrency analysis by Block Insight, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group. Summary Bitcoin (BTC) dropped about 6 percent in the last week as U.S...

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: February 7

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: February 7

This post is a translation of the weekly cryptocurrency analysis by Block Insight, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group. Summary After initial weakness due to uncertainty surrounding the...