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It was a crazy ride, but stocks just finished their best week since March. The S&P 500 initially dropped, continuing a wave of bearishness from October. But it quickly reversed and chalked up a 2.4 percent gain for the period between Friday, October 26, and...
Stocks have bounced sharply this week, but oil continues to slide. Crude oil futures (@CL) closed at their lowest level in more than four months yesterday. The move follows a post on Market Insights last month that highlighted growing inventories and weak price action...
The red-hot IPO market took a breather last month as the broader indexes tumbled lower. Some $4.8 billion of initial public offerings priced in October, according to ClickIPO. That was 11 percent less than September and a 23 percent decline from the same month a year...
Technology stocks rebounded sharply yesterday, but recent earnings reports show problems multiplying in the sector. Just look at Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB). All three missed revenue estimates, potentially marking an end to years of solid...
Clients returned to exchange-traded funds in October as volatility shifted attention to the broader indexes. Five of the 10 most active symbols on TradeStation last month were ETFs. That's a big difference compared with tranquil September, when there was only one....
Did you miss this week's Market Action webinar with David Russell and Don Pratl? Here's a link to the summary, and the replay is found below. Market Action is fast-paced, all-encompassing breakdown of big trades, sectors, trends, equities, derivatives and events. It's...
Stocks attempted a rebound this morning after yesterday's explosive session, while some big earnings announcements got off to good starts. Pfizer (PFE) bettered earnings estimates but lowered its revenue guidance, while Coca-Cola (KO) beat earnings expectations and...
Someone's cleaning up as consumer staples defy the market selloff. Just look at Procter & Gamble (PG), whose brands include Tide laundry detergent, Bounty paper towels and Dawn dish-washing liquid. It's one of the best-performing members of the Dow Jones...
Employment reports usually get a lot of attention, but they might have lost some of their importance as economic data points. Today we'll suggest that common job numbers may have become more of lagging indicators than leading indicators. It's worth considering this...