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Stocks declined last week, but it still felt like a gain. The S&P 500 fell 1.3 percent between Friday, June 22, and Friday, June 29. The index still managed to rise half a percent in June and almost 3 percent in the second quarter. Trade worries lingered, weighing...
June was another big month for social-media at TradeStation, with Twitter (TWTR) crashing the Top 10 list of busiest symbols. Jack Dorsey's micro-blogging platform rose 10 notches to No. 3 among our clients' most active stocks. The surge came as TWTR soared to new...
Last week we reviewed a couple of "millennial melt-up" stocks. We're continuing today with a name many younger adults likely know well: Sprint (S). Remember, the goal is to find stocks trading for less than $10. They need to be easily recognizable for investors who...
News reports have seen it coming for months, but now it's official: Amazon.com (AMZN) is attacking drug distributors. AMZN announced the purchase of closely held PillPack. The smaller company caters to patients who routinely take large numbers of medicines, like for...
Market volatility is one the biggest headaches for investors. You can make very good choices on stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), researching the fundamentals and knowing their opportunities. But then a tornado of movement hits and all that hard work turns into...
The S&P 500 is bouncing at its 50-day moving average as the market drifts into the dog days of summer. Here's a breakdown of the best- and worst-performing industries so far this week. Winners: Energy is surging with life as crude oil (@CL) rallies to a new...
Medical-device giant Medtronic (MDT) has gone nowhere for the last two years, but options traders are looking for a breakout. About 25,000 August 90 calls were bought on Tuesday for $0.74 -- pretty noteworthy for a company that averaged only 10,000 contracts per...
Last quarter iconic sneaker maker Nike (NKE) surprised to the upside. One big options trader seem to expect more good news tomorrow night. Here's a breakdown of the complex, high-risk complex strategy that appeared yesterday afternoon: 4,100 6-July 73.50 calls were...
Oil is in the news today with crude futures at a potentially key level. The main item came this morning from the U.S. State Department, which took a hard line against Iran. Washington is reportedly demanding that companies stop shipping oil from the terrorist state by...