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Rate Fears and Bank Failures Have Sent The Stock Market on a Wild Ride
Stocks are making wild moves as investors pivot from worries about rate hikes to bank failures. The S&P 500 dropped 4.5 percent between Friday, March 3, and Friday, March 10. It was the biggest weekly decline since mid-September. Ninety seven percent of of the...
Casinos, copper and online actions: Options recap
Below is a summary of noteworthy options trades from Monday, June 4. Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) operates casinos in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau. It last saw $35 in July 2014, and options traders targeted a move to that level with a bullish ratio...
How long can this range hold?
Stocks just finished their best month since January. Now the question is, how long can they stay trapped in this range?
AR, AI on stage at Apple event this week
Never mind the iPhones. Augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) will be the big themes at Apple's (AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference this week. After all, that's where other tech giants like Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) are...
IPOs keep on coming in May
Initial public offerings had their best May since 2013 and remain firmly ahead of last year’s pace.
Don’s Notebook June 1, 2018
The G-7 meeting of finance minister and central bankers continues in Canada today. Solid job growth without inflation was expected to focus on average hourly earnings in today's employment report for May. Nonfarm payrolls rose 223,000 in May while the unemployment...
Micron inches past Apple: May at TradeStation
The smart-phone maker and chip stock pushed Facebook and Nvidia down the rankings last month.
Technology & Communication
Call Buyers Look for a Heavily Traded Chip Stock to Start Running
Some options traders seem to think one of the market's most active stocks is ready for a rally. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has barely moved for the last month, but a surge of volume yesterday looked for a rally by the end of this week. Traders amassed more than...