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Elections and Global Risk: Futures Might Help at Moments Like This
Financial markets are entering a time of potential turmoil, with uncertain timing of news events and price moves. Traders may react by turning to futures. Futures are securities that track an underlying index or market virtually around the clock. Traders can take...
Stocks Try to Hold as Bank Fears Drive Volatility: Market Trends This Week
Downloads available here and here. Anchored VWAP and Keltner pullback here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to hold 50% retracement of the move between October low and February high.Prices try to remain...
Chart of the Day: Tight Consolidation in Semiconductor Equipment Stock
Semiconductors have outperformed lately as investors get excited about demand from artificial intelligence (AI). Today’s chart considers equipment supplier Lam Research . The first pattern is the rising 50-day simple moving average. LRCX has consolidated in a tight...
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...
Semiconductors Defy Rate-Hike Fears: Market Trends This Week
Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to stabilize above trendlinesPrices neither overbought nor oversold. Volatility remains historically low.Calm before a bearish storm?Downward...
Stocks Bounce as Investors Focus on Stronger Economic Growth
Stocks are bouncing at potential support as investors focus on stronger global growth. The S&P 500 rose 1.9 percent between Friday, February 24, and Friday, March 3. It was the index's first gain in the last four weeks. Cyclical sectors like materials and...
Cyclicals Take the Lead as China Reopens: Market Trends This Week
Downloads available here. New additions: MT Price Channels (workspace)DISTANCE FROM MA (indicator)MA STREAK (indicator) Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to holds 200-day MA and Jan. 25 lowLower highs create potential...
Technology & Communication
Options Alert: Call Volume Grows as Salesforce.com Nears Highs
Major technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft jumped on quarterly results. Will peer Saleforce.com make a similar move? Marc Benioff's provider of cloud-based marketing software is up 49 percent this year after a sharp selloff in 2022. It has paused over the last...
Tesla Is Accelerating Higher as Elon Musk Prepares Earnings
After weeks of going nowhere, Tesla is starting to move before its quarterly results. The electric-car maker rallied more than 70 percent in August, followed by a sideway triangle pattern in September. Yesterday, it pushed near the top of its range. Are investors...
Why Apple’s Expected IPhone Release Today Could Be Huge
5G networking, bigger screens, a new upgrade cycle. Those are some reasons Apple's product launch today could be huge. Tim Cook, CEO of the world's most valuable company, is expected to unveil four new versions of the iPhone 12 at 1pm ET today. Prices will reportedly...
Apple IPhones and Amazon Prime Day May Bring Attention Back to the Nasdaq This Week
The Nasdaq-100 has struggled for the last month, but Apple and Amazon.com could draw interest back to major tech stocks this week. The Nasdaq-100 rose 4.2 percent between Friday, October 2, and Friday, October 9. It was the index's third straight positive week, and...
Volatility Hits the Market as White House and Congress Stoke Political Risk
The Presidential election’s four weeks away, and volatility is hitting the market as political tensions rise. The S&P 500 was up more than half a percent at one point yesterday, reaching its highest level in over a month. Investors were hoping for an agreement on...