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Software Powers Growth-Stock Comeback as 4th Quarter Begins
by David Russell | Oct 9, 2024
2024 is entering its homestretch, and large-cap growth stocks could be making a comeback. Technology, communications and consumer discretionaries are the three best-performing sectors in the last month, according to TradeStation data. That's important for at least two...
Technical Analysis: ON Semi’s Breakout and Pullback
by David Russell | Sep 9, 2022
ON Semiconductor is one of the few chip stocks to hit new highs this summer. It then pulled back along with the rest of the market, and is now bouncing. The first pattern on today's chart is the falling trendline along the peaks of January, March and June. ON broke...
Art of TradeStation: Candlesticks and Advanced Alerting
by David Russell | Sep 8, 2022
Candlesticks like hammers, dojis and outside bars can help stock traders anticipate changes in direction. TradeStation’s award-winning platform has tools for detecting a wide range of candlesticks and other patterns. Alerts can also be linked to popular studies like...
Options Alert: Call Buyers Target Plug Power After Amazon.com Deal
by David Russell | Sep 8, 2022
Options traders are buying the pullback in Plug Power, two weeks after a key deal with Amazon.com. Unusual activity in the provider of hydrogen-fuel technology began less than five minutes after Wednesday's opening bell. Traders initially purchased the 9-September...
Lithium and Battery Stocks Climb as Investors Focus on Clean Energy
by David Russell | Sep 7, 2022
Battery stocks have climbed recently as investors focus on green energy. Today we'll examine some companies focused on this new corner of the market. This article will cover two established companies shifting to lithium production: Albemarle (ALB) and Sociedad Quimica...
Stocks Keep Diving With the Fed Still Pushing Interest Rate Hikes
by David Russell | Sep 6, 2022
Stocks keep diving as the Federal Reserve menaces investors with aggressive interest-rate hikes. The S&P 500 fell 3.3 percent between Friday, August 26, and Friday, September 2. It was the third straight negative week, with over 90 percent of the index's members...
Stocks Fall as The Fed Battles Inflation: August in Review
by David Russell | Aug 31, 2022
Stocks fell in August as investors focused on the likelihood of more interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve. There was also profit taking after July's big rally. Attention in September will probably continue to focus on inflation with the next central bank...
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Options Alert: Call Buyers Target Plug Power After Amazon.com Deal
by David Russell | Sep 8, 2022
Options traders are buying the pullback in Plug Power, two weeks after a key deal with Amazon.com. Unusual activity in the provider of hydrogen-fuel technology began less than five minutes after Wednesday's opening bell. Traders initially purchased the 9-September...

These Are the Three Big Questions After Stocks Fell Last Week
by David Russell | Feb 24, 2020
Stocks sank into the red last week as investors balked at chasing highs -- especially with coronavirus still spreading in China. The S&P 500 slid 1.25 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, February 14, and Friday, February 21. Big technology...

Do You Know Which Tech Stocks Rallied The Most on Earnings This Week?
by David Russell | Feb 20, 2020
Earnings season keeps highlighting new growth stocks for technology investors. This week, solar energy came into its own. Enphase Energy (ENPH) spiked 42 percent on its results while SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) ripped more than 20 percent. Both companies' products...

Three Big Things To Know as The Stock Market Looks Past Coronavirus
by David Russell | Feb 19, 2020
Stocks keep rising as investors come to believe China's coronavirus is starting to fade. Here are three big things to know as buyers return to the market: Coronavirus May Have Peaked Beijing announced just 1,749 new cases of the disease today, the lowest total this...

Uber and Pinterest Lead Rally in Newer Tech Stocks: Earnings This Week
by David Russell | Feb 13, 2020
Smaller and newer technology stocks have rallied on strong earnings in the last week, even as older companies stagger. Uber Technologies (UBER), Shopify (SHOP) and Pinterest (PINS) jumped after announcing their quarterly numbers. Each company beat earnings and revenue...