Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Stocks extended their uptrend on Monday, with the S&P 500 index reaching a new record high of 6,052.58 and closing 0.24% higher. The market continues to edge higher despite recent weakness in the...

The long-term performance forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to increase in November, marking a full reversal of the recent slide in ex-ante data. Tuesday's estimate also marks the...

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the undisputed leader of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company envisioned an AI future over 12 years ago and began executing the blueprint for domination....

The returning Trump administration will seek more tax reforms pending approval from Congress. They plan on making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent and even lower some rates. The corporate tax rate...

Investors favoring a short horizon and possessing a fair amount of risk tolerance sometimes look to stocks that have already been trending upward in an effort to capitalize on their momentum. This...

Speculations in the market regarding the new potential tariffs being planned by the newly elected United States administration are rife today. Economists collectively agree that these tariffs will...

Most people think inflation will rise in a second Trump term—we can see it in the jump in 10-year Treasury rates over the last few weeks. But that trade is getting just a little bit crowded—and we...

The announcement that Pat Gelsinger “retired” on December 1st, 2024 came as a surprise this morning, and at first the stock rallied sharply on the news, but eventually the stock rolled over with a...

The Russell 2000 (IWM) has reached a point where it has successfully rebuffed the bearish inverse hammer with a series of narrow-range candles near its highs and is now ready to challenge the...

Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO), the company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, is now Europe's largest company as global demand for its drugs have soared.  However, the Danish pharmaceutical began because of more...

Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in the U.S., set a record this year for online shopping. Typically, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is a huge day for in-store shopping,...

Lowe’s and Home Depot are enjoying robust year-to-date performances, breaking out of bullish consolidations as the year-end approaches. Both companies are fresh off strong earnings reports,...

Despite periods of volatility, 2024 has been a good year for many stocks, particularly growth stocks. But what will 2025 look like? Many analysts are becoming more bullish with the prospect of lower...

The Dogs of the Dow is an old investment strategy that targets this year’s losers as potential winners for next. The idea is that cyclical stocks like the Dow components ebb and flow over time;...