Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Here is a thought from my Outlook 2024: Environment - Solar stocks did not have a good 2023. For 2024, we are watching First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) ($FSLR), and the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN). TAN new...

Exxon Mobil had a mixed quarter, with margins impressing despite the deleverage of oil prices. Chevron had an equally good quarter and returned billions in capital to shareholders. Analysts see both...

Qualcomm shares found moving average support after beating earnings estimates for fiscal Q1. The company's focus on AI applications for mobile devices and enterprise users marks a shift in the...

Gold has been going sideways now for several months with resistance at $2100.With interest rates coming in the next few months central banks around the world have been buying gold and precious metals...

In our previous update, we anticipated using the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) for the S&P500:“… W-4 of W-iii to … around $4830+/-10, which is the 23.60-38.2% retracement zone...

Merck & Co. beat Q4 2023 analyst estimates for a loss of 11 cents by 14 cents. Seagate Technology beat fiscal Q2 2024 analyst estimates for a loss of 6 cents by 18 cents, marking its first...

Walt Disney will publish its quarterly results on Wednesday, February 7, after the US stock market closes. Results from Disney+ and other streaming services will be closely watched. This will be a key...

It’s lonely at the top. American shares are posting strong year-to-date results in 2024. Granted, it’s only early February.But the striking distance between the gain in US stocks vs. the...

Advanced Micro Devices is well-positioned to claim market share as the demand for AI chips continues to grow. SMART Global is a small-cap tech stock outperforming the Russell 2000 and getting strong...

Surging hype and excitement around artificial intelligence has been one of the main drivers of the stock market in recent months. While most of the focus is on the mega-cap tech stocks, such as...

U.S. indexes continue to thrive, but small caps and China stocks have traded sideways and could be at attractive valuations, making them intriguing for long-term investors Given the sideways trend...

It was a boring day on the surface, mostly a mirror image of the day before. The S&P 500 was flat nearly all day but managed to see most of its gains of 20 bps come in the final 5 minutes of...

A bit of a non-event for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq as both indexes closed with tight doji near their highs. There isn't a whole lot more to add for these indexes. The Russell 2000 (IWM managed to...

A look at Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) across the timeframes. Beginning with the monthly chart, we can see the relentless move higher since the October 2022 low, and aside from the pullback in September and...