Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The US stock market continues to post a moderate gain year to date, in large part due to strong sector performances in the communications services and technology sectors. Both slices of the market are...

Earnings season has unveiled some concerns about certain companies facing grim forecasts and shaky fundamentals. In this piece, we will discuss a selection of stocks to avoid, backed by a consensus of...

The S&P 500 finished higher, as rates rose modestly, and the dollar and the VIX fell. Today will be when the excitement starts, with the Bank of Japan policy decision keeping rates stable as...

Most analysis that is posted about the market is just a regurgitation of common fallacies as to what drives and affects the market, or just telling us what the market is doing at this moment while...

The S&P 500 bounced 1.2% Monday.We didn’t get a meaningful improvement in headlines over the weekend, but after eight of the previous nine trading sessions ended in the red, a green day was...

The e-commerce and cloud computing giant comfortably beat analyst expectations last week. Diving deeper, the fundamental picture is clearly a lot stronger than investors were imagining. The technical...

Geopolitical tensions have been weighing on Apple shares in recent months. The longer-term fundamentals remain attractive, however. The stock’s technicals are also on the side of the bulls and...

For the first time in his tenure as JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) president, Jamie Dimon sold some shares on Friday.Does he know something that we should know? Are bank stocks in trouble?? Well,...

S&P Emini Pre-Open Market Analysis The S&P Emini is becoming oversold, following the selloff down from the October high. The bears are likely becoming exhausted, which means the probability...

Okta is a leading identity access management (IAM) services provider with major clients and partners, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Oracle. Okta suffered a security breach on October...

A mixed run for markets last week offered a partial reprieve, but the trend profile still skews negative overall, based on a broad measure of the major asset classes via a set of ETFs.The Global...

US Market OutlookEmini S&P December futures breaks important support at 4220/4200 tumbling to my target of 4130/20 with a low for the day exactly here. A break below 4110 is the next sell signal...

U.S. economy has stayed resilient despite looming recession fears and rate hikes Meanwhile, the S&P 500 has retained its long-term bullish trend despite occasional setbacks like the recent...

Daily charts show indexes in a bit of a freefall, so the focus shifts to weekly timeframes. The S&P 500 was the last of the lead indexes to break weekly-trend support, lining up the 200-day MA for...