Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Stocks rallied at the open as the VIX 1-day dropped sharply, but the gains faded quickly, and it wasn’t long before the S&P 500 turned lower. After closing around 18 on Friday, the VIX 1-day...

It is no newsflash that the price of eggs has skyrocketed in recent months — certainly, every trip to the supermarket is a stark reminder. In January alone, the price of eggs rose 15.2%, the highest...

Despite the Nasdaq 100’s earlier single-day loss of -3% on 27 January inflicted by Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek’s cutting-edge capabilities with lower operational costs, the...

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) were up about 4% on Monday following the Saturday release of the conglomerate’s fourth quarter earnings. The stock price of the company run by Warren Buffett...

The Q4 reporting period is largely in the books, and results were strong. New macro challenges have emerged that could disrupt bullish trends. Apple, Deere, and Qualcomm host shareholder...

As earnings season winds down, a notable trend has emerged: several mega-cap stocks have underperformed year-to-date (YTD). In contrast, several mid-to-large cap stocks with strong retail followings...

The industrials sector, represented by The Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLI), has been a quiet outperformer so far in 2025, posting a 5.2% gain compared to the benchmark’s 4.3%. What’s...

Everyone knows that NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the leader in the technology sector and its race to provide the necessary components for artificial intelligence to grow into what most investors think it...

Hazeltree came out with its list of most shorted stocks for January. Several tech stocks made the list, including Apple and Supermicro. IBM, AMD and Micron dropped off the list. Micron (NASDAQ:MU),...

The first 5 weeks of the year have seen international equities outperforming the S&P 500: European and Chinese stocks have rallied harder than US stock indexes, and certain emerging markets like...

This simple spreadsheet table tells the story of what’s happening with forward S&P 500 estimates: the 4th quarter, ’24 was a very strong quarter (first two columns). S&P 500 EPS growth for Q4...

November 2023 was when Granny Retail XRT cleared the 50-week moving average.  February 2025, we are witnessing XRT breakdown below the 50-WMA.  The good news is that  We like to look at a...

This week: back in the range, bad news, bad noise, souring sentiment, soaring leverage, divergences, imbalances, better investments, margin debt risk flag. Learnings and conclusions from this week’s...

• PCE inflation data, Fed speakers, more earnings will be in focus this week. • Nvidia’s robust performance in the burgeoning AI space and strong guidance position it as a clear buy. • Lowe’s’...