Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Dividend contenders are companies that have increased their dividend for between 10 and 24 years. Investors should look for a combination of a low price and an attractive annual payout per share to...

Friday was a sticky finish for markets, Monday managed to make back some of this lost ground, and today delivered a breakout in the S&P 500.I had talked over the weekend about the risk of a crash,...

Tesla gets its 2nd upgrade to blue-chip quality credit. The news will make raising money cheaper and easier. China Q1 sales are expected to be hot. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) received a credit-rating upgrade...

The market buzz can be pretty contagious. “Market didn’t collapse on the bank news-must be bullish.” “Yellen will save the day buy making sure depositors are...

The S&P 500 popped Tuesday, adding another 1.3% to Monday’s nice gains. As bad as the headlines seem, the best buying opportunities arrive when everyone is the most scared.As is often the...

Emini pre-open market analysisEmini daily chart The S&P 500 Futures rallied yesterday and formed an inside bar with last Friday’s Low. Emini bulls strong entry bar wanted following...

Small-cap stocks that pay attractive dividends are opportunities hiding in plain sigh for investors. Eagle Bulk Shipping is likely to outperform the market if dry bulk demand increases as China...

Investors have been stampeding out of financial stocks. As they search for a safe place to put their money, tech stocks are a surprising but obvious choice. Among them, Microsoft is one of the...

We’re going to ride this Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) fiasco to big dividend payouts—I’m talking yields up to 12.6%!—and quick upside, too.I’ll walk you through exactly...

For those who have followed me through the years, you would likely remember at least one of the many major market directional calls we have made in many different markets. And while this list is...

Swiss central bank went to great lengths to cut short a major contagion in the making.Despite a string of multiple bad calls and scandals over the last five years, Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) was among...

First Republic Bank is not out of the woods and needs another capital infusion. Jamie Dimon is leading a push to aid the bank. Other regional banks may have bottomed, but FRC is still moving...

The average yield among financial stocks is around 3.2% but these 5 tech companies are yielding much more. IBM boasts 27 straight years of dividend increases and a forward dividend yield of 5.3%. HP's...

Is it here in the Russell 2000 (IWM)? Check out the weekly chart. The 50-week moving average just crossed below the 200-week moving average. That is bearish. The Leadership Indicators show IWM well...