Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The S&P 500 finished Wednesday’s session up a modest 0.3%, but if you only looked at the finishing print, you’d miss everything the market was trying to tell us.It’s not how you...

Wednesday morning brought some love to the US economy. The January retail sales rose 3% month/month vs. the +2% estimated. The breakdown fascinates me. With food inflation where it is, and egg prices...

Roblox pops on signs of growing momentum. The company outperformed in Q4 and gave a favorable outlook. Institutional activity continues to grow. It is because of momentum if you wonder why Roblox...

Both stocks are up 85% since October. Several analysts are calling for even more upside this year. Despite red-hot inflation, their rallies look solid. In many ways, cruise ship stocks acted as the...

“Once inflation gets above 5% it’s never come down unless fed funds have gotten above the CPI.” –Stan Druckenmiller As I first noted here a couple of months ago, despite...

The retail sector has outperformed the broader market by a wide margin thus far in 2023. Despite the gloomy macroeconomic outlook, I remain positive on several retailers. As such, I recommend buying...

The S&P 500 index lost 0.03% on Tuesday following as-expected consumer inflation release. However, the market extended its advance from its Friday’s local low of 4,060.79, as...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has garnered a fair amount of hype over the past two months. But investors may be focusing on the wrong set of companies. In this report we focus on two areas that we...

There is another.–Yoda The Jedi Master had last week’s 8.4% dividend in mind, no doubt. David Friar’s Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX) is an elite 8%+ payer worthy of...

As expected, Tuesday morning’s release of the latest CPI data triggered a wave of impulsive volatility as bears and bulls argued over what these latest data points mean.But also not a surprise,...

As markets retreat back to support, they do so by building 'bull flags.' This action - if it delivers the expected breakouts - will open up for measured moves higher.In the case of the Nasdaq, we have...

The Coca-Cola Company slips after tepid results fall flat. The dividend is in no danger and should continue to grow this year. The analysts and institutions should help support the price...

Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI), one of the vital banking pillars in the crypto ecosystem, has reported 72.50% of the volume of its shares shorted to FINRA. This makes Silvergate the second most shorted...

Shares of Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) are trading higher this week after the U.S. data analytics firm reported better-than-expected Q4 2022 earnings and offered better-than-feared guidance.Palantir reported...