Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Signs of a Fed rate hike slowdown and improving housing market data has Life Storage springing to life again. The stock is already up 25% year-to-date. Weekly volume was five times higher than normal...

Shares are up 50% since last quarter. The company continues to do well in the face of dwindling consumer spending. Analysts see at least another 20% upside from current prices. As if a beat on its EPS...

Diversifying into global markets ex-US has been a frustrating choice for asset allocation for much of the past decade. Standard portfolio theory recommends holding an international mix of...

Natural gas prices have been completely washed out—and that’s set up some sweet dividend opportunities for us contrarians to tap into.(These opportunities aren’t just in gas, by the...

Over the last 5 months since the Oct. 13 low, the market has reacted in a surprising fashion to many of the CPI and PPI reports. For example, while the Oct. 13 CPI published report was expected to...

All in all, the key sectors (retail, transportation) have more to prove, especially by clearing the 23-month moving average or 2-year business cycle. This is a significant level as these sectors...

Vanguard more than doubled its holdings in Mullen Automotive. Institutional activity is picking up as well. With so many irons in the fire, the upside risks are mounting, and the short interest is...

Under Armour (NYSE:UA) had a solid fiscal Q3 2023 top and bottom lines beats. The Company raised fiscal full-year 2023 EPS guidance. The stock initially gapped but collapsed over (-10%) in the...

One day after the S&P 500 had topped at $4195 on February 2 (see here), our primary expectation based on the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) was a focus on: “the $4100 region for a smaller 4th...

It is safe to say that most investors are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the monthly inflation update. Scheduled to be released tomorrow morning, the CPI will provide both bulls and bears a glimpse...

S&P 500 blended EPS growth for Q4 increases for the first time in 3 weeks, now expected to come in at -4.9% Peak earnings season rolls on this week with 1,276 global companies expected to report,...

AbbVie stock is up nearly 5% for the week after the company delivered mixed earnings on February 9. The company suggests full-year earnings will come in significantly lower than analysts’...

Alphabet-owned Google botched its Feb. 9, 2023, presentation of its Bard AI chatbot presentation. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shares fell over (9%), making it the worst two-day decline since 2008. In the...

PayPal had 6.7% YoY revenue growth for Q4 2022. The Company raised full-year 2023 EPS guidance to $4.87 versus $4.76 analyst estimates. PayPal hit new milestones exceeding over six billion...