Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

On December 18th, 2024, the Small Caps as seen through the lens of our Granddad Russell 2000 (IWM), crashed.  Why?  Mainly due to the Federal Reserve’s hawkish rate cut and talk of maybe only 2 rate...

Beleaguered Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is seeing a rare stock rally, having gone up 12% over the month. The chip-making company closed 2024 at $20.05, now priced at $22.12 per share. A year ago,...

Netflix prepares to showcase its Q4 performance as analysts project strong growth in upcoming report. Sports streaming and blockbuster hits could be the key to the streaming giant's next revenue...

Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Cybertruck discounts are bad news for the stock price. The company announced a series of discounts in early January that suggest tepid demand in what should be a growth driver....

Banks such as JPM, C and GS started the earnings season off on a positive note when all beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. The pre-peak Late Earnings Report Index fell to its lowest...

The transportation average has trended higher for the last two years and is set to reach new highs this year. The price action in early 2025 is bullish, confirming the trend with a strong signal,...

The Russell 2000 index is composed of small and mid-sized public companies, offering unique investment opportunities beyond traditional large-cap stocks. These companies span diverse sectors,...

We are now officially into Trump 2.0, and here’s the first thing I can tell you: This new administration will hurt the returns of folks who simply buy an index fund like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF...

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) is one of the leaders in the semiconductor space whose stock might just be ready to take off in 2025. In 2024, shares were having an incredible year, rising 57% by mid-June....

Analyst ratings can have a significant impact on stock price performance. That might be the reason that shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) are up 4.2% in the week ending January 17, 2025....

President Trump announced his plan for a federal agency called the “External Revenue Service” to handle the collection of tariffs and fees from other nations. Trump had previously stated he would...

As an intro to this fundamentally bearish article, I would like to state that strictly as a technical analyst, I have a bullish view of the US stock market. There can be no other view for a TA, given...

Nasdaq 100 futures are currently approximately 3% below their all-time highs, while the S&P 500 is down by less than 2% from its highs. However, fear has been driving stock markets for over a...

In this update, we review the recent price action in the S&P 500 Futures and identify weekly action areas and high probability price targets.