Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Defensive investing strategy can offer protection during volatility Defensive sectors include consumer staples and utilities Access defensive sectors through stocks, bonds or exchange-traded...

Disney (NYSE:DIS) reported that its profit and major revenue divisions for the fiscal fourth quarter fell short of projections. The company also cautioned that the high growth in streaming for...

Stocks finished yesterday higher by around 56 bps to close at 3828. The S&P 500 had been up sharply, more than 1%, but managed to give it all back intraday, even turning negative at one point. It...

Tuesday was another wild ride for the S&P 500 as the index bounced between 3,780 and 3,860 before finally settling in the middle of the range, posting a respectable 0.6% gain. The focused is the...

Markets gained yesterday, but it was hardly convincing. The Russell 2000 is the best example as it posted its fourth day of doji/spinning top candlesticks - which post a net gain - but do so from...

The “almost down 100%” club keeps getting more crowded. Look at Affirm Holdings  (NASDAQ:AFRM) and Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ:UPST).Afirm HoldingsUpstart Holdings So, ummm, what...

The race to secure lithium supplies is on.While lithium demand multiplies, geopolitical concerns between China and the West have made securing a reliable supply of lithium more difficult. Lithium is...

For the past two decades, the S&P 500 has underperformed the Nasdaq as tech stocks have been all the rage.Growth and innovation have transformed our economy and kept those companies (and stocks)...

Chip stocks are facing a steep downturn amid slowing demand and growing U.S.-China rivalry The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) is down about 36% for the year to date Texas Instruments is one of...

The bull case for TWLO stock seems easy to make at a four-year low But the business is facing real challenges — and management isn’t responding Longer-term, this can still work, but...

Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) is not precisely a deep-value stock relative to its price-to-earnings multiple but value is, as they say, where you find it. The stock is trading at a whopping high...

The broad selloff witnessed in the first nine months of 2022 appears to have stalled—at least for now U.S. midterm elections could give stocks another push in the upcoming months However,...

Global coffee products retailer Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock has evolved beyond just coffeeshops as it has expanded to include brands like Teavana, Ethos, Princi, Seattle’s Best Coffee,...

Even a perennial outperformer like Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) takes its lumps once in a while. After finishing higher in each of the last seven years, the company is on pace to lose roughly half its...