Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Shares of Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) are up over 10% after the company posted a beat on both the top and bottom lines on October 21. The oil and gas giant posted revenue of $7.48 billion, exceeding...

It remains difficult to bet against J&J in the long term Near-term challenges around currency and inflation will linger into 2023 Investors probably shouldn’t rush to sell shares, but a...

S&P 500 EPS growth for Q3 is set to come in at 1.5%, a slight increase from last week, but still at the lowest level since Q3 2020  The LERI improves to 85, doing an about face and perhaps...

Is a “lost decade” ahead for markets? Stanly Druckenmiller believes that could be the case. “There’s a high probability in my mind that the market, at best, is going to be...

Utility dividends haven’t been this generous in years. Thank you, stock market selloff!These yield machines have been expensive for a while. Today, utility stocks are finally cheap—and...

Small caps enjoyed a strong 13% profit advance in Q2 But forecasts for Q3 bottom line have been slashed High inflation is a top concern, strong U.S. dollar could be a relative tailwind Relative...

P&G sells consumer staples brands like Tide, Pampers, Bounty Consumer staples are the defensive play in weakening economic climates Strong U.S. dollar is having a $400 million incremental hit for...

American Airlines beat Q3 2022 earnings expectations Returns to profitability and has $13.5 billion in total liquidity Hybrid or remote work has driven travel demand higher Vacation destinations...

Stocks finished the day higher yesterday , with the S&P 500 rising by around 1.2%. It was a curiously odd rally because the China markets were smashed earlier, with Hong Kong dropping more than 6%...

In my post of March 14, I described a scenario where a drop and hold below 20,000 on China's Hang Seng Index could see it plunge to 16,000, or lower.It, subsequently, swirled around that level,...

This week is a big week for earnings.Furthermore, PCE and GDP prints will also be closely watched. This week will be important in determining the tone leading to the Fed meeting next week and the...

A good start to the week has indices ready to sweep past the most recent swing high from October 5. The first index to attempt this will be the S&P 500. It's ideally positioned to make that break...

The S&P 500 finished Monday at the highest levels in over a month. Not bad for a market the crowd fully expected to be crashing to fresh lows. As I wrote two weeks ago, before the September...

Alphabet stock has lost a third of its value since its November peak on growth concerns Alphabet is forecast to report single-digit sales growth when it reports its third-quarter earnings tomorrow...