Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

US index futures were up between 1.5% to 2.0% by mid-morning in the London session, tracking a sharp rally in European markets and extending gains from the day before. While there might be more juice...

Executives have reassured employees of Credit Suisse's "strong capital base and liquidity position."Over the weekend, Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS) raised global concerns over its financial stability....

Bear markets are great for calculated contrarian investors like us. We have many dividend growers in the bargain bin.I mean, it’s rarely this stuffed. We have lots to sort through today....

Investors are concerned about futures S&P 500 earnings A decent P/E valuation today might actually be quite pricey if estimates retreat Data show earnings recessions can last years but are things...

Stocks managed to rally yesterday by 2.6% on the S&P 500. It mainly looked to me like short-covering once again. We seem to see these types of moves pretty often, and maybe it turns into...

The S&P 500 bounced back violently yesterday, adding 2.7% and easily erasing all of Friday’s losses. The index even got close to reclaiming Thursday’s losses as well. Not bad for a...

The energy sector has performed well this year, and the upside is expected to continue amid geopolitical tensions and rising demand. So, if you are still planning to invest in energy stocks, then one...

Nike (NYSE:NKE) falls on a mixed FQ1 report that has the analysts worried about margins. Bloating inventory led to increased markdowns and this is expected in Q2 as well. Near-term headwinds are...

Amazon continues to grow even after 27 years of operations Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the profit driver as revenues climbed 33% to $19.75 billion in its recent quarter Over 1.9 million small...

Cost of sequencing a single human genome has fallen from $100 million to $600 since 2001 Illumina’s new machines can further drop the cost to under $200 Illumina won an antitrust lawsuit with...

A few weeks ago – I wrote an article highlighting the four major global indicators that show more economic downside ahead.And since then – things have only grown more fragile as the...

The following monthly comparison chart illustrates the lock-step movements of Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) since September 2001.Neither one recovered from their lifetime highs...

We currently have high inflation, a rising US dollar, and massive global interest rate hikes have hammered stocks. Investors have lost approximately $24 trillion in value destruction for 2022...

The prevailing theme among many notable macroeconomic experts is that the continued dislocation in the bond market (too many sellers of bonds and not enough buyers), which has resulted in rising...