Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Prothena Corporation (NASDAQ:PRTA) reported mixed results for the fourth quarter of 2018. The company reported a loss of 56 cents per share, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of...

Index Futures Net Changes and Settlements: Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume:In Asia 6 out of 11 markets closed lower: Shanghai Comp -0.05%, Hang Seng -0.23%, Nikkei -0.02% In Europe 11 out of...

We argued yesterday that investing in stocks today based on the Fed getting dovish is like buying stocks after the Bear Stearns deal: you’re buying based on a development that reveals the...

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) reported fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of $1.63 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.71. However, the figure improved 8% from the year-ago...

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLP) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) meant to move with the tides of the U.S. consumer staples sector. Among its top holdings are Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO),...

Retail stocks have been in focus today, under pressure after some ugly retail sales data. And while SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) has erased its initial losses, put traders have come of the...

General Electric (NYSE:GE) just wrapped up a year investors won’t forget. The maker of lightbulbs, power turbines and aircraft engines lost more than half of its market value in 2018 on concerns...

Marijuana stocks and related ETFs, like the pure-play marijuana ETF ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (SNX:MJ) , caught enough investors’ attention last year, courtesy of its mysterious rally in...

IntroductionAs I stated in the introduction in Part 4 of this series, my primary objective is to provide the reader with a clear perspective of just how different individual stocks are and how...

The housing market has perked up ahead of the key spring selling season thanks to declining mortgage rates. Per mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac, the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage...

Bulls at Wall Street were surprisingly hit by the latest batch of economic data, which shows the biggest 1.2% drop in December retail sales in more than nine years. Retail sales growth for November...

Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) delivered fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of 4 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of earnings of 7 cents by 42.86%. However, the figure...

Import and Export Prices for the month of January have been released ahead of this morning’s opening bell, with results — much as we’ve seen with recent economic metrics —...

Wayfair (W) is expected to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended December 2018. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good...