Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The S&P 500 earnings lessons from the pandemic taught us that sell-side consensus for S&P 500 earnings (actual vs estimates) grossly underestimated the actual results we saw during the...

This week will be another one of those weeks with a lot of moving parts. Thursday is likely to be the one everyone will be watching. Thursday morning, there will be a US CPI print at 8:30 AM, with the...

Further to my previous posts on Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) here and here, its price has plunged to just 9 points above my target of 100.00, as shown on the following monthly chart.The...

As I mentioned recently, I am knocked off my feet at the long-term quality of the bearish setups before us. There is really just one holdout that is keeping this ridiculous market from entering the...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will continue to dominate market focus and sentiment in the week ahead, as prices of oil and other commodities keep spiking on supply concerns. All four major US...

Stocks on Wall Street ended sharply lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average notching its fourth losing week in a row, amid escalating tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The...

It has been another bumpy week for the market. One day the market was down -1.5%, followed by a quick +2.5% bounce, only to again retreat with several days of continued selling to finish the week....

The past couple of weeks have given us a new range to watch in the stock market. A positive jobs report has been seemingly muted by indecision within the major indices.Therefore, we can look at...

Take a look at the following daily and weekly comparison charts of the SPX with Germany's DAX, and judge for yourself.They've traded, essentially, in lock-step for many years...until the last few...

Okta: Good Company, Bad MarginsThe institutions are shedding Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) and we think you should too. The institutional activity was moderate in the 2nd half of 2021, but picked up noticeably...

One of the beneficiaries of the mayhem in Russia has been aluminum companies. Here are a couple:Alcoa Corp (NYSE:AA) Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) Because………..aluminum:

Think back to Jan. 4 for a moment. Probably no other financial instrument better captures the frustrating circumstances of the market than our beloved iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSE:EFA).What a...

With the S&P 500 index currently down 10% from its all time high and struggling to get its mojo back, it can be a scary time for investors trying to pick new stocks. Aside from sitting on your...

U.S. stocks might be less exposed to the war in Ukraine, but the hit to global growth and inflation can and will eventually drag down the U.S. economy.  Equities declined after Russia seized...