Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The scariest roller coaster I've ever ridden was the Monster Mouse at Rye Playland in New York. What made the Monster Mouse terrifying wasn't the hills. In fact, the drops weren't steep at all. The...

With the passage of tax reform, one market segment one might believe experiences an outsized benefit to earnings is U.S small cap stocks. This certainly seems plausible due to the fact smaller...

The S&P 500 bounced, ending the positive week with a gain of 4.30% from last Friday. The week also saw daily gains and is 4.90% off its record close. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on...

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) is a leading manufacturer of chemicals and oil refining products. The stock peaked out on January 24, 2018 at $107.42 a share.Since that high pivot, the stock has sold off...

The market just dropped the big, ugly “C” word on us. “Correction,” that is. The old stalwart Dow Jones Industrial Average recently broke into correction territory, dipping...

At the beginning of the year, I drew up a list of stocks that Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) recently included in 13G filings to disclose significant stakes. My interest was sparked by a surprising stake in...

Boeing (NYSE:BA) was another stock I covered extensively in my most recent book Stock Trading & Investing using Volume Price Analysis. In the book, which was written towards the end of 2017, I...

For stocks already in a downward trend, the events of the last few weeks merely serve to reinforce what is already in place, and further accelerate the bearish sentiment, which is certainly the case...

Of the three principle US indices, it is once again the Nasdaq 100 and the NQ emini that is leading equity markets away from the lows of the last two weeks and slowly, but surely, regaining the levels...

This link may be the best summary of this week’s earnings “action” but Factset notes pointedly that “A record number of S&P 500 companies are issuing positive EPS guidance...

MONTHLYLong-term outlook starting to look more and more attractive for Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) as it is breaking out of this "2-Year Base." As long as we stay above this 2-Year Base box (see chart...

JP Morgan launched a new fund, JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) USD Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond ETF JPMB, on Jan 30, 2018, focused on providing long exposure to emerging market bonds.Emerging market USD...

Investors seeking momentum may have CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust FXY on radar now. The fund recently hit a new 52-week high. Shares of FXY are up approximately 8.2% from their 52-week low of...

Below looks at the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past couple of years. The index has experienced a quality rally over the past 16 months inside of rising channel (A). The Dow started acting...