Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of $1.67, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.65 per share. The bottom line also increased 2.5% on a year-over-year...

Infineon Technologies AG (OTC:IFNNY) reported first-quarter fiscal 2018 adjusted earnings of 24 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents. However, the figure...

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) reported fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 70 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents and increased 20.7% from the year-ago quarter.Net...

Last week I shared a fantastic four that make the FANG stocks look tame. This week I have to come back to one FANG in particular that has turned in a performance during the first month of the year...

The bearish case for gold continues as fresh new bearish confirmations have just emerged. You have already read about gold’s huge weekly volume, gold stocks’ underperformance and many...

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) beat both earnings and revenue expectations when it reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results after the closing bell on Wednesday. The company also grew both its daily and...

Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume:In Asia 6 out of 11 markets closed lower: Shanghai Comp -0.19%, Hang Seng +0.86%, Nikkei -0.83% In Europe 8 out of 12 markets are trading higher: CAC +0.29%,...

Welcome to Data Points, I am Brian Hamilton This morning the all important ISM Manufacturing Index was released. This forward looking report has a long track record of accurately gauging the...

After a mostly strong year for social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), the company is expected to post a massive fourth-quarter earnings report during the afternoon trading session on Wednesday....

Fed Chair Janet Yellen has concluded her four-year tenure. In her final meeting, Yellen indicated that the Fed is still trying to stimulate economic growth. As expected, the Fed kept the rates...

I first want to apologize for being so non-productive today. I’m pretty sick, so I’ve been spending an exorbitant amount of time in bed surrounded by concerned (well, maybe not) dogs. But...

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) were slightly higher in early morning trading hours Thursday, the first trading period after the release of the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings...

The fourth-quarter earnings season is picking up pace, with 16.1% of the energy companies — representing 14.9% of the S&P 500’s total market capitalization — having already...

We could see a tepid recovery of Tuesday's "shock drop" in equities (as I described here), until the Fed's next interest rate hike (possibly in March), to send Major Indices to levels somewhat higher...