Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

If 2018 rings in a bear market, it could look something like the Kennedy Slide of 1962.That was my conclusion in “Riding the Slide,” published in early September, where I showed that the...

The US stock markets enjoyed an extraordinary surge in 2017, shattering all kinds of records. This was fueled by hopes for big tax cuts soon since Republicans regained control of the US government....

The S&P 500 closed out 2017 with a gain of 19.42% and 62 record highs. Week-over-week saw a loss of 0.36%, showing a lack of a "Santa Rally", but we still have the first few trading days of the...

This post will outline how the U.S. Major Indices, Major Sectors, S&P 500 Index and the SPX:VIX Ratio performed throughout 2017 and how they ended the year.U.S. MAJOR INDICES The following 1-year...

Trading volume is the number of trades for a security in a given time frame. On a chart volume is typically represented as a histogram (vertical bars) and represents a confirmation or lack thereof of...

I ended 2016 and started 2017 with a big focus on uranium stocks. This was because they were ripping out of a Stage 1 base on huge volume towards the end of 2016. Uranium stocks had been destroyed for...

The late selloff today wasn’t really expected, but then again neither was the seemingly uneventful market response to the signing of the first meaningful tax reform since 1986. President Trump...

Data Remains Mostly NeutralOpinionThe indexes closed mostly higher Thursday with the one exception of the DJT. Internals were positive on both the NYSE and NASDAQ as NYSE volumes rose from the prior...

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China has approved Becton, Dickinson and Company’s (NYSE:BDX) acquisition of C. R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) . The company is set to complete the...

Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) have rallied 31% year to date, outperforming the S&P 500’s gain of 20.2%.Moreover, upward revision in earnings estimates for the current and next...

FirstEnergy Corp.’s (NYSE:FE) subsidiary,Jersey Central Power & Light (“JCP&L”) recently provided an update regarding its $4.7 million program on the upgrades completed...

We issued an updated research report on Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) on Dec 28. Air Products has also built a strong project backlog. These projects are expected to be accretive to...

Shares of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) have declined 9.5% in 2017 as against the industry’s gain of 5.2%. Celgene suffered a series of setbacks over the last few months. The company...

We issued an updated research report on Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (NYSE:RS) on Dec 28. Reliance Steel is gaining from its broad and diversified product base, wide geographic footprint and...