Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The last Housing Market Review covered data reported in October, 2017 for September, 2017. At the time, I lamented having too small an exposure to home builders while the entire sector rallied nearly...

In this post we want to share two interesting sets of data that we find are interesting and add to the case of a stock market top is highly likely to take place in 2018. Be sure to read Part I...

Position management is one of the 3 required skills needed for covered call writing and put-selling. When share price gaps up or down there is a strong possibility that an exit strategy opportunity...

Last Friday was just a 'ho hum' day, right? The Dow Jones Industrial Average had their first weak session, closing down about 45 points or so. Boring day, volatility ticked up to 14%. You know I'm...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted with Thanksgiving behind and the holiday season in full swing, it usually means light trading for equity markets. But light or not,...

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) Ulta beauty, reported their quarterly earnings on Thursday November 30, 2017 after the market closed for trading. However, unlike previous quarterly announcements where...

Summary: All of the US equity indices made new all-time highs this past week, for the first time since mid-October. SPX and DJIA have risen 8 months in a row. By some measures, investor sentiment is...

Stocks Decline as Political Uncertainty Fuels Volatility U.S. stocks finished the trading session lower, but well off the day's the worst levels as volatility ramped up on heightened uncertainty...

U.S. equity markets experienced a volatile intraday trading session on Friday, as news unfolded throughout the day with respect to the ongoing DOJ Special Counsel legal investigation of the Trump...

The "Santa Claus rally" refers to the tendency for the S&P 500 to do well in December, and specifically the last part of December. We can assess this quantitatively with the first chart showing...

Few companies have been hit as hard as Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) by the rise of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and online shopping, and yet the bookseller has still managed to survive. It has lost almost...

Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? At this point, over eight years later, the S&P 500 has set a series of inflation-adjusted record highs...

First Fact: The Nasdaq tech train trend is up and has NOT derailed at this time. Nor has it slowed.Below looks at the Nasdaq over the past 20 years. The trend in the tech is higher and it remains...

Valuation Back Near Peak LevelsOpinionThe indexes closed higher yesterday with positive internals on the NYSE and NASDAQ as volumes rose on the NYSE from the prior session while NASDAQ volumes...