Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Despite the stock market trading at new all-time highs, institutions still find enough reason to buy more enormous stakes in three stocks. Backed by Wall Street analysts and their price targets,...

Q3 S&P 500® EPS growth expected to come in at 3.6% in fifth consecutive quarter of growth. All eyes on five of Magnificent 7 constituents this week: GOOGL, MSFT, META, AAPL, AMZN Large cap...

Microsoft’s earnings may restore investor confidence. Azure's growth is key for its tech leadership. Big Tech's outlook hinges on Microsoft’s results. Looking for actionable trade ideas to navigate...

Investors should monitor key divergences across bonds, commodities, and small-cap stocks. Inflation concerns are rising as gold and regional banks show diverging trends from bond markets. Big moves...

Lithium Americas and General Motors are entering a $625-million joint venture to develop a lithium mining operation in Nevada. The infusion of support from GM should help Lithium Americas to...

NextEra Energy has been a strong performer in the 2024 stock market. The company's potential recommissioning of an Iowa nuclear plant would be a boost as data centers look for more power. The...

If you’re like me, when you see an outsized dividend yield, you stop for a second and immediately do the mental math. How much would we get back in payouts from, say, a 9.3% payer if we were to...

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) reports after the closing bell on Tuesday night, October 29th, 2024, and Street consensus is expecting $1.84 in EPS on $86.3 billion in revenue, and $26.44 billion in...

Ahead of earnings, GOOGL has underperformed most Magnificent 7 stocks YTD, rising only 18.31%, with legal challenges and AI competition clouding its outlook. Expanding generative AI capabilities,...

The S&P 500 could not clear the narrow 'bull flag' it looks to be shaping - as long as the 20-day MA remains as support. A worrying expansion in the 'sell' trigger for On-Balance-Volume indicates...

Considering the bull market of 2024, Cathie Wood’s ARKK fund (she has 6 ETFs) over 2 years and a lot of sideways price action, could now be a potential player. Remember, ARKK peaked in 2021 at...

The software and Azure giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is scheduled to report it’s fiscal Q1 ’25 on Wednesday night, October 30 ’24, after the closing bell. Consensus estimates for Microsoft are...

As you probably know, we primarily track the S&P 500 (SPX) using the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP). The EWP allows us to identify the potential paths the market can take based on known patterns,...

ASML makes lithography equipment for semiconductor manufacturers; it dominates the space. Weak demand across semiconductor segments other than AI-chips cause ASML to lower its 2025 guidance, hurting...