Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

DOW + 22 = 23,539 (Record)SPX + 7 = 2587NAS + 49 = 6764RUT – 1 = 149410 Y – .04 = 2.34%OIL + 1.14 = 55.68GOLD – 6.10 = 1270.40Number of Currencies: 893 Total Market Cap:...

Summary: The major US indices closed at new all-time highs (ATH) again this week, led by the surging technology-heavy NASDAQ. SPX is now higher 7 months in a row; that level of momentum has not marked...

Economic ScenarioBank of England (BOE) hiked its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.5%, reversing the August rate hike immediately after Brexit, as widely expected by economists. Despite...

Economic Calendar & Watch ListMorning Notes US Futures are moderately higher while European stocks are down marginally ahead of US non-farm payroll numbers. European equities are being led lower...

Here is the post from October 8, 2017, where Q4 ’17 was looked at initially, relative to July 1 expectations. Remember, it isn’t just the rate of change for forward estimates, but the...

The year-over-year growth rate of the S&P 500 forward earnings estimate tracks the “expected” forward growth rate of S&P 500 earnings, vs that same expected rate one year...

Last week I wrote that there was so much on the calendar that it was impossible to choose a single theme. This week presents the opposite problem. In the wake of the big news, what will command...

Here's how to trade the FTSE 100 after Thursday's rate hike.

Three-plus years ago I said: with all the effort Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was putting into Internet radio, Pandora (NYSE:P) might not be in a great spot. Yeah, that was an understatement, which sows how...

Adobe Systems Inc (symbol:ADBE)Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) is a software company. The Company offers products and services used by professionals, marketers, knowledge workers, application...

Data Slightly PositiveOpinionThe indexes closed mixed Thursday with negative internals on the NYSE while NASDAQ internals were mixed with a positive advance/decline but negative up/down volumes....

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:SBUX) Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee shop in many urban and suburban American cities, where customers can get anything from coffee to tea to snacks and protein...

Improving euro-zone economic performance is bullish for European stocks. Will the Euro Stoxx 50 Futures stock index continue the rise?Recent better than expected data indicate euro-zone economic...

2017 has been a year of major change for SNP Schneider (DE:SHFG), including two major acquisitions, debt and equity capital raisings, corporate restructurings, new product offerings launched and new...