Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The blow that Hurricane Harvey dealt is starting to make itself felt on U.S. economic data points. U.S. retail sales suddenly dropped in August as the storm and flood wreaked havoc on motor vehicle...

U.S. telecom behemoth Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has decided to aggressively cooperate with major U.S. cities in order to expand its fiber optics networks to support 4G LTE and upcoming...

Current Position of the MarketS&P 500 Long-term trend: The uptrend has pushed a little higher, near-term. S&P 500 Intermediate trend: By rising past 2491 the start of the (inevitable)...

The current bull market has come at a time when the traditions of Wall Street have changed significantly. Some of these changes, like the transition from on-the-floor traders to algorithm-based...

One strategist I read regularly and who prepares weekly technical commentary, Charles Kirk at The Kirk Report, had a reference in this week's report relative to the strength of the current market....

FireEye Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE) ,provides security platform for cyber-attacks to enterprises and governments. This Zacks Rank #2, Buy, stock saw EPS growth of 38.5% last year and is looking for great EPS...

On Monday, shares of biopharmaceutical company Nabriva Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NBRV) are surging, up over about 32% in morning trading—the stock skyrocketed 102% in premarket trade—after it...

On Monday, Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) and Silver Spring Networks (NYSE:SSNI) announced that Itron is set to acquire the Internet of Things company for a 25% premium. The news sent shares of both...

I last wrote about the World Market Index on August 30.Since then, price did retest (and break above) the 1950 major resistance level to make a new three-year high, as shown on the Daily chart below....

On Monday, shares of Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA) are soaring, up over 20% in morning trading after it was announced that defense giant Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) would be buying the company for $7.8...

Expiration Friday pushed some heavy volume through the markets but the buying wasn't enough to bring about much-anticipated breakouts for the NASDAQ and NASDAQ 100. However, Friday's action suggests...

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) moved higher again on Monday, just one trading day after the stock witnessed an impressive 6.3% climb to close last week. This week, NVDA is off to hot start after...

After weeks of shaky trading, the Wall Street continued its second-largest bull run, dodging the list of woes including geopolitical tension, Washington turmoil, elevated valuations, the aftermath of...

Alliance Data Systems Corporation’s (NYSE:ADS) average receivables of $15.7 billion increased 13% in August. For the eight-month period ended in the same month this year, average receivables...