Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

After rallying late in the Globex session on Thursday, the S&P 500 futures (ESU17:CME) opened the 8:30 am cst cash session at 2468.50, up 2.50 handles. The high of the day at 2468.75 was printed...

Economic Calendar and Watch ListMorning Notes US Futures and European shares are down this morning with tensions still mounting with North Korea. Investors are cautious about another possible missile...

Zumiez Inc (NASDAQ:ZUMZ)Zumiez, the sports oriented retailer of sporting related goods for men and women reported their second quarter earnings on Thursday September 7, 2017. While the company did...

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC)American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:AMSC), a global company that provides megawatt-scale solutions worldwide yesterday announced that they...

Verint Systems Inc.Verint Systems Inc (NASDAQ:VRNT), a global leader in Actionable Intelligence®solutions and value-added services yesterday reported their second quarter 2017 financial...

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock used to be the darling of Wall Street. For most of our grandparents and even some of our parents, IBM was a staple stock in their portfolio. You could always count on Big Blue to...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted heading into the Labor Day shortened week equities were looking stronger led by the QQQ. Elsewhere looked for gold (GLD (NYSE:GLD)) to...

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We have a normal data calendar. Central to stock market prospects is the resolution of several key policy issues. The possible outcomes have a wide range of market impacts, from fear to a major boost...

The winning market timer is the disciplined market timer.Sounds simple. And everyone should find this sentence easy to agree with. Basically, it just means following a specific trading strategy and...

The major U.S. indices closed out the abbreviated week on a mixed note as investors looked ahead to the weekend, which could see Hurricane Irma's arrival in Florida and another North Korean missile...

U.S. stocks traded mixed as the markets paid attention to developments pertaining to Hurricane Irma, while financials advanced as Treasury yields mostly rebounded from a recent drop. The US dollar was...

I keep looping back to the word “annoying” to describe the market, and that still seems to fit. The goddamned thing just won’t go into a freefall. To be clear, I had a good week, but...

Last week the XIV (NASDAQ:XIV) moved up into the 83.07-93.56 resistance zone before turning back lower hitting a low of 76.07 on Tuesday, September 5th. Since this low, we have seen the XIV move back...