Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Last week’s Market Update – Showtime! – announced that the time had come for a sell-off in equities and we were not disappointed as the Dow lost over 234 points (worst week since...

Skepticism Common Before Multiple-Year Moves If someone told us in 1981 the S&P 500 would post a 1,367% gain over the next 18 years, it would have been very difficult to believe after seeing an...

“IAM” is the online name of one of our professional trader friends who writes a respected private newsletter to be shared with just a few friends and colleagues. He lets us share the...

All eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains for 2017 through August 14. The top performer thus far is Hong Kong's Hang Seng with a gain of 23.86%, followed closely by India's BSE...

Short term Dow Futures (YM_F) Elliott Wave view suggests that rally from 6/29 low is unfolding as a a double three Elliott wave structure. Up from 6/29 low (21138), Minor wave W ended at 22132 and...

The S&P 500 futures traded down to 2430 on Globex Thursday night, and then shot higher before and after the open. On Fridays 8:30 futures open, the S&P 500 futures (ESU17:CME) traded 2439.00,...

Well, there’s just no doubt about it. I have a lot more fun with down markets than up markets. Last week was a total kick. Today was all about defense.It’s no shock, though. As I mentioned...

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Retail has been ugly. Stocks like JC Penney Company Inc Holding (NYSE:JCP) that were already trading at multi-year lows fell sharply on earnings. In comes Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), trading near...

In its SEC Form 13-F filing after the market closed today, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) reported several large changes to its portfolio during the quarter ending June 30, 2017 that had not...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp (NASDAQ:CMTL), which I’ve been showing you for a couple weeks, popped 1.07, or 6%, to 19.32, on 206,906 shares traded on Monday, and closed at the upper end of...

Gold prices are glittering again thanks to a subdued greenback and political uncertainty. The largest gold ETF SPDR Gold Shares (HK:2840) (V:GLD) has gained about 12% in the year-to-date frame (as...

On Thursday, August 17th, Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) will release its fourth quarter earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 3 (HOld), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of...

High profile U.S. retailers continue to report Q2 results in this final leg of earnings season: specialty retailers Home Depot (NYSE:HD) , Coach (NYSE:COH) and Dick’s Sporting Goods ...