Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) reported 12% rise in sales in July, its best performance so far in 2017 thanks to continuing improvement in Asia Pacific and a turnaround performance in Resource...

Markets: The market fell for the 2nd straight week, with Thursday being the biggest loss in 3 months. Investors are growing more skeptical about any tax reform plans getting done in 2018. Ongoing...

In May 2017 VelocityShares introduced two new volatility funds, EXIV (NYSE:EXIV) and EVIX (NYSE:EVIX), which track European volatility futures. In digging into these funds I’ve encountered a...

Years ago I built this 40 year chart for the COMPQ which I call the, “HISTORY CHART OF THE END OF THE WORLD.” One day I thought about all the events that I’ve experienced as a trader...

*These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas which includes many, many more charts and setups.“Be the silence that listens.” Tara BrachSome Weakness was swift...

Monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick chart: Trump is catalyst for 5 percent S&P500 stock market correction after parabolic wedge buy climax The monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick...

On Thursday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.54% from Wednesday and closed Friday with a loss of 0.65% from the previous week. The index saw daily losses in 3 of the last 5 market days and is up 8.34%...

Social media is supposed to be for kids, or selling products, not the president of the United States banging away on Twitter all day. There has never been a time in history when a sitting president...

Sportsmans (NASDAQ:SPWH)Sportsmans Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (SPWH), a national outdoor sporting goods retailer company yesterday reported their fiscal second quarter 2017 financial results. Sportsmans...

DOW – 274 = 21,750SPX – 38 = 2430NAS – 123 = 6221RUT – 24 = 135810 Y – .03 = 2.20%Oil + .23 = 47.01Gold + 4.70 = 1288.50Bitcoin – 0.70% = 4286.30 USDEthereum +...

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower with tech listings under scrutiny and leading the decline after results from Dow member Cisco Systems disappointed on its profit margin outlook. The pressure on...

The summer is rapidly closing and a new season will shortly be upon us. The seasonality of the markets this time of year has always been a tricky proposition as well. With that in mind, I’m...

As I’ve mentioned, it’s going to be an unusual time for me, because I am making the long trek (and perhaps insane, considering how many are intending to do the same) up to Oregon to...

Further to all the UPDATES noted on my original post of August 15th, I would note that, as of Friday's close, the SPX:VIX Ratio managed to stay above the critical 150 Bull/Bear Line-in-the-Sand major...