Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Texas Roadhouse Inc (NASDAQ:TXRH)Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (TXRH), a global full-service casual dining restaurant company yesterday reported their second quarter 2017 financial results. TXRH reported...

I've long advocated that investors who don't trade both sides of the market are giving up half their profit potential – possibly more – because they're thinking only in one...

The S&P 500 added modest gains Tuesday. This strength largely puts last week’s “collapse” in the rear-view mirror. Sharp selloffs are breathtakingly quick and this is the fourth...

AXT Inc. (NASDAQ:AXTI), one of our swings that has done very well, as it popped out, it pulled back, and popped again. You can see that on Tuesday, it was up another 40 cents, or 5%, to 9.15, on 2...

Technically speaking, this week could be very important for the major U.S. equity markets. There is an appearance of a “TOPPING PATTERN” forming. I am now awaiting confirmation by the...

Contura Energy Inc (NYSE:CTRA), a Tennessee-based coal mining company with operations that span across the US, set the terms on Monday for an impressive IPO that could total at over $150 million. The...

Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) posted mixed second-quarter 2017 results, wherein earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate while revenues lagged the same.However, the...

AMETEK Inc.’s (NYSE:AME) second-quarter 2017 earnings of 65 cents per share came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. Earnings increased 8.3% sequentially and 10.2% year over...

Phillips 66 ( (NYSE:PSX) ) is a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company with midstream, chemicals, refining, and marketing and specialties businesses. The company processes, transports,...

Every once in a while, us “quantitative types” stop doing calculations long enough to look up and look around at “slightly less complex” methods.Good thing too. Consider the...

The euro will need to roll over for the ES to attract sellers.The euro currency has been on an impressive run (much to our dismay) but few have acknowledged the impact the currency markets are having...

Markets In ConflictAccording to stockcharts.com, trading ranges speak to a fairly even battle between stock-market bulls and bears: Price action depicts a market in conflict. Only until the price...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has joined the Nasdaq index in breaking out of its bull market channel.

Pre-Open market analysisThe Emini is at the top of a 9 day tight trading range. Most days continue to have reversals and lots of trading range trading. That means that today will probably have more of...