Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Current Position of the MarketSPX Long-term trend: Uptrend continues with a serious loss of upside momentum in weekly indicators. SPX Intermediate trend: An ending pattern appears to be in its last...

Hello, Slopers, from your airborne host. I am seven miles above the planet again, heading back to my beloved Palo Alto after a week-long vacation. It was a successful trip – – silver medal...

I wanted to share three of my existing positions with you that are in the financial sector.First is Sallie Mae, known these days as SLM Corporation (NASDAQ:SLM). It had a huge topping formation,...

Marriage should be for life. But stock ownership? Not so much. Yes, I understand that a long-term buy-and-hold strategy keeps fees and taxes low and has generally proven to be a solid plan. But not...

Loews Corporation (NYSE:L) reported second-quarter 2017 operating earnings of 76 cents per share, which met the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Earnings surged 27% year over year.The quarter witnessed a...

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) is slated to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 1, after the market closes. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 23.84%. Let’s...

MetLife (NYSE: NYSE:MET) is a $60 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 32.67% total return. That's above the S&P 500's return of 16.31%.MetLife stock...

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. David Allan Coe One of the important attributes of markets is they are...

You can’t say that Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) isn’t persistent. If you’re more than a couple of decades old, you’ll recall numerous attacks to the tobacco giant...

REVIEW The week started at SPX 2473. With nothing more than a pullback to SPX 2466 on Monday, the market worked its way to a new all-time high at 2484 on Thursday. After opening at the high the market...

“Remember: it’s not a failure until you accept defeat.” Debbie Millman Some chop for sure and unfortunately to close the week out. I thought we’d get another couple weeks of...

Covered call writing generates monthly (or weekly) cash flow but it also reduces our cost basis. The latter result is the reason why covered call writing increases our chances of a successful trade...

DOW + 85 = 21,796SPX – 2 = 2475NAS – 40 = 6382RUT – 8 = 143310 Y + .03 = 2.31%OIL + .08 = 49.12GOLD – 1.50 = 1259.60BITCOIN + 0.73% = 2717.16 USDETHEREUM – 0.07% =...

This past week, despite the Fed’s “non-event” meeting, the story of the market has been earnings. As of July 20th, the latest update from S&P 500 showed the following...