Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Chinese stocks traded lower as Moody’s Investors Service cut the country’s credit rating from Aa3 to A1. However, it also changed the outlook to stable from negative.The rating agency...

The Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLU) is in focus today, as the sector index fund continues to break out of a three-month consolidation range.The past few days of outperformance for XLU are...

Economic Calendar & Watch ListMorning Notes US Futures are tracking slightly higher this morning while European stocks are also trading higher on improved outlooks for economic strength in the...

For investors, the social media “industry” is quite interesting. It’s hard to be a “social media investor” because there simply aren’t that many options, but...

DOW + 89 = 20,894SPX + 12 = 2394NAS + 49 = 6133RUT + 9 = 137710 Y + .01 = 2.25%OIL + .48 = 50.81GOLD + 4.80 = 1261.40First quarter earnings season is wrapping up, and the big-name reports are getting...

The S&P 500 futures started out the day making back the loss from the Friday late day sell off, and more… After a flat to modestly higher 8:30 CT futures open, the ES initially rallied up...

I remain heavily short the market, with a mere 4 of my zillions of positions still in the red (and by only a tiny amount). One of my favorite shorts is Brinker International (NYSE:EAT), the company...

GlycoMimetics, Inc. (GLYC) exploded last week, pulled back, and on Tuesday, it reversed and ran up to 14.30, before pulling back slightly, closing at the upper end of the range at 13.25, up 2.24, or...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas which includes many, many more charts and setups. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have...

For the fourth day in a row, yesterday markets generated gains to leave indices on the verge of new highs - erasing the losses of last week. However, yesterday's gains were small, leaving markets...

Advance Auto Parts Inc. ( (NYSE:AAP) ) reported a 36% decline in adjusted earnings to $1.60 per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 (ended Apr 22, 2017) from $2.51 earned in the prior-year...

Achaogen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAO) announced that the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for plazomicin, for the treatment of serious bacterial infections due to MDR enterobacteriaceae,...

Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) announced that it has started to offer online booking of hotel rooms in Cuba for both U.S. and non-U.S. travelers through Expedia.com, Travelocity, Hotels.com, Orbitz and...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) yesterday launched Amazon Channels, its live television programming in Europe.Amazon Channels will offer on-demand as well as live programming from third party...