Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

It was a week where oil prices rose back above the psychological $50-a-barrel mark, while a bearish build created selling pressure on natural gas futures.On the news front, world’s second...

On 31 March 2017, Leigh Creek Energy Ltd (AX:LCK) announced that it had raised A$21.85m of new equity; net proceeds are to be used to fund the company’s pre-commercial ISG demonstration project....

Short Term Elliott Wave view in FTSE suggests the rally from 4/20 low (7096.6) is unfolding as a zigzag Elliott Wave structure where Minute wave ((a)) ended at 7302.57 and Minute wave ((b)) ended at...

SDX Energy Inc (V:SDX) has released its first quarter 2017 results, the first period incorporating its recent acquisition of Egyptian and Moroccan assets. As expected, hydrocarbon sales rose...

Paint giant Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) was upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) on May 23. Going by the Zacks model, companies sporting a Zacks Rank #2 have strong chances of outperforming the broader...

Shares of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) hit a 52-week high of $116.37 yesterday, though it closed a tad lower at $116.22, probably due to optimistic earnings guidance for 2017. In fact,...

The S&P 500 and Dow have gone nowhere since March 1st. The SPX had been bumping its head on 2400 until Wednesday. The Dow and the SPX have been levitating on the backs of five tech stocks: Apple...

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), a stock we talk about frequently, recently completed a $1.4 billion euro-denominated bond sale. Not surprisingly, millions of investors think this is a good move because...

Consolidation, a period in which stocks build cause and get the majority on the wrong side of the trade, can redistribute energy just as well as big declines. The market has been building cause...

As the technology sector continues its full-blown shift to cloud computing, investors interested in this space tend to run into the same few names. We all know about Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its...

On Thursday, May 25th, Best Buy (BBY) will release its first quarter earnings results before the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 2 (Buy), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of A. In our...

Shares of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd (NYSE:BABA) jumped higher this past Friday morning after reporting solid earnings Thursday after-the-close. However, the party was short lived. After an initial...

On Tuesday, shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) are sinking, down over about 8.5% in mid-morning trading after the company announced a series of changes to its management...

Swing trade Cara Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:CARA) is acting much better. It broke its declining topsline in an orderly pullback, popped out, pulled back to retest, and popped again, bouncing 76 cents,...