Schaeffer's Investment Research

U.S.-China trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty has been a boon for gold prices in recent months, and mining shares have benefited from this increased appetite for the safe-haven asset. Two...

Housing stocks have outperformed in 2019, with the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE:XHB) up 32% year-to-date. More recently, XHB shares bounced sharply from their rising 120-day moving average in...

Chip name Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) is higher on two new price-target hikes from analysts. Specifically, BMO lifted its price target to $60 from $50, while Cowen boosted its estimate to $46...

Next Tuesday, Oct. 1, the fourth quarter of 2019 officially begins. It hasn't been that long since the major fourth-quarter 2018 sell-off, which was pretty brutal for the stock market. The 9.2%...

Early bird Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) will get a jump-start on this fall's earnings season this week, set to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings tomorrow after the close, Sept. 24. Ahead of the event,...

BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB) will report fiscal-year earnings ahead of the bell tomorrow. Prior to the announcement, options traders are betting bullishly on the smartphone provider, with BB options...

Oil prices spiked over the weekend after drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. The price reverted some yesterday, though, after reports that oil production would be back to normal sooner...

Taking a look at recent options activity, two names to take note of are Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and Altria Group (NYSE:MO). Both showed up on a list from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst...

The shares of Ctrip.Com International Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:CTRP) are up 1.5% this afternoon at $34.66. The online travel site is slated to report earnings after the market closes this Monday, Sept. 9....

When I first realized that last week marked a four-week losing streak for the S&P 500 (SPX), it didn't strike me as that interesting. When I delved into it, though, a four-week losing streak is...

It's already been a roller-coaster week for the SPDR S&P Retail (NYSE:XRT). The exchange-traded fund (ETF) rallied on Tuesday on news that the Trump administration will delay tariffs on some...

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) is trading in the red today with the broader stock market, last seen down 2.7% at $159.56, with the Chinese e-commerce company preparing to report earnings before the open...

It's been a rocky month so far for the U.S. stock market. After hitting an all-time high above 3,000 in late July, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) plummeted to a two-month low in early August, amid...

Chinese internet name Jd.Com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) is 1.1% lower at $26.80 this afternoon, struggling amid the U.S.-China trade war tensions. JD has drastically pulled back from its Aug. 13 annual high of...

Gold prices have been in focus lately, as investors flock to safe haven assets amid the latest Fed decision and escalating trade tensions with China, flirting with six-year highs in recent days. This...

Car rental name Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) is moving lower this afternoon, last seen down 3.3% at $34.13, as stocks suffer in the wake of global trade fears. Meanwhile, options traders are most...