Last week’s market had something for both the bears and the bulls, but the bulls won out again. The stock market was at a similar and even more important inflection point in early May (The Bull & Bear Tug Of War – Who Is Winning?) as the A/D lines were close to completing their corrections. […]
Let us look at notable stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The time span will be extended through this quarter and the fourth quarter. The Walt Disney Company operates as a worldwide entertainment company. Before consulting the longer-term monthly cycle, the current condition of the stock is analyzed. The share price is in a […]
There is no shortage of factors for investors to consider in the opening days of the third quarter of 2018. Global trade tensions are heating up. Energy prices and interest rates are rising. And the S&P 500 has only been more expensive than it is today at one other time in history — the run-up […]
Despite an uptrend under pressure, these five top stocks — all IBD Sector Leaders — are handily outperforming the general market. Each of them has a relative strength line that is holding up strongly and near new highs in the stock market today. FANG stock Facebook (FB) quietly pulled back into the 5% buy range […]
The Nasdaq composite closed sharply higher Friday as the stock market rallied after a better-than-expected jobs report and shrugged off trade worries. The Nasdaq climbed 1.3% and is within 1% of a new high. The S&P 500 rose nearly 0.9%. Both indexes are adding some space above their 50-day moving averages, a positive trend. The […]
The energy market has been buoyed by higher oil prices this year. That has helped energy stocks in the S&P 500 to outperform the broader market nearly two-to-one so far in 2018. While the red-hot stocks of oil producing companies have helped drive some of that outperformance, other energy companies have had a good run, […]
Stocks rose on Friday on the back of stronger-than-expected employment data. Investors also shrugged off concerns over an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 99.74 points to 24,456.48, with Apple and Microsoft outperforming. The S&P 500 closed 0.8 percent higher at 2,759.82, with health care rising 1.5 […]
For the past several months, the stock market has faced pressure because of worsening relations between the U.S. and its major trading partners. However, a bigger risk could be the tense relationship between the two major U.S. political parties. According to a new survey from Wells Fargo and Gallup, the “political climate in Washington” is […]
Investors are familiar with Netflix dominating the streaming space, with its 100 percent gain just this year, but a handful of other names in its universe have surged in recent months. Pandora, Roku and Spotify have surged 71 percent, 49 percent and 19 percent, respectively, in the last three months. Spotify is the youngest public […]
Just ahead of earnings season, tech companies like Twitter Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and Micron Technology Inc. figured prominently on a list of S&P 500 index stocks that are outperforming or underperforming analyst expectations. In a list prepared by FactSet, tech companies accounted for nearly half the stocks that had the largest disparities by […]
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Thursday as the U.S. readies $34 billion of tariffs on China-made goods. U.S. automakers were higher after a report said Donald Trump could suspend his threat to slap a new 25% tariff on imports from the European Union. […]
Stocks closed higher on Thursday as technology shares rose, but investors remained on edge as the U.S. prepared to slap tariffs on goods imported from China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 181.92 points to 24,356.74, with Intel and Walgreens Boots Alliance outperforming. The S&P 500 gained 0.9 percent to close at 2,736.61 as tech […]
