Stock Market Analysis & Comment

The stock market bounce off last fall’s low has kept investors hopeful that the worst is over.But a recent sell signal on the Dow Jones Industrial Average could upend those hopes… if...

NVIDIA stock has gained popularity among investors lately after its foray into the AI space. The company has managed to grow without affecting its margins over the past few years. While the upcoming...

There’s no shortage of things to worry about in the months ahead, but you wouldn’t know by reviewing year-to-date returns for the leading equity sectors. Tech and communications services...

Where there was little to say about Monday's trading, there was much more to the recent action. For starters, we saw a significant loss and moving average undercut earlier this week and a continuation...

Growth stocks continue to power markets despite early forecasts for 2023 to be another year of value outperformance Q1 earnings season is off to a decent start, and all eyes are on mega-cap...

Big-cap growth is back. After taking a back seat to various flavors of small-cap and value factors earlier in 2023, the large-company growth risk factor is again leading the horse race based on...

S&P 500 EPS growth for Q1 2023 is set to come in at -6.2%, the lowest rate in nearly 3 years Softening employment is both good and bad for bottom-lines The LERI shows corporate uncertainty...

Financials have substantially rebounded during the last month on the back of better-than-expected earnings from the big banks and indications that the Fed will keep supporting the sector with...

Today's action in the indices offered an effective repeat of Friday's - as if the weekend never happened.  Not much more to add on this. Action still looks favorable for breakouts in the...

Chinese economic data blew expectations out of the water last week, reflecting a strong comeback for the Asian giant as it finally emerges from the world’s most restrictive pandemic-era...

US-listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes in last week’s mostly quiet trading, based on a set of ETF proxies. A solid gain is welcome...

There was the risk Friday was going to see markets drift away from their generally bullish setups. Instead, indexes closed the day with small bullish 'hammers' or neutral doji that gives bulls an...

Mega-cap tech earnings, PCE inflation data, Q1 GDP in focus this week. McDonald’s stock is a buy with earnings due on Tuesday. Intel shares set to underperform amid huge Q1 loss, bleak...

Let's cut through the noise of the past week with a Pro Recap of five key analyst takeaways that might very well forecast the next major market trend - including yet another downgrade for Tesla, and...