Stock Market Analysis & Comment

S&P 500 blended EPS growth for Q4 continues to fall, now expected to come in at -5.3% Peak earnings season rolls on this week with 1,447 global companies expected to report Potential surprises...

American shares rallied for a second week, leading an uneven trading week for the major asset classes through Friday's close (Feb. 3), based on a set of ETFs.Although stocks sold off on Friday after...

Stocks rose sharply over the week, despite a 1% drop on Friday after a strong job report. Jay Powell was right on Wednesday when he stated that the labor market was too tight and that their data...

In our last market update, I wrote about how market technicals were improving. That improvement has continued, and the market is displaying strength that we have not seen in over a year. Here is a...

Friday delivered a small riposte to Thursday's big gains, but this rally from December lows needs a larger consolidation to help digest those gains. Breakouts and the moving averages established solid...

Fed Chair Powell and earnings will again drive markets in the week ahead. Pinterest stock is a buy with upbeat earnings on tap. PayPal shares are set to struggle amid weak results, sluggish...

Last year’s stock market decline was punishing and no one was hit harder that tech and growth stocks — and leadership groups like the Semiconductors.What leads the way up often leads...

Fixed-income stocks have outperformed the broader market by a wide margin in the past 12 months. I remain positive on companies with growing dividend payouts, strong fundamentals, and high free cash...

Buyers returned after the brief visit of potential bull traps across indices. Yesterday's action delivered the breakouts and today's should be the icing on the cake. The one index which did break...

Shares of Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are down sharply on Wednesday after the social media giant missed consensus estimates for Q4 2022 revenue. The company reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 14 cents...

On October 12, 1987, a week before Black Monday, the Wall Street Journal warned of the potential for significant market turmoil. Per the article: The use of portfolio insurance “could snowball...

Cloud infrastructure stocks have been among the worst performers this year despite all the excitement around artificial intelligence (AI). In this report, we dive deeper into the drivers of the...

The Nasdaq has gotten off to a strong start in 2023, outperforming the Dow and S&P 500 by a wide margin. High-growth tech stocks have come back in favor, thanks to easing inflation and rate hike...

Snap’s (NYSE:SNAP) latest earnings report sent its stock down by almost 15% and drove Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) into the red with it.The company...