Stock Market Analysis & Comment

Diversifying into global markets ex-US has been a frustrating choice for asset allocation for much of the past decade. Standard portfolio theory recommends holding an international mix of...

Over the last 5 months since the Oct. 13 low, the market has reacted in a surprising fashion to many of the CPI and PPI reports. For example, while the Oct. 13 CPI published report was expected to...

S&P 500 blended EPS growth for Q4 increases for the first time in 3 weeks, now expected to come in at -4.9% Peak earnings season rolls on this week with 1,276 global companies expected to report,...

One day after the S&P 500 had topped at $4195 on February 2 (see here), our primary expectation based on the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) was a focus on: “the $4100 region for a smaller 4th...

A good end-of-week finish for markets offered positive tests of support to head into next week with. The Russell 2000 (IWM) tagged breakout support is defined by November's swing high and 20-day MA....

The week of February 13th is significant, with CPI, PPI, retail sales, a ton of Fed speakers, a 20-year bond auction, and a 30-year TIPS auction. Last week, rates broke out after a 30-year bond...

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Among the biggest analyst headlines that you may have missed on InvestingPro this past week, Affirm was downgraded at two firms after a devastating earnings report while Spotify climbed on a pair of...

The December rally, which was looking vulnerable as of Monday, managed to resume its trend before giving back some of those gains today. I'm still looking for a larger move back to retest breakout...

Confusion over the Federal Reserve’s rate outlook, a slowing economy, and elevated inflation will continue to dictate investor sentiment in 2023. I remain constructive on technology companies...

New year, new start. Tech stocks are finally showing signs of life and stock market bulls couldn’t be happier.And it couldn’t come at a better time. Today's weekly chart of the Nasdaq...

Shares of Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are down on Tuesday after the social media company reported worse-than-expected revenue for the fourth quarter and issued a tepid Q1 forecast.Pinterest reported revenue...

Softbank (OTC:SFTBY)'s Latin America and Vision Funds lost $5.8 billion in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2022.According to the latest financial report, SoftBank’s Vision Funds sustained a loss...

It could have been worse, the potential for losses was quite high, but markets were reluctant to give in to sellers, and many markets finished where they started.The Nasdaq was a case in point....