Stock Market Analysis & Comment

So the Trump Bump continues to play out in favor of bulls. Tuesday delivered a clear breakout of the downward channel with only the 50-day MA left to play as resistance. From a technical perspective,...

Stock price indexes are back at record highs. Yet the stock market's sentiment indicators have turned stubbornly bearish over the past couple of weeks. We noted this development a week ago and...

Stocks were up pretty big yesterday, at least on the surface, with the S&P 500 rising by 63 basis points. However, when we look at the market overall, the volume of S&P 500 futures was very...

A week before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th US President, the Biden admin pushed global export restrictions on advanced AI/GPU chips. Across the board, the semiconductor sector viewed...

Using the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP), we have been successfully tracking the most likely path forward for the S&P 500 (SPX) over several months. Although there are many ways to navigate the...

As we move into 2025, the financial sector presents compelling opportunities for investors seeking growth. Using the InvestingPro Stock Screener, I identified two stocks that have the potential to...

Yesterday, oil continued to move lower, and the dollar was noticeably weaker. Treasury yields declined across the board—not just in the U.S. but globally, with rates in the UK, Europe, and Japan...

Beleaguered Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is seeing a rare stock rally, having gone up 12% over the month. The chip-making company closed 2024 at $20.05, now priced at $22.12 per share. A year ago,...

Banks such as JPM, C and GS started the earnings season off on a positive note when all beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. The pre-peak Late Earnings Report Index fell to its lowest...

In a recent post, I discussed Wall Street’s return estimates for 2025 for the S&P 500 index. To wit: “We have some early indications of Wall Street targets for the S&P 500 index, and, as is...

Key Highlights: Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 4 PM ET. Key focus areas for the report include subscriber growth, revenue changes,...

As an intro to this fundamentally bearish article, I would like to state that strictly as a technical analyst, I have a bullish view of the US stock market. There can be no other view for a TA, given...

Friday was a bit of a mixed bag. It was good to see the S&P 500 breakout, but it also coincided with a Russell 2000 (IWM) that closed on a 'black' candlestick at downward channel resistance. In...

• Trump inauguration, Q4 earnings season will be in focus in the holiday-shortened week ahead. • With its transformative business model and clear growth trajectory, Netflix looks like a compelling...