Plus, Coca-Cola warned the virus could dent first quarter earnings, Deere delivered an earnings beat, and online pet food supplier Chewy got an upgrade.
Read MoreThe market appears to be picking up bearish momentum, as fear and uncertainty about the extent and long-term ramifications of coronavirus has spilled into the stock market. Short-term pressure point that will simply translate to yet another opportunity to “buy the dip,” or early indication of broader pressures and concerns that could finally trigger the […]
Read MoreOver the last few months, trade tensions and uncertainty have made stocks in the Industrial sector some of the most volatile in the marketplace. The thing that most investors tend to assume about volatility, however is that it is automatically negative, and can only drive prices lower. I believe the last few weeks have proven […]
Read MoreThese 4 stocks could be a warning sign for the year ahead.
Read MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $120.49 Sell Target $128.73 Splunk Inc. provides software solutions that enable organizations to gain real-time operational intelligence in the United States and internationally. Its products enable users to investigate, monitor, analyze, and act on data regardless of format or source. The company offers Splunk Enterprise, a machine data platform with collection, […]
Read MoreInvestors are ditching momentum stocks for a few names that might surprise you.
Read MoreTrade, trade, trade – analysts and investors have been focusing on this single question now for more than a year. I don’t believe social media is helping the matter – President Trump tweets about increasing tariffs and calls China a trade “enemy,” and then a few days later seems to reverse course with another tweet […]
Read MoreStocks rallied Friday morning to cap off a turbulent week. The Dow rose 163 points, while the S&P 500 jumped 0.94%, and the Nasdaq gained 1%.
Read MoreThere are a lot of ways to look at a company and evaluate them for fundamental strength. Traditional metrics, including many of the ones that I rely on for the stocks that I analyze, measure everything from sales and earnings growth to how much productivity the company realizes per employee. You can break down the […]
Read MoreAs trade concerns have introduced volatility back into the market, industrial and technology stocks in particular have been battered the worst. It is true that many of the companies in these sectors have been referring to tariffs and trade among headwinds to their latest earnings results. That is among the reasons that the Industrial sector, […]
Read MoreOne of the challenges that most people have to grapple with if they’re new to investing is the volume of data that generally needs to absorbed to determine if a stock is a useful investing opportunity. Depending on who you talk to and the investing method they prefer, you’ll find that there are as many […]
Read MoreThe market started this week strong, spurred by optimism from data that indicated both the Chinese and U.S. economies aren’t slowing as much as previously feared. Reports of positive progress on the trade front helped as well, and could give the market a catalyst to rally and push above its March highs. If the news […]
Read MoreIsn’t it fascinating to see how quickly the mood of the market can shift? During the summer, and moving into fall of last year, it seemed like most of the talk and speculation I was seeing from experts and regular investors alike was extremely bullish. The market, and the economy had pushed through the ninth […]
Read MoreOne of my favorite methods for paying attention to the broad market, and to track the ebb and flow of institutional interest is to pay attention to sector rotation. As economic data indicates one sector may be more favorably positioned than another, institutions like mutual funds and investment banks will often shift their assets into […]
Read MoreAs the market has rebounded from the end of December until now, the Industrial sector has rebounded from declines around 25% to reclaim about half of the distance lost as measured by the S&P 500 Industrial Sector SPDR (XLI) since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the week, you might have thought […]
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