It's been a rough stretch for FAANG stocks, but this one could find seasonal tailwindsFAANG stocks have been battered during the stock market sell-off, with several flashing death crosses in recent weeks. Alphabet Inc (NASDQ:GOOGL) is one tech name whose 200-day moving average moved above its 50-day moving average. If history is any guide, the equity could be ready to bounce back, considering GOOG...Read More
The retailer also upped its full-year guidanceThe shares of Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE:DKS) are up 3% to trade at $37.48 this morning, after the athletic goods retailer reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter adjusted profit of 30 cents per share, greater than the 26 cents per-share estimate from analysts. While revenue was in-line with expectations, the company also upped its full-...Read More
Tech industry headlines might have been focused on Apple’s recent milestone, whereby they officially became the first company in history to achieve a $1 trillion market capitalization, but the renewable energy sector had its own cause for celebration, also starting with the letter ‘t’.The news from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the world’s total capacity for energy p...Read More
Both names are on track to snap lengthy monthly losing streaksThe shares of Weibo Corp (NASDAQ:WB) are trading up 6.2% at $62.76, after the China-based social media name reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of 75 cents per share on $460.2 million in revenue. This was more than analysts were expecting, while advertising and marketing revenues also jumped more than forecast. On the charts, WB st...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
Third-quarter GDP grew by 3.5%, on par with estimatesDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are more than 150 points higher, amid easing concerns abouttrade tensions with China. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are also confidently higher, powered by a rebound in the tech sector. Investors are also eager to digest comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will spea...Read More
Salesforce.com and Nutanix are eyeing huge sessions Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) shares are set to rise after earnings, trading up 8.5% in pre-market action. The enterprise software specialist reported third-quarter earnings that were well above estimates, driven by better-than-expected revenue for the period. Salesforce also raised its full-year outlook. The robust report sparked a handful of...Read More
Trump may be facing an uphill battle he can't win in 2020.The much-anticipated "Blue Wave" washed over America on November 6. But it didn't hit all states equally.Some states, like California and New Jersey, were electoral graveyards for Republicans. In a few states, Republicans actually picked up a seat or two.But overall, Democrats saw their biggest gains in Congress since Watergate. They picked...Read More
Base metal prices were resurgent on the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday November 28, with prices for the entire complex closing higher than their Tuesday levels, with the exception of tin.Tin's three-month price continued to fall over afternoon trading, closing at $18,240 per tonne with just 550 lots traded.Copper prices were buoyed by disruptions to cathode supplies to smelters operated by Eur...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1220.20+$5.20Silver$14.31+$0.17XAU65.52+3.10%HUI147.88+2.90%GDM537.36+2.07%JSE Gold1107.10+1.32USD96.83-0.53Euro113.71+0.76Yen88.13+0.11Oil$50.29-$1.2710-Year3.061%+0.008T-Bond139.625-0.28125Dow25366.43+2.50%Nasdaq7291.59+2.95%S&P2743.78+2.30% The Metals: Gold dropped back to $1211.20 by a little after 9AM EST before it jumped up to $1226.30 in early a...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1220.20+$5.20Silver$14.31+$0.17XAU65.52+3.10%HUI147.88+2.90%GDM537.36+2.07%JSE Gold1107.10+1.32USD96.83-0.53Euro113.71+0.76Yen88.13+0.11Oil$50.29-$1.2710-Year3.061%+0.008T-Bond139.625-0.28125Dow25366.43+2.50%Nasdaq7291.59+2.95%S&P2743.78+2.30% The Metals: Gold dropped back to $1211.20 by a little after 9AM EST before it jumped up to $1226.30 in early a...Read More
Looks like we just hit an inflection point. So far this morning:U.S. new home sales drop to more than 2-1/2-year low(Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled to a more than 2-1/2-year low in October amid sharp declines in all four regions, further evidence that higher mortgage rates were hurting the housing market.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new home sales dropped 8...Read More
Housing and auto sales appear to have hit a wall over the last 8-12 weeks. To be sure, online holiday sales jumped significantly year over year, but brick-n-mortar sales were flat. The problem there: e-commerce is only about 10% of total retail sales. We won't know until January how retail sales fared this holiday season. I know that, away from Wall Street carnival barkers, the retail in...Read More
... GE and GM are both telling us the US economy is in huge troubleby Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse BlogAmerica's twin economic "generals" are both in very deep trouble.General Electric was founded in 1892, and it was once one of the most powerful corporations on the entire planet. But now it is drowning in so much debt that it may be forced into bankruptcy.General Motors was founded i...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Peter Schiff explained "What Happens Next." This article takes his "likely sequence of events" and expands the discussion.His sequence:Bear MarketRecessionDeficits explodeReturn of ZIRP and QEDollar tanksGold [and silver] soarsCPI spikesLong-term rates riseFederal Reserve is forced to hike rates during a recessionA f...Read More
By Avi GilburtAs many of you know, I will often read articles written by others -- along with the comments -- to gauge the overall sentiment of the market from an anecdotal perspective. During one of my recent perusals of articles, I noticed a quote of the following statement by Sir John Templeton:"For 100 years optimists have carried the day in U.S. stocks. Even in the dark 70's, many profess...Read More
Gold, silver and mining stocks declined in a quite visible way yesterday, which is in tune with our previous expectations. In the previous days it was only silver and miners that declined in a meaningful manner, but yesterday gold joined them, making this a sector-wide decline. Is this the groundbreaking decline that we have been writing about for so long? Time will tell, but the earth is alread...Read More
AAPL is struggling to hold above a crucial 'Hidden Pivot' support at $170, but if it gives way expect the broad averages to take another nasty leg down in sympathy. The stock is sufficiently oversold to be primed for a bear rally of perhaps 8-10%. But who would do the buying? Ordinarily, short-covering is the only source of bidding strong enough to excavate a stock from a trough as deep as the o...Read More
Any news of a deal between the USA and China on the trade war front will result in copper, zinc, lead, nickel and aluminum to rise five percent anytime. The Trump-Xi meeting is on Saturday. Before Saturday, all the speculation will move silver and industrial metals. How to trade in invest in 2019The year 2018 is not yet over. Each day till 31st December, a new economic data release or news/spe...Read More
Tight supply helped buoy nickel premiums in China although low offers in Europe and the United States pushed briquette premiums down in those regions. Tight nickel supply in China supports market there despite closed import window Influx of briquettes into US pushes premiums lower Aggressive offers in Europe push premium downLimited supply supports Chinese bonded premium The Shanghai-bonded nickel...Read More