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By Jon D. Markman On September 24, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 sprinted sharply higher on Wednesday morning in a combination of nervous short covering by bears and bargain hunting by bulls.
The result was outsized gains for lagging stock groups...
By Jon D. Markman On September 23, 202103:46 PM Eastern
The S&P 500 has vaulted through the 50-day moving average at 4,437 at the open and has not looked back. Major stock market moves are about lost support and resistance levels. Bears should have put...
By Mike Larson On September 23, 202112:12 PM Eastern
Let’s cut to the chase: Market volatility is picking up for the first time in a long time.
Consider this:
• The Dow Industrials plunged more than 900 at one point on Monday.
• Then it...
By Jon D. Markman On September 23, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks started Wednesday sharply higher and unlike the previous session, buyers did not slink away in the late afternoon. The S&P 500 ended at 4,395, a gain of 0.95%.
The catalyst for the...
By Jon D. Markman On September 22, 202112:15 PM Eastern
Deeply oversold stocks are bouncing sharply this morning. There’s no news to account for the advance. Futures were sharply lower last evening. Bears are simply covering short positions ahead of...
By Sean Brodrick On September 22, 202111:52 AM Eastern
The market is doing its best to shake out weak hands. We saw two weeks of selling that may have climaxed on Monday. And the S&P 500 broke its 50-day moving average, which was acting as support.
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By Jon D. Markman On September 22, 202106:28 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 started Tuesday sharply higher. However, the bounce back from Monday’s 1.7% drubbing did not last long. The rally faded and the benchmark closed essentially flat.
The good news is...
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By Jon D. Markman On September 21, 202103:42 PM Eastern
Stocks recouped half of Monday’s loss at the open on positive comments from Wall Street strategists and nervous short covering ahead of the September meeting of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate...
By Sean Brodrick On September 21, 202112:55 PM Eastern
Last week, you banked up to 25.57% on HALF your Livent (Nasdaq: LTHM) position. That turned out to be a good move, as last week marked the second week in a row of a market sell-off.
The selling...
By Jon D. Markman On September 21, 202106:50 AM Eastern
Stocks started Monday sharply lower on fears that a large corporate default in China might send the global banking sector into tumult. Investors should be thinking about opportunities.
What are...