Research & News
By Sean Brodrick On August 16, 202107:00 AM Eastern
Both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs multiple times last week. Tech, financials and other stocks leveraged to easy money are driving the market higher.
But do you know which stocks aren’t...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Update: We might skip a day this week.
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Bullish investors managed to escape Friday the 13th with another record high. The S&P 500 closed at 4,468, up about 0.2%.
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By Jessica Borg On August 15, 202106:00 AM Eastern
There’s one word to sum up the financial markets these days: dynamic. And according to investment analyst Sam Blumenfeld, the role of just one institution is a big reason why. “The market is...
By Jon D. Markman On August 13, 202101:55 PM Eastern
It is Friday the 13th and bearish investors are hoping that will mean bad news for bulls. It is not starting out that way.
Stocks are mixed in quiet trade. Today is the August option expiration....
By Mike Larson On August 13, 202112:00 PM Eastern
Fiscal and monetary policymakers are stuck in a “Hotel California” relationship with the markets and the economy. They can’t “check out” without causing immense havoc – so they continue to take...
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Close out your August 2021 The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD, Rated “B”) put spread...
By Jon D. Markman On August 13, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Investors often get semiconductor investing wrong. They assume the sector is a monolith. It’s not, and a big sell-off on Thursday is creating a buying opportunity.
The catalyst for the decline...
By Jon D. Markman On August 13, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Update: We might shift to a three-days/week schedule for summer.
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Another day, another new high for the S&P 500. The benchmark is now at 4,461, up 18.8% year-to-date....
By Mike Larson On August 13, 202106:00 AM Eastern
I was a retail stockbroker at Merrill Lynch in the 1980s, and I’ll never forget one of the conversations I had with one of my wealthiest clients.
He said, “There’s nothing I like better than to...
By Jon D. Markman On August 12, 202103:25 PM Eastern
It’s another day of economic data and trading lethargy. Investors should not fret. The path of least resistance for stocks is higher.
It’s easy to get caught up parsing the monthly Producer...