Research & News
By Jon D. Markman On September 20, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Last week, the S&P 500 spent all five sessions trapped in a narrow range. The 20-day moving average at 4,475 kept a lid on gains, and the 50-day moving average at 4,430 held up as support.
The...
By Jessica Borg On September 19, 202106:00 AM Eastern
If you’re an investor in 2021, chances are these three letters have made their way into your consciousness: NFT. Many NFTs — non-fungible tokens — are selling at astronomical prices, with...
By Jon D. Markman On September 17, 202105:15 PM Eastern
Stocks started the session slightly lower and it has been all downhill since then. Weak opens in September are common. Wall Street investment research traditionally stokes fear.
Goldman Sachs...
By Jon D. Markman On September 17, 202102:45 PM Eastern
It’s popular to opine about September stock market declines; however, the odds are the current correction is complete and stocks will move higher into the end of the year.
Bearish investors had...
By Sean Brodrick On September 17, 202112:32 PM Eastern
Throughout history, the stock market and the economy have rarely moved in lockstep.
But I can’t name a time in recorded history when there’s been such a divergence between the two.
It almost...
If you’re an options income investor, there’s nothing better than when a great, long-term investment suffers a mild, short-term setback.
Why? Because it allows you to sell options on the name...
By Jon D. Markman On September 17, 202106:28 AM Eastern
It was another wild ride on Thursday — stocks started unchanged, swooned deep into the red through the middle of session, then finished the afternoon stronger though well off highs.
In the end,...
By Tony Sagami On September 17, 202106:00 AM Eastern
The suits in Washington, D.C. are arguing about how many trillions of OUR dollars they want to spend on education, climate change, immigration reform and expanding the social safety net. Idiots...
By Jon D. Markman On September 16, 202101:46 PM Eastern
Stocks are lower today despite better than expected retail sales. Apparently, rising COVID-19 cases and general anxiety about employment are no match for the mighty American consumer.
August...
By Mike Larson On September 16, 202109:53 AM Eastern
The stock market is starting to struggle. Not fall apart. Not implode. But struggle a bit behind the scenes.
Why? Concerns about the Delta variant, slower U.S. job growth, problems in China’s...