Research & News
By Sean Brodrick On May 19, 202110:46 AM Eastern
I hope you acted on my recommendation last week to bank half your open gains on Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR). We track a banked gain of 36.01%. Your gains may differ, but that is sweet! Now, we...
By Mike Larson On May 19, 202107:00 AM Eastern
It’s hard for this father to believe. But, next week, my older daughter Maya will graduate from high school. Then, a few months later, she’ll head off to Washington D.C. for college.
If you’re a...
By Jon D. Markman On May 19, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Note: We expect to take Thursday off.
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Trading on Tuesday was ugly, and it is not simply because the indexes closed at the lows of the session.
Everything was set up...
Strategic Options
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By Jon D. Markman On May 18, 202103:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are mostly lower as technology traded up alongside consumer discretionary and oil skid in midday trading on Tuesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 136 points, or 0.4%, while...
By Sean Brodrick On May 18, 202101:40 PM Eastern
Last week, I recommended you ring the cash register on half your Alcoa Corp. (NYSE: AA) position. We track a 28.57% gain on that. Alcoa has since pulled back — as I expected — but its longer-term...
Weiss Tech Breakout
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By Jon D. Markman On May 18, 202111:08 AM Eastern
The biggest tech platforms are using their vast ecosystems to bludgeon the competition … and they are only getting started.
On Monday, managers at Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced that Apple...
By David Dittman On May 18, 202107:00 AM Eastern
Let’s start this issue with something from the lighter side, as means of understanding the motivations of a guy who, it seems, just can’t stop moving cryptocurrency markets.
“Marge vs. the...
By Jon D. Markman On May 18, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Note: We might take a day off sometime this week, possibly Wednesday.
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Stocks chopped around beneath the unchanged all session on Monday amid renewed inflation fears...
By Jon D. Markman On May 17, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Stocks are largely falling Monday, led by technology and communication services.
Through midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid by 0.6% to 34,264.76, with the S&P 500 down by 0.5% and the...
Disruptors & Dominators
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By Tony Sagami On May 17, 202110:52 AM Eastern
Our two positions closely connected to the cryptocurrency world — Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) and Coinbase Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) — reported quarterly results last week, and both were very...