Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The emergence of a new coronavirus strain, namely Omicron, is found to have a much bigger impact on Wall Street than anticipated. Europe enacted lockdown last week due to rising virus cases that...

Holiday trading rarely marks the start of a major trend change as junior traders look after desks until their bosses return from the holiday.  But bosses won't be happy with the shift their...

The S&P 500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts which I hand pick from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this post is to add extra color and commentary around the charts.The...

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) AXP recently witnessed a strong 12th year of Small Business Saturday on Nov 27, 2021. During the event, U.S. shoppers turned out in large numbers to support small...

1. S&P 500The day after Thanksgiving tends to be a great day for stocks, and this time of the year is usually a great time to be fully invested. After all, stocks are cheap, trading at 21 times...

Shares of Jones Lang LaSalle JLL, better known as JLL, have been displaying a solid run on the bourse in the past six months. The stock has appreciated 22.4% against its industry’s decline of...

Verint Systems VRNT is slated to release third-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings on Dec 2.For the fiscal third quarter (ending on Oct 31, 2021), the company projects non-GAAP revenues in the range of...

The Zacks Communication - Components industry appears to be mired in uncertainties due to supply chain disruptions and chip shortage, with large-scale investments to support the transition to 5G, high...

Stocks on Wall Street sold off on Friday, during the shortened, post-Thanksgiving session. The benchmark S&P 500 index suffered one of its biggest losses of the year as fears over a new...

'Black Friday' As Market PlungesLast week, we discussed the weakness of the underlying market as “FOMO” had returned to the market. “The only concern we have is the lack of breadth...

Market Indexes: All 4 indexes retreated this week, with Friday seeing a big selloff, as news of another virus variant rattled investors. The DOW had its worst day of the year and its third worst Black...

S&P 500 earnings updateS&P 500 earnings per share (EPS) increased to $216.03 this week. The forward EPS is now +36% year-to-date.97% of S&P 500 companies have now reported Q3 earnings. 81%...

Resilient Blue-Chip Stocks Are Attractive In The Current Market EnvironmentWhat are some of the typical qualities that make a company resilient? It’s usually a business that can generate profits...

TheStreet (Jim Cramer’s old site) was reporting this weekend that preliminary Mastercard SpendingPulse for Black Friday sales rose 29.8% with a sharp increase in mall traffic over last year; no...