Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW), Inc. FFNW has been struggling lately, but the selling pressure may be coming to an end soon. That is because FFNW recently saw a Hammer Chart Pattern which can...

The Fed’s liquidity fire hose supported the massive government fiscal response to COVID. Through unprecedented asset purchases, the Fed provided enough liquidity to allow the U.S. Treasury to...

Despite inflation reaching a nearly 4-decade high in November's CPI report and an accelerated monetary tightening policy from the Fed, the US Dollar (DXY) continues to strengthen. This...

A record rise in the death rate of nearly 17% occurred in 2020 according to final data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.The death...

Wednesday, Dec. 15, saw the conclusion of the most highly anticipated Fed meeting of the year as investors try to get a feel for the type of economic climate they'll be trading in the New Year.Federal...

The one big thing on everyone’s minds at the moment is Omicron and the way that it is spreading. For investors, it isn’t just the fear of getting infected or worse, hospitalized....

(Tuesday Market Open) S&P Index Futures were trading 1% higher in pre-market trading as stocks looked to rebound from Monday’s selloff. Tech appeared to be set to lead as the tech-heavy...

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)’s CVX affiliate Chevron Suriname Exploration (CSEL) recently agreed to sell its 20% holding in Block 5 off the coast of Suriname to a unit of Royal Dutch Shell...

As we wind-down for the year (hopefully), I thought it would be good to share some of my charts and calls that worked particularly well this year (and don't worry, I will be sharing my worst charts...

The S&P 500 tumbled 1.1% on Monday and gained 1.8% on Tuesday. So much for all the fear-mongering and panicked selling. But this outcome was largely expected. As I wrote after Monday's...

The game between the S&P 500 and the VIX is getting pretty stupid. The VIX gapped higher on Monday, reaching 27, and Tuesday it went back to 21, and you keep having these Vanna squeezes. There was...

Most people think Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) is dead (we did). However it has a valuable secret asset, revamped core business poised for accelerated growth, and surprisingly loyal user base, making it...

As the year nears its end, we have a lot of ideas to keep watch of. Tuesday’s price action could be the late Santa rally people were hoping for. Though it's better late than never, we...

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Central Garden (CENT). Shares have lost about 1.7% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.Will the recent negative trend...