Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Crane Co. CR currently boasts robust prospects on strength in its businesses, strong cash flows, acquired assets and a sound capital-deployment strategy.Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The...

E-mini S&P December rocketed back to my selling opportunity at 4660/65. Shorts here worked perfectly with a high for the day just 4 points above and an overnight collapse to 4582 as I write....

Non-U.S. mutual funds provide excellent choices for those looking to diversify their investments across a wide range of countries, including emerging and developed markets. Thus, investing in non-U.S....

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are...

No matter the financial headlines, all roads will—eventually—lead to (even higher) inflation. So, we should use pullbacks and rallies alike to make sure we are inflation-protecting our...

Fast-casual burger joint Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) stock shares have sold off after its Q3 earnings gap to $101.85 highs. Shake Shack continues to expand in the post-pandemic era opening up 25...

What a difference one weekend can make!We saw a massive risk-off move in Friday’s low-liquidity, holiday-shortened session, with WTI crude oil collapsing more than -12%, the US dollar index...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have rebounded after a sharp sell-off last week, along with other risky assets on concerns relating to omicron. The world’s largest cryptocurrency had tumbled...

Shares of Guess? (NYSE:GES) fell nearly 5.0% on Black Friday despite what turned out to be a very strong day for retailers. While spending is down versus 2019, Black Friday sales are up nearly 50%...

After thirteen years of ceaseless abuse by the Powers That Be, I am persistently skeptical about ANY good news. It freaks me out, because I imagine a disaster around the corner.Even though I was SPOT...

Dramatic news concerning coronavirus, coupled with a holiday-shortened week and low liquidity was too good an opportunity to miss for the market makers with indices collapsing as a result, taking...

...Or does it?After its meteoric Black Friday plunge, the SPX gapped up on Monday's open, rallied a bit and was basing for a couple of hours at time of writing (2:15 pm). The catalyst for this purge...

Stocks jumped on Nov. 29 as volatility came down sharply. I noted this was highly likely on Sunday, but the S&P 500 wasn’t able to get up to 4700. Instead, it stalled at 4,675.The VIX jumped...

Not the best of starts for the Russell 2000 (via IWM) on Monday as the opening gap higher drifted back into a lower close. The finish was still enough to register support of the 200-day MA, but as...