Market Views
Caution Remains
Given that we’re fighting the 200-Day Moving Average; we can set-up for a bit of a pause. But it’s news-sensitive. So, for now, China may be a topic ‘beyond the interim pullback’ discussed as likely in February (or part of it, coming...
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The shares of this company—in the midst of a turnaround—were recently upgraded at Jefferies, to ‘Buy’ and initiated at Mizuho, with a ‘Buy’ rating.
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Market Views
Selling not as Widespread as you may Think
Selling Climaxes again outweighed Buying Climaxes but action was very light in both the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 with only one Buying and one Selling Climax in the Nasdaq 100 and only 4 each the...
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Market Views
Fear Index Up
The Dow sunk over 600 points yesterday, and the tech-rich Nasdaq also gave up triple digits, as Apple (AAPL) stock plummeted after another iPhone supplier warning. In addition, fellow blue chip Goldman Sachs (GS) suffered steep losses, pacing a broader decline...
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Market Views
Time to Trim Riskier Options
Most major market indexes were back on the move higher on Monday, led by real estate, consumer staples and utilities. Shares of technology companies were not participating, however. Nor were energy producers. And healthcare companies’ shares were largely combination...
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This dredging company just announced a $48 million base contract award on the Big Bend Channel of the Port of Tampa Bay, from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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Market Views
Selling Elevated this Week
Among the Buying Climaxes (74), the Retailing sector featured heavily and among the Selling Climaxes (203) were Autos, Buildings and Precious Metals featured.
Buying climaxes take place when a stock makes a 12-month high, but closes the week with a They...
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Our second recommendation is a sale on a company that is not living up to its promise.
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Though the shares of this marijuana-related company have retreated a bit, its new collaboration offers an opportunity to participate in this growing sector at a discounted value.
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For its latest quarter, this grocer’s net sales climbed to $1.03 billion (from $984.4 million) and net income totaled $24.5 million vs. $11.5 million for the third quarter of 2017.
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Market Views
All Clear
The Russell 1000 version of the advance-decline line made a new high this week, see chart below. In the absence of other evidence, we take each new high in the advance-decline line as a sort of ‘all clear’ signal. We remain on...
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Mid-Year Top Picks
Congrats to the Top Picks 2018, Mid-Year
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained about 1.4% for the year, which as you can see from our Top Picks table above, doesn’t come close to the gains of the big winners that our selected...
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Market Views
Looking for Higher Prices
The most positive thing one can say about the $SPX chart is that the major downtrend lines have been broken, and the gap at 2750 has been filled. Beyond that, the bulls have had to be satisfied with small but...
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This agriculture company turned in a stellar quarter, with adjusted EBITDA of $61.9 million in 1Q18, a 38.4% increase, year over year.
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Market Views
Market Breadth Positive
Breadth was negative with -381 net advances on the NYSE and -244 net declines on the Nasdaq. Preliminary new highs on the NYSE were 119 and 32 new lows. The Nasdaq had 150 new highs and 31 new lows. It’s good...
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Only lost 27 cents per share in the latest quarter.
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This fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the price and yield performance of its underlying index.
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Market Views
Optimistic but Cautious
Last week was a constructive one for the market, with the major indexes tacking on gains and many potential leading stocks shaping up. Moreover, this builds on some other positive pieces of evidence, such as the positive divergences seen in broad...
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This investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index®.
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After a selloff, this REIT is looking very undervalued. The shares have a current dividend yield of 6.93%, paid quarterly.
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