VIDEO UPDATE: 30m session looking at the long term market charts, top 5 movers on the day, three minutes speed run through Bespoke 50 list, viewer charts, and some ticker education.Thursday was much the opposite of Wednesday; yesterday the market was up thru mid afternoon then suffered significant selling late. Today indexes were down thru mid afternoon and then buyers […]
U.S. stocks have been sputtering this year following a sixth straight year of positive performance in 2014.
But can things take a true turn for the worse? Several articles make the case for why a correction or even a bear market could be around the corner.
A few months ago, many market stories argued that stocks would be taken down by a […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch tonight’s Market Report on Ticker.tvWednesday’s action was not very encouraging. Markets gapped up at the open and stayed in a small range until 2 PM, and then a heavy bout of selling kicked in. Again in bull markets we don’t want to see up opens and down closes. It looked like the market had wanted to turn […]
Joe Donohue is a full time trader with 25 years experience. He is a senior contributor and investor in Stocktwits and has been seen on CNN Money and quoted in Marketwatch, Forbes, Reuters, NY Times and Wall Street Journal.Joe takes a swing trading approach to the market and his holding period can be anywhere from a few days to a […]
I recently took a look at changes in the number of shares outstanding of the SPY ETF as a sentiment measure. When traders are bullish, shares are created in the ETF; when they are bearish, shares are redeemed. This is a useful sentiment gauge, because it reflects what traders are actually doing in the market, not just their stated sentiment.What […]
MARKET SUMMARY- QE, apparently from anywhere, is all stocks want.- Earnings in need of some improvement- Stock indices pause after a strong Thursday EU QE move.- SP400 midcaps look at becoming leaders.- Good moves, more leaders showing up, now can the indices break up the toppy patterns?Friday was not a great day for the market, but it was not a […]
Friday was a generally quiet session until the closing 90 minutes when sellers came in; the S&P 500 fell 0.55% while the NASDAQ gained 0.16%. A pretty significant warning by shipper UPS might be something to watch for an economic perspective – this is a company that moves a lot of goods around the country. Maybe it was just specific […]
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis.What: Shares of Array BioPharma (NASDAQ: ARRY ) , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch the market report here!Despite more or less doing what was rumored yesterday, the actions by the European Central Bank this morning set indexes on fire. This has been a consistent pattern for years now. One day it will not have the same effect but until that day comes traders will react in knee jerk reaction. The S&P […]
The major market indices rallied up and kissed the 50dma today, as the European Central Bank did as expected and announced they were going to print and print and print. The goal being to keep interest rates low, pump up asset prices, try to avoid deflation, or just be seen as trendy and cool. After all, everyone is doing it […]
