Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The market is in a slow melt-up mode on Friday. There was a volume spike at 11:30 a.m. as European markets closed and as the S&P 500 passed the earlier highs of the day at 10:00 a.m. ET, a
Month: October 2019
Chad Dickerson, Chairman and CEO of Etsy rings the Nasdaq Opening Bell in Celebration of IPO at Nasdaq on April 16, 2015 in New York City. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Etsy — Shares of Etsy rose 1.1% after Nomura Instinet began covering the stock with a buy rating, saying the
If you’re not a tech person — or you don’t keep up with the industry super closely — you’ve likely never heard of Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) stock. Although the company has an $18 billion market cap, has existed since 1988 and spans 20 countries with almost 8,000 employees, it just doesn’t like to plaster
Shares of GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) tumbled in early October after new product announcements from the action camera maker were overshadowed by news of production delays and a sharp second-half 2019 guidance cut. Specifically, although GoPro announced the new HERO8 Black and HERO MAX cameras, management also announced that a late stage production delay would push back
The jobs report missed expectations, but that may be just what investors needed to see. The mixed report was encouraging enough to buoy equity prices in the stock market today. Overall, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) rallied 1.3%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) jumped 1.4% and the PowerShares QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) climbed
Today Organigram (OGI) announced an audio interview with its CEO discussing the company’s growth and strategic expansion. “One of the challenges for some companies is over-committing or over-promising on delivery, and that may have led to some practices that put them offside with regulators or from an operations perspective, or with their client base, their
Download Preston’s 1 page checklist for finding great stock picks: http://buffettsbooks.com/checklist Preston Pysh is the #1 selling Amazon author of two books on Warren Buffett. The books can be found at the following location: In this lesson, students learned the importance of Income Investing. By employing the techniques of income investing, one can prepare themselves
Rushing trades can destroy your account, especially if you’re making this mistake often. Example: -If a stock goes up and down several times and you’ve missed opportunities to sell when it peaked, you may get “ants in your pants” -This can cause you to buy before the stock begins to ascend again, and it may
Kevin Matras writes about two very different bullish options strategies, and how they work.
The inside of one of Five Below’s existing locations. Five Below Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: William Blair initiated Five Below as ‘outperform’ William Blair initiated Five Below and said it thinks the discount retailer offers a “fun, differentiated” shopping experience for kids, teens, and their parents. “The stores feature
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Costco – Costco reported adjusted quarterly profit of $2.69 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $2.54 a share. Revenue and comparable-store sales came in below estimates, however, as the warehouse retailer joined rivals in cutting prices to defend market share. Apple – Apple is increasing
Despite a slew of controversial headlines and privacy questions, social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has been able to deliver. The stock is up 25% so far this year, compared to the 14% return that the S&P 500 has produced. Source: Wachiwit / Shutterstock.com However, going forward, there are a lot of questions facing FB stock.
Analysts are divided when it comes to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stock. The medical device company experienced its share of ups and downs this year. It is currently one of many companies attempting to defend itself against ongoing opioid lawsuits. In August, an Oklahoma judge found Johnson & Johnson guilty of deceptive marketing practices and
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) got what looked like good news about subscriber loyalty recently, but it isn’t great news for Netflix stock. Source: Flickr via Mike K. Most Netflix subscribers say they’re not interested in also subscribing to the rival service offered by Disney (NYSE:DIS), called Disney+, set for a November launch. And, most Netflix customers are also
It was touch and go for the better part of yesterday’s action, but as the closing bell approached and hopes for stimulative action took shape, the S&P 500 finished strong. All told, the index gained 0.8% on Thursday, pushing up and off a key technical support level. Source: Shutterstock Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) led the way with
The Gold Miners Index has pulled back 15% from its highs, thanks to an overdue correction in the price of gold. The index found support just 3% above strong support at $25.70, and thus far this looks like just a normal correction. I believe that any drops under the $27.00 level are an opportunity to
I came across this in my Instagram feed yesterday and I had two thoughts… The first thing is, awww man, I love Shark Tank. My kids do too. Why does this dude have to be doing this? And then I thought about how if a regulated investment company or advisor had posted this ad, it
It was one of the stranger market moves of the year in an already strange week. After dropping more than 30 points on a disappointing September Non-Manufacturing ISM, the S&P bottomed 10 minutes later and rallied back to 2881, reversing almost all of the losses, and then went positive later in the morning. What happened?
Customers push shopping carts while exiting a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Richmond, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Costco dipped 1% during extended trade after the company reported sales that missed analyst expectations for the fourth quarter. The wholesaler reported
If you’re looking for the top healthcare stocks to buy for the long haul, then you need to be focusing on the oncology and cancer-fighting space. The pace of innovation in the oncology sector has been truly breathtaking. Just a few years ago, many forms of cancer went untreated. However, that’s not the case at