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The market is on a roll, driven by earnings-related momentum. Still, geopolitical questions continue to overhang. Meanwhile, volatility is at multi-month lows, as measured by the VIX. That “fear index” receded below 16 early this week from above 30 as recently as late December. It feels...

Ahead of upcoming earnings, the consumer discretionary sector has seen some volatility as many retailers issued new guidance once the holiday shopping season came to an end. Overall it’s been a mixed bag, with much of the weakness appearing to be concentrated in clothing and department stores...

Normally the information technology sector is seen as a higher-growth one, but that doesn’t look to be the case this quarter around as Q4 earnings season gets underway.  As of Jan. 9 the blended revenue growth rate, a measure that includes analyst estimates and reported results, is just...

Big bank earnings might get overshadowed a bit Tuesday by international events, including a key vote on Brexit and a possible China stimulus plan. Still, earnings remain front and center as a full set of major firms open their books today. Also front and center is the U.S. government shutdown....

Few investors would argue 2018 was a good year for their portfolios. No one would argue that it was better than 2017. A historical look at TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) paints a fairly stark portrait of just how much worse last year was than its predecessor. Turns out, that...

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stunning announcement late yesterday that it would cut its revenue outlook seems to be a continuation of several of the themes that helped take stocks to their worst annual performance in a decade last year. Arguably the loudest headlines from last year concerned the...

The sell-off seen in the broader market since October is showing no signs of abatement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index are in the red for the year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has lost over 11 percent from the year's closing high of 8,109.609...

Tech stocks, which led the rally for much of the current stock market bull run, are also leading the market sell-off that's occurred since the start of October.  The crème-la-crème of the tech space — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN),...

FANG investors may want to consider a portfolio shuffle, as the acronym used to describe Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will undergo a divergence over the next year...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) — collectively, the "FAANG" group — has seen $185 billion in value wiped out in recent days, according to...

Typically, when investors think about the momentum factor and the corresponding exchange traded funds, they think about products with substantial allocations to Internet and technology stocks. These days, that means the FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) stocks. Of course, when one or...

Facbeook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is no stranger to negative headlines about user growth, combating fake news and now the latest controversy involving Cambridge Analytica. Cramer: Investors Losing Patience  Investors are looking at the latest round of headlines and becoming "sick" of the...

Few would call the biotech sector as exciting as the "FAANG" group. But throughout 2017, investors who completely ignored biotech stocks missed out on strong gains. The Nasdaq Biotechnology index outperformed the S&P 500 index throughout the year. The Analyst Bank of America...