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This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and not intended to be investing advice. Equity index futures are pointing to a lower open as investors appear to be picking up where they left off last week. The Nasdaq 100 Index futures are...

All four of the major U.S. stock indexes saw gains on the first trading day of the new year, and the Dow Jones Industrial Avg. ($DJI) and S&P 500 (SPX) both closed at record highs. Among the day’s winners were two big-name tech stocks as well as the travel and reopening sectors. Apple (...

The U.S. dollar was rising against the Japanese yen Tuesday morning as foreign investors take notice of the jump in United States Treasury yields. The Japanese yen is now trading at a three-year low against the dollar. The U.S. dollar Index ($DXY) is working on a two-day rally against a...

S&P 500 futures have seen choppy markets for the past two trading weeks, but yesterday finally brought a test to the downside and the overnight session brought prices back below 4500. The /ES completed a bearish MACD crossover yesterday on the heaviest daily volume in about three weeks....

The trading week is off to a sort of “delayed dog days of summer” start. Investors might want to be cautious, with a relatively quiet earnings week and a Friday inflation report as the sole “big number” on the calendar.  A lack of an obvious catalyst could make for a...

Last week, the countdown to Friday was for a speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. This week, the clock is ticking on an August jobs report that might help shape Fed policy and investors’ perceptions of the economy.  Powell’s speech last Friday appeared to get a bullish response...

“Buy the dip” is facing its toughest test in a month.  If you think back to mid-July, the major indices tanked as concerns about the Delta variant and Fed tapering ramped up. The same factors helped set off the market’s worst drop in four weeks Tuesday and could keep...

With the recent China crackdown on businesses, COVID numbers on the rise, and countries like Australia being forced back into lockdown, U.S. indices still remain at or near all-time highs and are a textbook example of how investors continue to focus on the positive and shrug off the negative. But...

Big Tech Must Rally Now Oh, it’s already rallied, you say. [Insert Kylo Ren gif] MORE! It doesn’t matter how much FANG is up on the year, how far the Nasdaq’s gone, or how overbought or overvalued it looks. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Microsoft (...

Crude Inflation sentiment has stabilized as the long end of the yield curve fell yesterday to 1.36%, its lowest since February. Equity markets took a defensive stance for most of the day. Particularly, shares of cyclical industrial goods companies, oil majors, and large banks slid in value while...

Crude oil futures on the move higher is the primary focus for investors and traders as we begin the holiday-shortened week. WTI light sweet crude traded to six-year highs after OPEC was unable to agree to increase production, which is behind the recent run-up in energy markets. With Goldman calling...

Now that the fireworks have fired and the flags are furled, it’s time to get back to the business of business and markets. As this post-Independence Day week dawns, it’s looking like crude oil and energy stocks may be a prominent feature of today’s trading. The U.S. benchmark hit...

Holiday fireworks began early this weekend as the government delivered a blowout employment report Friday. With 850,000 jobs created in June, it’s a solid sign of economic growth continuing as the U.S. reopens. That was up from a revised 583,000 jobs created in May, so the two-month tally of...

Let's put the recent Nasdaq strength into context. It's impressive, no doubt. Bond yields have flattened, and growth stocks have regained momentum with the help of resurgent valuations. I've been as surprised as anyone by the sustainability of the recent move. Up until Monday, Nasdaq...

We’re almost halfway through 2021, and to celebrate, there’s a bunch of good news this morning after fresh record highs for major indices yesterday. Almost all the major Wall Street banks are raising their dividends after passing the Fed’s stress tests last week. And United...