Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

In September 2021, I discussed how the market had set its sights on the S&P 500 index hitting 5000. To wit. “Yes, the rally off the COVID-19 bottom in March 2020 has been extraordinary, but...

BP (LON:BP) joins the throng of the other global oil majors in capping off a difficult year with a resilient performance which beat expectations on most metrics.Financials aside, the permanent...

After writing publicly for over 13 years, I have come to notice that the landscape has very much changed. There were many through the years that have attempted to take me to task for my differing...

Stocks finished lower today, following a hotter-than-expected ISM services index. The jump in the prices paid index was the largest since 2012, surpassing all of the data from 2021 when inflation was...

Some big tech results fizzled, but there were two standouts last week Nine S&P 500® companies have outlier earnings dates this week - MCD, IEX, EW, MAA, MCK, HSY, COP, TROW, CTLT 1,558...

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has cornered the market, but AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) could yet take a chunk of it. Over one year, Nvidia has been the clear semiconductor stock winner regarding stock performance,...

Betting on the demise of the long-running leadership of US shares over foreign markets has been a losing proposition for some time and the early going in 2024 suggests the trend persists.It’s...

Turning around a super tanker is never an easy task, and for Vodafone (LON:VOD) years of underperformance are being addressed, even though any transformation is still in its early days.There have been...

I got burned badly on my day trade expectations for Friday, but it was another solid end-of-week for market bulls.For the S&P 500, this meant further gains in relative performance over the Russell...

After another banger jobs report out of the U.S., things are ticking over like a well-oiled machine…or are they? Economic Calendar Events & Fundamental Concerns USD Index & Currency...

Here is your Pro Recap of the top takeaways from Wall Street analysts for the past week: upgrades for Block, Plug Power, Cigna; downgrades for Bloom Energy and Tractor Supply.InvestingPro subscribers...

ISM Services PMI, Fed Speakers, and more earnings will be in focus this week. McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is a buy with strong earnings due on Monday morning. PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) is a sell amid weak...

Calling something "magnificent" raises investor expectations. Meta and Amazon lead the stock charge while Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) wins the valuation battle. Five out of Magnificent Seven companies...

As the financial markets grind higher, retirement savers have consciously decided to add more to equity risk. Such was the result of a recent Bloomberg survey. “Retirement savers want more...