Using the Sword and the Shield

02Nov1:13 pmEST

See This Growth Through the HubSpot Telescope

With earnings out of the way, a small/mid-cap cloud-based marketing and sales software firm like HubSpot, below on the daily chart, may very well be overlooked as market players linger on the likes of BABA FB TSLA, among others. However, that would be a mistake, since HUBS has terrific earnings growth and a sound chart, to boot. Note price...

02Nov10:45 amEST

Tesla's Not-So-Electric Slide After Earnings

After earnings, Tesla is diving below its 200-day simple moving average (yellow line on TSLA's daily chart, below) for the first time since the very early days of January of this year. While the temptation may be to rush in a buy the "dip," in reality it is worth remembering we are talking about a very high beta, momentum-driven name which...

01Nov3:48 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 11/01/17 {Video}

The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...

01Nov3:47 pmEST

Nickel May Be Out of a Pickle

Just a quick note into the bell that the vastly under-watched nickel market, using JJN as a very rough proxy, below, is hitting multi-year highs today, as one of our Members astutely noted. Not only is JJN breaking its recent bullish cup-and-handle pattern higher, but it is also clearing well-defined resistance, as you can see on the JJN daily...

01Nov1:20 pmEST

Turning Back Napoleon as Winter Approaches

The small caps in the Russell 2000 Index continues to show signs of a Napoleon Complex today, reversing down hard after a broad market gap up and, in effect, ruining what could have been a runaway move for bulls to the upside. Breadth is deteriorating, and was one of the first observations we noted for Members this morning off the open. At...

01Nov10:46 amEST

Gobbled Up Into the Gap Up

Despite a sizable gap up on several indices this morning, the small caps are flipping back to red as I write this. The Nasdaq is not faring much better, as it is flattish here. However, despite the mixed bag below the surface we may simply be seeing some early shakeouts before what figured to be a very event-filled rest of this week, with AAPL...

31Oct3:56 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 10/31/17 {Video}

The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...

31Oct3:49 pmEST

The Glorious Railroad Will Be Built

While I could harp on the apparent death of the Under Armour brand today, of the coming AAPL FB TSLA earnings within forty-eight hours or so, I want to circle back to some value plays in the transportation sector we have looked at previously. Despite some earnings volatility of late, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (a designer, manufacturer...

31Oct1:07 pmEST

Do You Have the Atmos Respect?

Although Dolby Laboratories, Inc. suffered an earnings selloff last week, it is worth remembering that the seemingly mature tech brand's share price had covered quite a bit of ground to the upside since Labor Day, headed into that earnings report. Thus, some giveback may actually not be the worst thing in the world anyway, in terms of the...

31Oct10:50 amEST

Using the Sword and the Shield

Despite the major indices flashing green as I write this, we have some ugly post-earnings reactions in the likes of AKS QCOM SHOP UAA, among others. On the topic of AK Steel, we can also see U.S. Steel (X) get hit. But it is worth noting which steels stick out the proverbial shield to defy these selling attacks. And when we do, Schnitzer comes...