Plenty of Theater Awaits

05May10:53 amEST

All Eyes on France, Again

With plenty of U.S. data and events out of the way this now, including The Fed, major earnings, and this morning's jobs number, attention shifts back to France for the run-off election to determine the next leader of the county. Given that the VIX (volatility index as measured by fear in the options market) is low and flirting with going into...

04May5:02 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 05/04/17 {Video}

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04May1:44 pmEST

Burger Act 2: Back in the Habit

Persistent weakness in the energy complex as well as the general small caps in the Russell 2000 Index appear to be weighing down stocks today, with a looming vote on healthcare coming out of Washington, to boot. Despite the glaring weakness in some parts of the market, stocks have not come close to cracking as a whole. Thus, it is still a...

04May10:46 amEST

Talkin' 'bout My Regeneration

Despite missing earnings, large cap biotech Regeneron is zooming higher this morning and leaving the $400 level more clearly behind in the dust. On the updated, zoomed-out daily chart below for REGN, clearing $400 is merely the first step, however, in a long series of levels needing to be breached in order to cement a major turnaround for...

03May3:48 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 05/03/17 {Video}

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03May3:45 pmEST

Ready for the Haters' Ball

With the lineup of earnings tonight, I am reminded of the old Dave Chappelle show skit, The Playa Haters' Ball. Indeed, Facebook, Tesla Motors, even Fitbit and Square (Read: Jack from TWTR), are some of the more "hated" stocks/firms/CEOs in the market, be it out of jealousy, disbelief of the success of the likes of FB TSLA, or mere disdain for...

03May1:33 pmEST

Skyworks Going for a Birdie at Par

With earnings now out of the way for chip Skyworks as well as Apple (SWKS is a supplier), the stock may be poised to clear the big, round $100 level once and for all. And when you consider how resilient semiconductors are as a group today, with SMH green as I write this despite the AMD blow-up yesterday, it certainly merits consideration as to...

03May10:42 amEST

Eye of the Fire

Perennial laggard FireEye is showing its first sign of putting up a meaningful fight in a good while. Not only is the stock still well below it 2014 peak of $97.35, but a bounce-back move into the middle of June 2015 proved to be the epitome of a suckers' rally before the latest swoon over the last two years. This morning, though, a...

02May3:45 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 05/02/17 {Video}

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02May3:44 pmEST

Plenty of Theater Awaits

Although the general pace of the price action in stocks this week has been slow, we are closing in on some major events beginning tonight with Apple's earnings. In addition to being in the Dow, AAPL remain the top comment of the QQQ ETF. Hence, beyond symbolic meaning, AAPL's earnings reactions could easily carry larger implications tomorrow. ...