What do you do when you see an analyst disagreeing with the market? Even if the analyst is right, if the market is not on board yet with this, you need to wait until it is. Some stocks are very easy to like, others may require a more optimistic view, and some are just plain […]
Company calls with analysts involve more than just comparing notes with them with earnings. It’s not hard to see what the market thinks about these calls, just watch the price. Many investors and analysts pay a lot of attention to a company’s quarterly results, although the opportunity for a company to share its outlook for […]
Many analysts are trying to ponder how such a huge loss in the value of Boeing stock this week makes much sense from a fundamental perspective. It doesn’t have to. Often, a move in a stock or an index can be quite instructive, especially to those who may not really understand why stock prices are […]
The Russell 2000 has a lot of stocks in it, but the sum total of them doesn’t add up to much. If we want to track small caps, it is invaluable, but with big caps, it’s pretty meaningless. Traders and investors will sometimes use intermarket analysis to attempt to gain some additional insight on where […]
On Friday, the Dow worked hard all day to overcome the hole they were put in and got it back. Faced with another hole Monday, the Dow got it back again, and just kept going. Last week’s poor market index performance had stock market observers a little on edge, and even Friday’s surge during normal […]
After 10 years of seeing stocks go up, this leaves us wondering what the next 10 will be like. With predictions of at least a slowdown, we should get prepared for this now. We see all sorts of information and opinions about the direction of stock markets over the short term, where we may be […]
The February nonfarm payroll report numbers were released Friday morning, and they disappointed the analysts. The market didn’t agree and put in a strong rally in response. You can’t just go by how a report compares to the estimates of analysts, and February’s jobs report is a good example of this. Following a tremendous amount […]
Plenty of people pay attention to a technical signal called the 50/200 moving average crossover. While this indicator can be somewhat useful sometimes, this isn’t one of them. While the prospects of the Dow’s 50 day moving average crossing over its 200 day moving average is making the news these days, this particular instance at […]
Cott Corporation is Barrons stock pick this week, and we’re told their stock looks ready to pop. The pop may not be that significant, but it could foam up a little from here. The Cott Corporation has been making beverages for almost a century now, founded in 1923 by Solomon Cott and his son Harry. […]
Should we worry very much about the eight consecutive losing sessions that the Dow Jones Transportation Average has suffered? It’s not how many that matters, it’s how much. Charles Dow is considered by many to be the father of modern technical analysis, in spite our now knowing that Japanese rice trader Munehisa Homma started using […]