Is The Santa Claus Rally Real?
Every seasoned trader has heard the phrase “Santa Claus Rally,” but very few understand precisely why it happens. Is it random or is there something structural under the surface that repeats like clockwork each year?
Beyond the whimsical idea of holiday cheer spilling over into the markets, there are structural and behavioral dynamics at play that make the final weeks of the year particularly conducive to market gains. » Read more about: Is The Santa Claus Rally Real? »
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Will This Hot CyberSecurity Stock Keep Soaring?
IT solutions provider CSP Inc. (CSPI) has been thriving this year, making significant strides in its cybersecurity business. But does it have more room to run?
While CSP is not a pure-play cybersecurity stock and provides different IT services and solutions, the stock is enjoying a lot of investor attention at the moment,
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Is Tesla Plunging To $100?
When the champion of the trading world speaks, it behoves us to listen to him. A month or so ago, the 2020 trading champion made his views clear on Tesla: avoid it, was the takeaway.
At the time, he humbly commented that his two cents take was that the stock market had been in a 3-4 month rally but Tesla had gone straight down over that period,
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Did This Weird Ratio Signal The Top?
Correlations are not causation but they can be helpful in spotting weird patterns that reveal where the market may be heading next. One such correlation pattern that has surfaced recently is that of the ratio between the DIA and QQQ.
One trader spotted that when the ratio, DIA/QQQ, hits a low, it has often preceded a correction in the QQQs.
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Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now?
Have you ever wondered how much short-term versus long-term taxes actually affect your net worth and portfolio over time?
Let’s imagine a $100,000 portfolio goes up 20% annually and is taxed at the end of the year at 33% due to short-term capital gains. What would the portfolio grow to after 10 years?
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Read MoreThe Burst
Is Etsy An All-Time Buy Now?
Why is Etsy stock so low? ETSY is down 36.7% year-to-date following disappointing sales reports that missed Street estimates.
The stock that nearly reached $300 per share in 2021 but is now trading under $50 per share. Adding insult to injury, Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) was recently dropped from the S&P 500 index.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Market Precariously Perched at Key Level
As the end of the quarter approaches, how do the markets fare? Zooming out, we can see that the S&P 500 is precariously perched on an uptrending resistance line.
While doomsayers have been lining up to predict the market’s demise for months, it has defied all skeptics and continued its march higher. But now it sits once again at a key threshold level.
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Read MoreThe Daily
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq waver as focus turns to China talks, Trump floats cut to tariffs on Chinese imports
Stocks rose at the open on Wall Street on Friday after President Trump suggested cutting US tariffs on Chinese imports. His comment fueled further optimism that the trade war is easing ahead of talks between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s team and Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged up 0.2%.