#stocks, #portfolio #money #dividend # defensive #investors $EARN, $ABR, $CMO Here are a few high-yield dividend stocks for investors looking to find some protection for their portfolio. These are stocks with a specific set of clear attributes, that frequently indicate a strong defensive profile: a high dividend yield, over 11%; a Buy rating; and a Northside […]
$XAU $SPY $VIX $VXX The last few months have been super for the US stock market and for gold Few thought in March that the S&P 500 would be back above 3,000, the DJIA would be back above 25,000 and the NAS would mark new all-time highs in late June. As we roll into the Summer Doldrums there are signs of […]
$SPY The S&P 500 is cheaper than many think, meaning more profitable. The stock market is cheaper and profitability is better than the pundits would have us believe. The deep dive baked into Q-2 consensus earnings understates the real core earnings of many US companies. Here I show where there is Northside in the overall […]
Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE:WSM): Lockdown orders have brought consumers a newfound appreciation of their home kitchens. The stock closed Thursday at 79.50 and have a consensus price target at 76.56. The San Francisco, California HQ’d company runs 5 segments, which include popular names like West Elm and Pottery Barn. The stock has been on a Bull […]
$BAC Bank of America: This leading bank’s stock has been hammered 33% YTD. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) has a huge presence in the US, providing various banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, institutional investors, corporations and governments in the United States and internationally. It operates some 5,100 […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX The DJIA is up about 30% from its 23 March low at 18.591.93, the S&P 500 SPX is up about the same per cent from its low at 2,237.40, and the NAS Comp has climbed by 32.5% from its lows of 6,850.67. My work shows the US market will continue rising well […]
American businesses are set up to come back stronger than before this C-19 coronavirus chaps hit. Company executives and strategic planners are/have reimagined business model as they return to full speed. Those who step up their game in this moment will be better off and ready to confront the challenges and opportunities of the next […]
$NEM Newmont Corp. (NYSE:NEM): Deutsche Bank reiterated its Buy rating and raised its price target to 70 from 54. NEM has seen its shares surge since merging Newmont and Goldcorp to create the world’s Top gold-mining stock. With a market cap of $50-B, the company is loving the price of gold at near 10 yr […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Despite millions of jobless claims, despite most of the country being sequestered at home, despite a falling in GDP, and despite the scare and fear brought on by the coronavirus the major US market stock indexes have recovered 50% of their losses in just the last 2 wks. At the […]
$JPM $WFC $JNJ Earnings season kicks off Tuesday, when 2 giant banks report before the opening bell. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) 2 of the biggest banks in the country may give some insight into what to expect for the rest of the season. JPMorgan: Analysts are calling for […]
$JPM $BLK A meme circulated on Twitter recently suggesting that companies suffering from the global pandemic will trot out a new performance metric: EBITDAC, for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and coronavirus. It’s apparently not a joke. Some companies are adjusting their numbers to avoid triggering defaults on loans, Refinitiv LPC reported last month. […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $GLD $XAU $USO $VXX Wow, what a week it was, it really was! Technical Analysis: The move Thursday was not encouraging for a continued relief move, much less anything else. The Big Qs: Was it the end of the relief move? Would the jobs report help spring the move higher, given that […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Last week Late Friday, the stock market put up a fight, on the close it was the worst week for equities since late Y 2008, as the S&P 500 (-0.8%) gave back 11.5% since the prior Friday, recording its 7th day running of losses, falling to its lowest level since […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ Monday, Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK.A, BRk.B)) , on Monday called the coronavirus outbreak “scary stuff” but said that it was no time to sell stocks despite the threat of a pandemic. In a TV interview Mr. Buffett said investors with a 10 – 20-yr time horizon and focused on companies’ earnings […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Technical Analysis at the weekended 21 February NAS Comp: It sold to the 10-Day EMA and then rebounded and filled the gap from Wednesday. It is still using the 10-day EMA as it trends higher. S&P 500: It tapped at the 20-Day EMA on the low, rebounded to a modest […]
$RACE FLASH: Ferrari $RACE declares EUR 1.13/share annual dividend, 9.7% increase from prior dividend of EUR 1.03 ($1.558) Forward yield 0.69% Payable 5 May, for shareholders of record 21 April, ex-div 20 April. Sebastian Vettel, 32 anni, is no longer the main man at Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), but the 4X world champion, does not accept that […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Last Friday’s Action Stocks recovered but struggled late in the day as the Fed, after a big repurchase operation in the am, said it will reduce the amount of the repos. The overnight repo saw $45.85-B in demand pasting the Fed’s offer. The 2-wk repo saw $59.02-B Vs the $30-B […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE/MTA: RACE) announces that under the third tranche of the common share buyback program announced on 14 November 2019, the Company has purchased additional common shares reported in aggregate form, on a daily basis on the Italian Stock Exchange (MTA) as follows: MTA NYSE Total TradingDate(d/m/y) Number of common shares purchased […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) debued off their 2020 Formula One car with a theatrical show of pride and passion last Tuesday, assuring fans that it was very different under the skin to last year’s model. The SF1000, marking the Italian team’s 1,000th race that comes up this year, is the car Ferrari hopes can end 6 yrs […]
$RACE The new Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) 488 Pista; “pista” means “track” in Italian. Ferrari has narrowed the Track/Road space putting an enormous amount of track technology into a road car that is designed, in the company’s words, “to offer a race-like experience even to non-professional drivers.” The Pista, which replaces the 458 Speciale in the Ferrari line, is […]
$RACE “Ask a boy to draw a car, and he will color it red,” —Enzo Ferrari Red is believed to be the “traditional” color for Ferrari, but this is a coincidence. When I think of a Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) I picture it in Red, but this was not the intent behind the iconic Italian luxury sportscar maker. […]
$RACE The car epitomizing La Nuova Dolce Vita is showcased for the 1st time globally outside the Eternal City Following its 1st global reveal during an exclusive event held in Italy’s iconic capital last November, the Ferrari Roma made its 1st appearance in the world on 7 February at a launch party held at Bulgari Hotel & […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Wednesday, Wall Street closed at record highs as news that the coronavirus outbreak could be running out of steam kept buyers buyers. Tech shares led the broad-based rally, which pushed all 3 major US stock indexes to fresh highs. The S&P 500 and the NAS Comp have now set closing […]
$RACE Tuesday, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) unveiled its 2020 F1 car that team boss Mattia Binotto says takes design to the “extreme” as they seek to challenge for the title/s. The iconic Italian F1 team struggled last year, winning just 3 races as MercedesAMG dominated, but boss Binotto hopes they can take a step forward this season. […]
$RACE Since it was floated on the NYSE in October 2015, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) has seen its shares rise from an opening price of 52 to a 52 wk high at 176.58 closing Monday at 167.55 in NY. The Maranello Outfit is making major efforts to please investors, including ramping up production and expanding into new, […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX DJIA futures are little changed Sunday night, along with S&P 500 futures and NAS Comp futures. The stock market rally showed surprising strength last week, but it is not unprecedented. The stock market rally’s instant recovery from the coronavirus sell-off was surprising. Normally, when the stock market sells off fast, […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Thursday, US stocks gained for a 4th session running, and Wall Street’s major indexes hit record highs as concerns faded over the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in China. China said it would pare by 50% additional tariffs levied against some US goods, seen as a move to boost confidence […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX We are deep in earnings season. Stay tuned daily. What happened last week Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) struggled as caught a bid and rallied The DJIA and the S&P 400 tested the 50-Day MA, but the NAS Comp and S&P 500 did not, but rebounded.Q-4 GDP came in at 2.1% the slowest […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX, $GLD, $XAU, $USO Last Week Stock action has improved with low to high gains and the stocks that stumbled Wednesday have showed stronger action. There has been excellent action in response to good earnings both during the trading session and after-hours. Bonds rallied, gold has risen and Crude Oil has […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX S&P 500 and NAS Comp closed at record highs ahead of earnings season Monday’s advance is attributed to these factors: The positive price action buoying sentiment Expectations that the upcoming earnings season will include reassuring guidance News the Us will remove China from its currency manipulator list, thereby improving trade […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Late Friday US stocks came off from record-high marks as investors took profit and data showed slower-than-expected December US jobs growth, but the major indexes posted gainers on the week. Domestic jobs increased by 145,000 last month, below the forecast for a 164,000 rise, the US government data showed, as the pace […]
$LEVI, $STZ, $LEN, $WBA, $BBBY, $KB Q-1 Y 2020 has begun, and earnings season begins in mid-to-late January, but there are few majors reporting off-season results. Here is a preview of the most prominent earnings reports expected in this the 1st full trading week of the New Year, as follows; Levi Strauss & Co.’s (NYSE: […]
$AAPL Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of the Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a look at Apple (AAPL) on the year for Monday, as follows: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares have risen a 83.72% to $289.80 this year. The DJIA is up […]
Short-sellers are winning big this year with expensive bets against marijuana stocks. Cannabis Bears have cleared $993-M in mark-to-market gains so far in Y 2019, even after losing $132-M this month as stocks bounced off their lows, according to data from financial analytics firm S3 Partners. Short exposure to the sector grew by $843-M or […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Am seeing earnings revival boosting stock rally in Y 2020 But 1st, this is what happened last week: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has held steady and is not going to raise rates in Y 2020. Chairman Powell is also open to bond purchases. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) is not used to losing. Its $250,000+ sports cars are the epitome of luxury, style, and exclusivity. When you see one cruising down the street, most people can’t help but stop and stare. Ferrari started as a racing company. Founder Enzo Ferrari handcrafted finely tuned speed machines whose sole purpose was to […]
$RACE The Ferrari Motorsport Festival program, the flagship event of the Riyadh Car Show, has kicked off. Competizioni GT drivers James Calado, Miguel Molina, Giancarlo Fisichella, Andrea Bertolini and Olivier Beretta, took turns in the Attività Sportive GT cars on a track specially created for the event. James Calado and Miguel Molina were the 1st […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) has stabilized over a year after the death of Sergio Marchionne. And Louis Camilleri who took over as CEO of Ferrari in July 2018 following the death of Sergio Marchionne has a somewhat softer touch. Ferrari stock has soared in the time since, and its future as a luxury brand is tightly […]
$RACE HQ’d in Maranello, Italy, founded in Y 1947, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), designs, engineers, produces and sells luxury high performance sports cars and lots more. In addition to its racing and vehicle manufacturing operations, Ferrari licenses its brand to various producers and retailers of luxury and lifestyle goods and has recently tied-up with Giorgio Armani to revamp and […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $TGT, $VXX Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) reached a record high after raising its F-Y (full-year) outlook again on strong sales and profitability, providing a safe haven after several retailers unnerved investors. The stock, the best performer in the S&P 500 Index Wednesday, had already soared 68% this year through Tuesday. Target raised […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Risk is on, sidelined money coming back in and the market is posting record highs almost on a daily basis. The earnings news is providing its share of trading catalysts, but the macro news is mattering more as a market driver because the macro connection with the employment report, earnings […]
Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) F1 car development has “exceeded expectations” this season and the amount of downforce it has added has had knock-on effects, says team boss Mattia Binotto. The team started Y 2019 with a car that had less peak downforce than its chief rival MercedesAMG as Ferrari pursued a lower-drag concept to give it a […]
$AAP, $CBS, $TSN, $PBR, $TLRY, $NTAP, $CSCO, $WMT, $NVDA, $AMAT, $JCP Q-3 earnings reporting season is starting to wind down, there are some more major companies posting results in the coming weeks. Here are some of the prominent reports expected this week, as follows: These are estimates, earnings and revenue estimates may change ahead of […]
$RACE Since taking over as CEO Louis Camilleri has largely shunned the spotlight, shunning the media and commenting publicly about the business only during Quarterly conference calls and once at the presentation of its new 5 year industrial plan. Being a tobacco executive offered relevant lessons for running Ferrari, Mr. Camilleri said in his 1st […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Friday, the 3 major US stock market indexes posted record closing highs and the S&P 500 registered a 5th straight week of gainers as investors brushed aside worries over the progress of US-China trade talks and as Walt Disney shares rose. The Cboe volatility index .VIX posted its lowest closing […]
$RACE Shares of the iconic Italian Supercar maker Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) hit an all-time high earlier this week after the company increased its F-Y guidance following strong Q-3 earnings. The Quarter’s operating profit rose 12% from a year ago, to 227 million euros ($251 million), on sales increases in Europe and Asia. Following the strong results, the company boosted its […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX The DJIA and S&P 500 notched record closing highs again Thursday, as President Trump continues to cheer as the market continues to charge higher into record territory. “Stock Markets (all three) hit another ALL TIME & HISTORIC HIGH yesterday! You are sooo lucky to have me as your President (just kidding!). […]
$RACE Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) landmark tie-up with Giorgio Armani will offer clothing and accessories more refined and artisanal than anything currently licensed with the brand’s iconic Scuderia mark. The iconic Italian Supercar maker’s CEO Louis C. Camilleri, announced Monday during its Q-3 earnings call with investors that Ferrari had entered a “long-term manufacturing agreement” with luxury […]
$RACE People are asking, can RACE sustained Monday’s move? Monday, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) announced an EPS beat of 0.04 and a Top-line beat of over $25+M. On Top of the earnings results, management raised guidance for the year as Supercar shipments for the Quarter rose by a healthy 9%. In the technical chart there is a large gap […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) to capitalise on brand as it promises to deliver faster growth Strong sales of Ferrari’s Portofino and 812 Superfast models enabled the Italian luxury carmaker to raise its outlook Monday, with a new brand strategy promising even more growth. Ferrari’s Milan-listed shares rose as much as 7.4% to an all-time high of […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) is scheduled to announce Q-3 earnings results Monday, 4 November before the bell, The consensus EPS Estimate is €0.86 (+11.7% ) Y-Y, and the consensus Revenue Estimate is €889.08M (+6.1% Y-Y). Ferrari has surprised in the last 4 Quarters Over the last 3 months, EPS estimates have seen no upward revisions and 3 downward. Revenue […]
$RACE Valtteri Bottas posts his 4th win of this season at the United States Grand Prix, his MercedesAMG teammate Lewis Hamilton came 2nd and claimed a 6th world title having fended off a late attack from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Mr. Bottas had to win at the Circuit of The Americas aka COTA to keep […]
$RACE The Circuit of The Americas, aka COTA, has been kind to Lewis Hamilton in , but it was his MercedesAMG teammate and the only driver who can stop him winning a 6th world crown, Valtteri Bottas, who took Pole position for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix in true F1 racing fashion. It was Mr. […]
$RACE Rome’s Piero Taruffi circuit will be the scene, this weekend, of the first ever edition of the “FIA Motorsport Games” which will include such categories as GT, Touring Cars and Formula 4 along with emerging disciplines like drifting, digital motorsport and karting slalom. In the races featuring GT cars, 5 Ferraris are set to […]
$RACE Mattia Binotto speaking on the events of the Mexican Grand Prix and said that Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) need to be braver and take risks… Ferrari missed out on Mexican GP victory as Pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finished 4th having stopped 2X for new tyres, whereas Lewis Hamilton stopped just once, and Leclerc’s 2nd stop on Lap […]
$RACE This is a lesson grounded in practicality using ROE to better understand Ferrari (NYSE:RACE). Ferrari has a ROE of 61%, based on the last 12 months, meaning that for every $1 worth of shareholders’ equity, it generated 61c in profit. Return on Equity = Net Profit ÷ Shareholders’ Equity For Ferrari: 61% = €837-M […]
$RACE Lewis Hamilton may likely celebrate his 6th World Championship at the end of the United States Grand Prix Sunday. He has won the title in each of the past 2 years, holds a 74-point lead over MercedesAME team-mate Valtteri Bottas with a maximum of 78 available over the remaining 3 races of Y 2019. […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) is expected to deliver a Y-Y increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the Quarter ended September 2019. The stock may move higher if these Key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on 4 November, if they miss, the stock […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX About 20% of S&P 500 members reported earnings this week, and on balance they have beaten expectations. That has persuaded investors US companies are weathering the trade storm and reminded them slowing global growth is not the same as no global growth, or Risk On! Stay tuned… The Big Qs: […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Saudi Aramco is exploring ways to reward loyal investors in its IPO (initial public offering) to ensure the record share sale is not followed by a wave of selling. One way that Aramco has discussed with Saudi regulators is whether it could offer bonus shares to retail stock buyers who […]
$SPY, $SPX, $SPLRCT, $USD, $EUR, US companies are preparing to report Q-3 earnings following a few months grappling with a US-China trade conflict undermining the business environment and an overall economy that has been showing signs of slowing. Among S&P 500 (SPX) earnings for the July-September frame look set to mark the weakest performance in […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FlASH: The implied likelihood for a 50-bpts rate cut at the September FOMC meeting climbed to 23.5% Vs 1.5%. Friday, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. Expectations for the Fed to step up its easing efforts amid increased risks to the economic outlook expounded the flight-to-safety in gold and US […]
$TSLA Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares dove as much as 15% after a worse-than-expected loss and yet another major management change cast fresh doubts on the EV maker’s future. Despite delivering a record number of vehicles in Q-2 Tesla lost $1.12 a share, a bigger deficit than any analyst projected. While CEO Elon Musk, 48 anni, is […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX The S&P 500 (+0.5%) and NAS Comp (+0.9%) set new records highs on Wednesday, driven by big gainers in semiconductor stocks and by shares of companies that beat earnings estimates, the Russell 2000 rose 1.6%. The DJIA lost 0.3% on losses in Boeing (BA 361.43, -11.54, -3.1%) and Caterpillar (CAT 131.91, -6.19, -4.5%) following disappointing earnings […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Wall Street Liked the Trade News and Earnings Reports Moving this Market S&P 500 closes above 3000, boosted by encouraging trade news and positive earnings, guidance from widely-held companies High-level trade talks will reportedly continue in China next week from Monday to Wednesday 10 of 11 S&P 500 sectors […]
$AAPL, $KO, $CAT, $AMZN, $MCD, $BA, $OIL, $SOY FLASH: Earnings season continues with companies including: Amazon.com, Alphabet, Unilever, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Boeing. Monday, technology shares led gainers among US stocks following mixed sessions in Europe and Asia as investors looked ahead to a busy week of corporate earnings. Crude Oil gained amid tensions in […]
$GOLD, $NEM, $XAU, $GDX, $NUGT, $GLD, $USD FLASH: Gold prices are up, Bullion and Miners are in favor, here is why. Gold prices hit their highest marks since Y 2013 this past week, an indication that investors increasingly view the precious Yellow metal as a good alternative to paper money and government bonds at a […]
$GOLD, $NEM, $XAU, $GDX, $NUGT, $GLD, $USD FLASH: Gold prices have reversed to the Northside in the last several weeks. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) gained 8.0% in June, higher than the gainers of 6.4% and 7.1%, respectively, in the S&P 500 and the DJIA. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) amplified the […]
$ABBV, $BAX, $BIIB, $BMY, $BXX, $CELG, $MRK, $WST Biotech stocks had a muted performance last week, as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) kick started Q-2 reporting season for big pharma companies, beating forecasts and an upward adjustment to its FY sales guidance. Below are the Key catalysts for the week ahead, as follows: Conferences 10th International AIDS Society, or […]
$JPM, $MS, $GS, $BAC, $MSFT, $NFLX FLASH: Traders will focus on the start to Q-2 earnings season this week. Big banks including JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), along with Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) report Quarterly results this week, setting the tone for the rest […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX The S&P 500 ended just in The Green Tuesday as gains in tech-related shares offset fresh worries about the impact of the US China trade dispute on earnings and the Fed on interest rates. USTR Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin spoke to China’s Vice Premier Liu He Tuesday. Market reaction […]
$SPY The S&P 500 has seen the best June performance since Y 1955, and now into the 2nd week of July investors are anxious to see whether earnings can justify further gains as the largest US companies open their books in the coming weeks, as Q-2 earnings season is on us. The profit picture for […]
$RACE The shareholder make up of Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) tell us a lot about the company and which group is most powerful. Institutions often own shares in longer established companies, and it is not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. Shayne and I like Ferrari because it is a business with […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX, $AAPL, $GOOG The S&P 500 increased 0.1% Tuesday after being down as much as 0.6% following a Key revenue miss from Alphabet (GOOG). Investors bought the intra-day dip to help the benchmark index set a new closing high and it closed the month with a gainer of 3.9%. The DJIA […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Larry Kudlow said Thursday on TV: “I think the Fed is moving toward rate cuts. That is my view. It is true in the open market, the funds rate has traded a bit high, but I think they are moving toward rate cuts.” Note: Slowing global growth has not […]
$SPY Corporate earnings results of this reporting season are beating expectations by a wide margin, suggesting that the S&P 500 (SPY) will avoid a “profit recession” this year because predicted economic bad news has failed to materialize. That is a reversal of the outlook from a few months ago, when the Y 2019 profit outlook […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $JPM, $DIS FLASH: Friday’s advance drove the benchmark index close above the 2900 mark for the 1st time since early October. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% Friday, as a strong earnings report from JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and a buoyant response to Walt Disney’s (DIS) upcoming streaming service helped offset losses from […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RURX, $VXX FLASH: Wall Street finished flat to little changed in front of earnings season The stock market finished little changed Thursday in a tight-ranged trading session. The S&P 500 finished fractionally higher, as RSI from financial and industrial stocks helped mitigate losses from shares of healthcare companies in front of earnings […]
$BAC, $C, $JPM, $MS, $WFC, $USD, $GBP, $JPY The Fed As the US yield curve is deciding whether to invert/not Invert, investors seek reassurance that we are in a era of non-inflationary growth, and focus on monthly price gauges this week. Wednesday, the US Labor Department is expected to report that its March Consumer Price […]
$C, $JPM, $MS, $BAC, $WFC, $XLF, $KBW US big banks are set to kick off the corporate earnings season next week, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is advising investors to use Call options to position for a rally in financial stocks into May. Goldman derivatives strategists underscored the “extreme under-performance” in the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund, […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Monday is the start of a new Month, a new Quarter, and new Money As of last weeks Wall Street action have many leaders well-positioned. Some started North Friday, and are continuing. The Northside action is with the S&P 500 and the NAS Com, have both moved laterally just […]
$SPY FLASH: Earnings season just 2 weeks away US stocks ended the final trading day of Q-1 on a strong note Friday and the S&P 500 posted its best quarterly gainer since Y 2009, boosted by optimism over the latest round of trade talks between the US and China. A Chinese delegation led by Vice […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: A US trade delegation, which included USTR Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, arrived in Beijing for a two-day meeting on Thursday. Reuters reported Wednesday evening that Chinese negotiators made “unprecedented” proposals on a range of issues including forced technology transfers. Despite the progress, the market continues to wait […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Last week saw Wall Street participants taking profits, but the major indexes are still technically Neutral/Bullish overall. The large cap growth indexes are solid enough in here, Friday sellers showed up for the 1st time in some time. They will see support and bounce and start this leg all […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Last week was a Wall Street market winner, and is technically Bullish overall. Good moves seen on the week with the FANGs coming back into the action after a week or so pause. That augurs well from an Northside outlook. After some more Northside, if we see some profit […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Small businesses see bright future ahead Most S&P 500 sectors finish with gains Softening Consumer Price Index for February reinforced notion Fed will be patient US Treasury yields even lower Optimism among small companies in the US improved in February, snapping a 5-month losing streak that was the longest […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Friday, the 3 major US stock market indexes move down to their 50-Day MA supports and bounced finishing near the highs of the day. The pattern looks Bullish to me. That means buy some really good looking patterns, as the bounce up off the 5-session pullback, and let the […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX As earnings season comes to a close investors look down the line. The US major stock market indexes tested the top of the range faded, then started North again Friday as new money flowed in. The market remains at the inflection point and will breakout or move back down to […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX As February 2018 comes to a close, the S&P 500 has marked a big win and is set up for a winning year, if history is out guide. With a 3.7% gainer on this month, the benchmark for American stocks is on track for back-to-back gains at the start of […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX As earnings season comes to a close investors look down the line. No trade deal announced yet, but President Trump and Top Chinese negotiators in Washington concurred there will likely be 1 and the 1 March deadline for the tariff hike was pushed Sunday, the Chinese FM returns to Beijing […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Earnings coming to an end, as investors look farther down the line. Last Friday was options expiration, and we saw allocation of new Wall Street money to the financial, industrial, home-centric, and energy stocks. Notably, other sectors did not sell off, but paused to refresh. This is the perfect scenario: […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX More earnings coming, but investors are looking farther out now. Last week the market was set up to pullback, and trade triggered the action. The selling was not heavy, but a normal pullback to near-term support by the index marks and by most of the leadership issues The action is […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Monday, new money came in and Wall Street gained with all 3 major indexes closing near session highs. Continuing optimism abounds on the prospects for US-China trade relations propelled technology shares. The S&P 500 index and the NAS Comp both closed above their 100-Day MA’s for the 1st time since […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Earnings Monday This week more earnings, while the economic data slows a bit. Good breaks higher that held for the indices and many stocks within. The Key will be if new money comes in to extend the rally. Semi’s are back in leadership, this is a huge Northside indicator. China […]
$RACE Last month, shares of the iconic Italian luxury sports-and-racing-car maker Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) rose according to the pattern that set up at the end of December, aka a Key reversal. According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Ferrari’s shares rose just over 27% in January far outpacing the S&P 500 Index’s 7.87% gainer. Some of that increase was […]
$RACE,$FCAU Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) expects growth in core earnings to accelerate to 10% this year and CEO Louis Camilleri said he may raise targets for Y 2020, betting on new models and Special Editions at premium prices for its loyal clienti, and admirers. Thursday, after the earning’s call shares in the Italian luxury carmaker rose nearly […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX US President Trump to Meet with China’s President Xi to Seal US-China Trade Deal Thursday, President Trump said he will meet with Chinese President Xi soon to try to seal a comprehensive trade deal as the top US trade negotiator reported “substantial progress” in 2 days of high-level talks. President […]
$RACE Thursday, 31 January Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) will release its latest earnings report. Here is the outlook for the iconic Italian supercar maker. Earnings and Revenue Wall Street analysts see Ferrari reporting EPS of 0.94/share on sales of $992.67-M. In the same Quarter last year, Ferrari reported EPS of 0.89/share on revenue of $1.05-B. If Ferrari matches […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Once again, the US stock market was primed to rebound, it rebounded into the shortened holiday week, there is plenty of money still on Wall Street’s sidelines. The 3rd leg is happenig with SOX, and the NAS Comp. The other indices are moving up off their tests with the semis […]
$SPY Our work shows that calls for this Bull Market’s end are premature if not uncalled for. We here at HeffX-LTN believe that stocks will break out to all-time highs this year. The case for a continuing Bull Market is based on a chart pointing to negative market sentiment. At the end of Y 2018 our […]