NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) lingering fears on global growth The S&P 500 Index ended a choppy session slightly lower on Monday as worries about a slowdown in global economic growth lingered and as Apple Inc shares fell after the company unveiled its video streaming service. Indexes moved between negative and positive territory throughout the session, with […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) market will continue to experience up-and-down swings Investors were certainly paying attention Friday. The Dow plunged 460 points, or 1.8%, to close at 25,502.32 Friday, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.9%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index saw an even bigger decline, losing 2.5%. Indeed, the market will continue to experience up-and-down swings. […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Tech Sector Strength Sparks Rally The Dow bounced back after Wednesday’s Fed-inspired drubbing , surging more than 200 points as Apple (AAPL ) stock extended its red-hot price action. Tech sector strength was underscored by a positive earnings reaction for Micron ( MU ), which helped boost blue-chip semiconductor stock Intel ( INTC ) nearly 2% higher on the day. Against this backdrop, […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) shares dip in wobbly session A gauge of stocks across the world fell on Wednesday as a boost from a dovish Federal Reserve was not enough to offset concerns over economic growth and U.S.-China trade talks. Sterling fell after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was not prepared to delay Brexit […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) gives up gains on news of troubled trade talks The benchmark S&P 500 index ended little changed on Tuesday as investor optimism regarding the Federal Reserve’s expected affirmation of its dovish policy stance was offset by reports of fault lines emerging in ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations. Financial stocks weighed on all three […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) tech stocks helped lead Wall Street higher Banks and tech helped lead Wall Street higher on Monday, while Boeing and Facebook were a drag and investors eyed this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting for affirmation of its commitment to “patient” monetary policy. Following the S&P 500’s best week since November, the benchmark index ended […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) mixed as uncertainty over when a trade deal between the United States and China would be reached clouded sentiment U.S. stocks flitted between gains and losses on Thursday as uncertainty over when a trade deal between the United States and China would be reached clouded sentiment. Wall Street’s main indexes briefly moved […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Tech Stocks Lead US Markets Higher US stocks rallied Wednesday, led by strength in the technology sector as the Nasdaq Composite Index outperformed the rest of the market’s major indexes. Boeing ( BA ) was little changed at midday as the aerospace giant tries to recover from the heavy losses from the previous two […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) rise on tame U.S. inflation A gauge of world equity markets rose and the dollar eased on Tuesday after a tame reading on U.S. inflation reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates anytime soon, while Boeing shares slid for a second day. U.S. consumer prices rose for the first […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) surge in broad rally Global equity markets surged on Monday, lifted by talk of more stimulus from China and by a broad rally on Wall Street that overcame a plunge in Boeing shares after one of its newest jets crashed, while U.S. debt yields rose on improved risk appetite. China’s main bourses […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Is it time to start panicking? Is it time to start panicking? Stocks ended much lower on Friday as investors begin to re-assess their risk tolerance after more data suggested a global economic slowdown could be imminent. A weak jobs report seemingly caught investors off guard, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Log Worst Losing Streaks Since December Thursday’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 7,421.46. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 2.58 billion. Declining stocks led advancers by 2.13 to 1 ratio. There were 1004 advancers and 2140 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 18 […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) investors await fresh update on trade US stocks closed in the red Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index all closing lower, as market sentiment soured following tepid growth shown by the latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve, the trade deficit hitting a 10-year […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) moving in and out of positive territory Wall Street’s main stock indexes moved in and out of positive territory on Tuesday as investors digested positive retailer earnings and economic data and eyed a key level for the benchmark S&P 500 index. Concerns over U.S.-China trade relations also hovered over the market, as […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) turned lower Major market indexes opened the week on a sour note led lower by the Dow Jones Industrial Average as health care and financial stocks tumbled. The Dow fell 0.8%, weighed down by losses in UnitedHealthcare ( UNH ) and Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ). The S&P 500 fell 0.4% while the Nasdaq Composite […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) reign may not last over other regions After slim gains in the prior week, the current stock market rally went sideways again. The Nasdaq composite rose for a 10th straight week. The S&P 500 index edged higher while the Dow Jones closed a few points lower. Even after a rapid run-up the […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) dips after early end to Trump-Kim summit, bleak earnings U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday as a U.S.-North Korea summit ended abruptly without an agreement, with a clutch of weak earnings adding to the downbeat sentiment. President Donald Trump said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) too early to predict an outcome in U.S.-China trade talks Global stock indexes ended with mostly slight losses on Wednesday after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said it was too early to predict an outcome in U.S.-China trade talks, although a jump in oil prices lifted shares of energy companies. Lighthizer also told a […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) fell slightly after a choppy session Wall Street’s three major indexes fell slightly after a choppy session on Tuesday as investors eyed mixed U.S. economic data and corporate news and waited for clarity on issues such as the U.S.-China trade talks. Weaker-than-expected housing data contrasted with a rosy consumer confidence report, while […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Progress For US/China Trade Deal Led by gains in trade-sensitive technology and industrial stocks, Wall Street’s major averages closed higher as progress towards a US/China trade deal drove the Nasdaq Composite into the plus column for the tenth time in eleven days, and the S&P 500 briefly above 2,800. President Donald Trump’s […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) posting a ninth week of increases The S&P 500 technology index was up 1.3 per cent, leading gains among the 11 major S&P sectors, while the trade-exposed industrials index climbed 0.6 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 181.18 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 26,031.81 on Friday, the S&P 500 […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) trading volume joins the top ten ranking for the year Today’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index volume reaching the 10th place in the top ten list for this year. The last time the index closed above 2.69 billion shares was on Feb 15 2019. The total shares traded for the […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Bull Run Continues Wall Street has been on a bull run since the beginning of 2019. After rebounding in January, U.S. stock markets consolidated in February. The bull-run can be attributed to positive developments on the trade war front, temporary deal between the Republicans and Democrats to avert government shutdown again and […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) small gains to start out the shortened trading week US stocks closed slightly higher Tuesday after the long holiday weekend as positive earnings from retail giant Walmart ( WMT ) and optimism over the trade talks between the US and China helped boost equity indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) boasted eight consecutive weeks of gains on wagers the United States and China can resolve their protracted trade dispute Hopes for progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks and expectations of policy stimulus from central banks lifted world stocks to 2 1/2- month highs on Monday, though European gains were held back by concern […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) market surged driven by renewed optimism The market surged on Friday, driven by renewed optimism that when the March 1 deadline comes around, the U.S. and China would have already shaken hands on a trade truce. Tariff-related rhetoric and thoughts of an economic slowdown had become a restraint, particularly amid the recent market rebound. […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) bucks trend to rise for 5th day U.S. stocks closed mostly lower Thursday as disappointment over weak retail sales overshadowed optimism over U.S.-China trade talks, but the Nasdaq eked out gains to rise for a fifth session in a row. Consumer staples and financial sectors were the biggest losers, both falling more […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) traded at 7,461.66 at its intraday peak on Wednesday, representing a 20.4% gain from its bear low The Nasdaq Composite Index, often used as a proxy for the health of technology and internet-related stocks, on Wednesday was on the verge of ending its longest bear market, by one measure, since 1991. A […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Stocks Alphabet, Netflix, Amazon Outperform Two festering wounds for the stock market showed signs of healing, sending the major indexes to gains of more than 1% Tuesday, including some key Nasdaq stocks. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.5%, the S&P 500 1.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 1.5%. Early data showed that […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) struggling for direction Wall Street struggled for direction on Monday, with investors taking a pause as the United States and China began their latest trade negotiations and U.S. lawmakers tried to reach a deal on border funding. The market started on a strong note over the trade talks after China’s upbeat tone, […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) positive corporate results offset lingering scepticism over the United States and China reaching a trade deal The benchmark S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq edged upward to snap a two-day losing streak on Friday as positive corporate results offset lingering scepticism over the United States and China reaching a trade deal before […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) on the cusp of exiting a bear market The Nasdaq Composite is on the cusp of exiting a bear market, rebounding nearly 20% from its Christmas Eve low and highlighting the resilience of the technology shares that have long powered the market higher. The index heavily weights shares of technology firms like […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) investors await Trump’s State of the Union speech Stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 extending its winning streak to a fifth session, as investors continued to sort through corporate earnings while awaiting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the evening. How did major benchmarks fare? The Dow […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) less than 2% shy of exiting from a bear market Don’t look now, but the Nasdaq Composite Index is poised to make a decidedly upbeat turn for the bulls. The stock-market benchmark, often employed as a proxy for the health of technology and internet-related stocks, on Dec. 21 closed more than 20% […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Heffx Trading Outlook Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside. The projected upper bound is: 7,642.39. The projected lower bound is: 6,885.98. The projected closing price is: 7,264.19. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). During the […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) moves above the 100 day MA stalled and rotated back below The Nasdaq index with less than an hour left in trading, is trading higher by 76 points or 1.08% at 7260. Solid gain, but off the high at 7303.12. That high was able to extend above the indexes 100 day MA […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Heffx Technical Outlook Wednesday’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 7,183.08. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 2.49 billion. Advancers stocks led declining by 2.29 to 1 ratio. There were 2180 advancers and 950 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 17 stocks reached a […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) wavers as Apple tees up its quarterly report Wall Street was mixed on Tuesday, with technology shares dipping ahead of Apple’s quarterly report while a rebound in 3M and other industrials elevated the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Apple declined 1.04 percent as investors awaited the iPhone maker’s results after the bell following […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Wall Street rattled by Caterpillar, Nvidia warnings U.S. stocks slumped on Monday, as warnings from Caterpillar Inc CAT.N and Nvidia Corp NVDA.O added to concerns about a slowing Chinese economy and tariffs taking a toll on corporate profits. Shares of Caterpillar, the world’s largest heavy equipment maker, fell 9.3 percent after its […]
Chipmakers, airlines lift NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) A rally in shares of chip makers and airlines lifted the Nasdaq on Thursday, while the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 wavered due to concerns about the Sino-U.S. trade dispute and the longest U.S. government shutdown ever. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the United States and […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Regain Composure Wednesday as Focus Shifts Back to Earnings Stocks closed higher Wednesday as Wall Street sidestepped early pressure from stalled US/China trade talks and the lingering government shutdown to focus on an outpouring of bullish corporate quarterly results. Stocks were kept afloat early in the day by upbeat quarterly results from […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) economic outlook, corporate forecasts sour U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, snapping a four-session rally, as a gloomy global economic growth outlook, trade concerns and disappointing company forecasts dampened sentiment. All three major U.S. stock indexes pared losses after White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow denied a report by the Financial Times […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) developments helped investors ignore concerns about the month long partial shutdown of the U.S. government The bull-run of the U.S. stocks continued for the fourth straight day on Friday following positive news on the trade war front. These developments helped investors ignore concerns about the month long partial shutdown of the U.S. […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) optimism over a resolution to the trade war between the United States and China Global stock indexes rose on Thursday as optimism over a resolution to the trade war between the United States and China lifted sentiment, while sterling strengthened amid hopes of a second referendum on Britain’s membership in the European […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Beige Book shows waning optimism in some districts U.S. stocks rose for a second straight session Wednesday as investors cheered mostly positive earnings from financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs Group and Bank of America Corp. even as Wall Street continued to deal with uncertainty from a partial government shutdown. How did […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) still remains in a bear market The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +1.71% on Tuesday closed sharply higher, putting the technology and internet-related gauge to a finish above its short-term average for the first time since early October. The Nasdaq booked a 1.7% gain to end at 7,023.83. That places the index above its 50-day moving […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Global Economic Slowdown While markets ended Friday’s session slightly down, the overall week finished in positive territory despite a Government shutdown that enters day 24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down about 6 points lower, or less than 0.1%, at 23,995, the S&P 500 index SPX edged less than a point […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) traders cashing in on gains from the five-day winning streak The lead from Wall Street is slightly soft as stocks opened lower on Friday, staged a recovery in the afternoon but still finished barely in the red. The Dow shed 5.97 points or 0.02 percent to 23,995.95, while the NASDAQ lost 14.59 […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Heffx Trading Review Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. The projected upper bound is: 7,381.27. The projected lower bound is: 6,583.62. The projected closing price is: 6,982.44. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). During the past 10 bars, there have been 7 white candles and […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) optimism over signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks U.S. stocks rose for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, as gains in energy and technology stocks added to optimism over signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks. The S&P technology index rose 1.07 percent, boosted by Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and chipmakers. […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) vulnerable to a correction towards 7,092.69 Tuesday’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 6,897. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 2.3 billion. Advancers stocks led declining by 2.15 to 1 ratio. There were 2134 advancers and 993 decliners for the day. On the NASDAQ Stock Exchange 21 […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Trade Talks Begin The market rang in solid gains last week to begin the New Year. Friday saw all the major indexes close up over 3.25% with the Nasdaq being the outlier closing up 4.26%. For the week, the Dow closed up +1.61%, the S&P 500 up +1.86%, the Nasdaq Composite up […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) stimulus powered earnings growth is expected to slow down further in 2019 THE tech-heavy index Nasdaq Composite ended 2018 down 3.88 per cent for the year. It is the worst annual performance since 2008 and a reversal from the 28.2 per cent increase in 2017. The unsettling Sino-US trade dispute, slowdown of […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) 2019 Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways 9000 and 4000 are both possibilities, their are unicorns like TSLA under extreme pressure, Apple has been anything but innovative and some big names will face a global spotlight regarding taxation, this is a great year to be a trader. Note: this chart shows […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) vulnerable to a correction towards 7,144.86 Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the downside. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 7,144.86. The projected upper bound is: 6,982.75. The projected lower bound is: 6,142.18. The projected closing price is: 6,562.47. […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) attempting a modest rebound U.S. stocks were attempting a modest rebound on Wednesday, boosted by technology shares and an Amazon-led jump in retailers, following four sessions of steep losses that pushed the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials near bear market territory. After a strong start, the S&P and Dow swung between gains […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Fed Raises Interest Rates Stocks tumbled after the Federal Open Market Committee raised interest rates by 0.25% and signaled more increases were on the way, sending major market indexes to their lowest levels in more than a year. Recent economic data showing softening in the economy appeared to raise hope among some […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) putting it on track to snap a three-session losing streak The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.45% rallied 0.8% in afternoon trade, putting it on track to snap a three-session losing streak, but most stocks are actually trading lower. The number of declining stocks on the Nasdaq exchange outnumbered advancers by a 1,549-to-1,346 margin. Helping lift the […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) erased all of its gains for the year The Nasdaq Composite Index on Monday erased all of its gains for the year as stock benchmarks touched fresh lows in a session that briefly saw the technology and internet-stock laden index in positive territory on the day. The Nasdaq COMP, -2.27% most recently, […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) Fed meeting starting on Tuesday The NASDAQ was being scrappy all week as the beleaguered tech space sporadically showed signs of life. But today it slipped 2.26% (or nearly 160 points) to 6910.67. The index declined about 0.8% this week. Weaker-than-expected economic data from China and Europe completely overshadowed positive retail data […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) trade-fuelled rally loses steam U.S. stocks edged lower in volatile trading on Thursday, as a rally sparked by progress in U.S.-China trade talks faded, with investors preferring defensive sectors such as real estate and utilities. Wall Street opened higher after a Chinese commerce ministry spokesman said Washington and Beijing were in close […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) China planning to increase access for foreign firms U.S. stocks rose 1 percent on Wednesday, boosted by technology stocks, as a report about China planning to increase access for foreign firms added to optimism fueled by President Donald Trump’s upbeat comments on trade. Beijing is working to replace its Made in China […]
NASDAQ Composite (.IXIC) little guidance as stocks showed a lack of direction The China stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 60 points or 2.4 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,595-point plateau […]