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David Zeiler: Assuming the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) represents the biggest, most influential companies in America, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) easily qualifies. Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall St Wednesday, weighed down by further debt woes in Europe. Futures had staged a slight bounce from overnight lows, but are now heading back down to those levels. The principal focus has Read more…
Futures were all over the map last night as markets are trying to figure out if the European Summit went well. Will they “print, print, print”? Will Greece leave the Union? Will Spain’s banks fall apart with Italy waiting in the wings? How much will the Read more…
Markets are getting some downside follow-through after yesterday’s late reversal. The S&P rallied to Resistance 2 before starting to fail at 1329 (SPY’s hit that $132.90-133.20 area). Overseas markets are all in the red as the Euro remains pressured and Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open Friday after JP Morgan’s (NYSE:JPM) “London Whale” trader took a $2 billion trading loss on a massive position in credit default swaps. JPM is down more than 7% this morning. In a surprise conference Read more…
Today is my first day back from vacation, so it’s time to dive back into the action! Most guys in my firm are embracing this down move as last week the Dots started to connect for further downside. I was stopped out of remaining longs from the Bahamas Read more…
US stock futures are slightly higher Thursday morning ahead of weekly jobless claims and first quarter-productivity. Later in the day at 10am we will see ISM non-manufacturing and the purchasing managers index (PMI). The big Read more…
A term I’ve heard from a lot of traders this weekend was “cautiously confused”. Lots think that Europe is a big problem and ready to take a turn for the worse, but equity markets are still acting well. This is when you leave your “opinions” at the Read more…
Eric Dutram: The torrid pace of ETF development continued this week as New York-based issuer Van Eck debuted another product under its Market Vectors brand name, the Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat Research ETF (NYSEARCA:MOAT). The new fund looks to focus on the U.S. markets but Read more…
Jared Cummans: After a miserable four day stretch, markets were able to open higher yesterday, as Alcoa started off earnings season with a positive report. For the next few weeks, the biggest and most important companies in the country will be shedding light on their performance in what was the best first Read more…
Jim Trippon: A couple of weeks ago, leading tech stock Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) did what many thought it might never do: agree to pay a dividend. The stock, which has traded at over $600 a share, has heard many of its shareholders as well as institutional investors urge Apple’s management to begin paying Read more…
Markets started off slow yesterday and then Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) lead it higher. We did stall in the last hour. Today, futures are off a bit but nothing to worry about as of yet. All eyes will be on Fed minutes today as well as some auto numbers. The Read more…
Welcome to the second quarter! Futures are basically flat this morning as this new three-month stretch commences. As I enter this quarter, I do it with my foot off the throttle. Those in cruise control riding the recent uptrend have been rewarded. Right now Read more…
ETF Base: Only blind investors have missed the on-going boom in online stocks. The year-ended 2011 brought a slew of new tech IPOs, and it is expected that the dot com juggernaut, Facebook, will IPO later in 2012. Read more…
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