The response to my last column, which warned of an ominous pattern in charts of big technology stocks, shows that while professionals are hedged against a decline, the average investor is full of bravado. The real question The real question for investors is what comes next — bloodbath or bliss.
Popular “FAANG” stocks suffered a blood bath Friday. FAANG stocks are Facebook FB, Amazon AMZN, Apple AAPL, Netflix NFLX, and Google GOOG, GOOGL. They’re known as a group because of their persistent outperformance as large-cap U.S. technology stocks. The technology bellwether Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, slid 1.8% on Friday, and the
As the stock market hovers new highs, no one is talking about the dirty secret on Wall Street that is important for your portfolio. Stocks like Apple AAPL, Amazon.com AMZN, Facebook FB, Alphabet GOOG, GOOGL, Microsoft MSFT, and Netflix NFLX, have been on fire. Wall Street analysts keep on raising
The probability is high that certain stocks, below, will continue to rise, provided earnings continue to grow as they have this quarter and the economy remains as supportive as it is now. I am getting a lot of questions from investors after Thursday’s $2 trillion earnings day. It was the
Snap, the parent of Snapchat, is the hottest initial public offering of the year. The company’s shares were listed this week at $17 and recently traded at $27. So investors are naturally asking me: How do I trade Snap SNAP? Will Snap become successful like Facebook FB? Will Snap’s stock
The fundamental case for Dow 30,000 during Donald Trump’s first term has strengthened as earnings season winds down. Interestingly, this is happening at a time when, from a technical perspective, the stock market has staged a successful breakout of low volatility since the election. Still, there are two danger signs,
Donald Trump is starting his first full week as U.S. president. Bearish investors have been out in full force, proclaiming, with high confidence, that it’s time to sell stocks. At the same time, bullish gurus are saying just the opposite. So who’s right? Let’s explore the answer. First, we need
On Wednesday, Apple AAPL introduced the iPhone 7. As expected, the phone comes with a better processor, a better camera and removal of the headphone jack. More notable is the introduction of the second-generation Apple Watch. The new killer app on Apple Watch is Pokemon Go from Niantic, co-owned by