Twitter shares are soaring and ‘the chart looks great,’ says technician

By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Another day of gains for Twitter on Monday has it on track for its longest winning streak in nearly a year. One technician sees it flying higher from here. "The chart looks great," Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Jaffray, told on CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Friday. "Since about April 24, we started seeing a...

Twitter shares are soaring and ‘the chart looks great,’ says technician

By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Another day of gains for Twitter on Monday has it on track for its longest winning streak in nearly a year. One technician sees it flying higher from here. "The chart looks great," Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Jaffray, told on CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Friday. "Since about April 24, we started seeing a...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Are Fighting the Calendar… and Almost Winning

The market wasn't entirely sure what it wanted to do for the better part of last week's holiday-shortened trading stretch. But, when push came to shove by the time Friday rolled around, it was the bulls doing all the pushing. The S&P 500 logged a respectable gain of 0.5%, leaving the index within sight/reach of the new multi-week highs hit...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Are Fighting the Calendar… and Almost Winning

The market wasn't entirely sure what it wanted to do for the better part of last week's holiday-shortened trading stretch. But, when push came to shove by the time Friday rolled around, it was the bulls doing all the pushing. The S&P 500 logged a respectable gain of 0.5%, leaving the index within sight/reach of the new multi-week highs hit...

A surprise summer rally could be coming for stocks, says market watcher

By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Sell in May and go away? Not this year. Expect a June swoon? Don't hold your breath. These old market adages are in the past, says LPL Financial's Ryan Detrick. "There's still a lot more positives which makes us think maybe this kind of a surprise summer rally can continue if we get a little bit...

A surprise summer rally could be coming for stocks, says market watcher

By Keris Lahiff, CNBC Sell in May and go away? Not this year. Expect a June swoon? Don't hold your breath. These old market adages are in the past, says LPL Financial's Ryan Detrick. "There's still a lot more positives which makes us think maybe this kind of a surprise summer rally can continue if we get a little bit...

May’s Jobs Report Leaves Critics Very Little to Gripe About

Poke holes in whatever you might see as the downside of Friday morning's look at last month's job creation and employment report. Just know that you're grasping at straws if you do so. This is one of the best reports we've seen in years, and some of the ones we've seen since mid-2017 have been pretty darn good. Beginning with...

May’s Jobs Report Leaves Critics Very Little to Gripe About

Poke holes in whatever you might see as the downside of Friday morning's look at last month's job creation and employment report. Just know that you're grasping at straws if you do so. This is one of the best reports we've seen in years, and some of the ones we've seen since mid-2017 have been pretty darn good. Beginning with...

A Terrifying Lack of Fear

One would think Thursday's pullback, which quickly squashed Wednesday's recovery hopes and rekindled Tuesday's pullback fears, would have been accompanies by surging investor fear. One would be wrong in thinking that though… and it could be a problem for the broad market. The premise of contrarianism isn't a new one, though it IS an underutilized one. Investors either don't understand...

A Terrifying Lack of Fear

One would think Thursday's pullback, which quickly squashed Wednesday's recovery hopes and rekindled Tuesday's pullback fears, would have been accompanies by surging investor fear. One would be wrong in thinking that though… and it could be a problem for the broad market. The premise of contrarianism isn't a new one, though it IS an underutilized one. Investors either don't understand...
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