Amazon.com (AMZN) Shares At the End of a Head and Shoulders Pattern

It may be up today (Tuesday), but Amazon.com shares began waving some serious red flags late last week, and the stock is hardly out of the woods yet. Feel free to put the stock on your watchlist of potential trading ideas; this one obviously has short/bearish potential. That's not why we're interested in taking a closer look at it for...

Amazon.com (AMZN) Shares At the End of a Head and Shoulders Pattern

It may be up today (Tuesday), but Amazon.com shares began waving some serious red flags late last week, and the stock is hardly out of the woods yet. Feel free to put the stock on your watchlist of potential trading ideas; this one obviously has short/bearish potential. That's not why we're interested in taking a closer look at it for...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Have One Last Chance to Stave Off a Selloff

Yikes. Though a glimmer of hope started to shine on Friday after Thursday's meltdown, that effort gave way. With Friday's small loss on top of Thursday's huge one, the stock market just suffered its worst two-week stretch since June of 2016. Perhaps worse, the S&P 500 suffered some technical damage we haven't seen in weeks…  a red flag of change...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bulls Have One Last Chance to Stave Off a Selloff

Yikes. Though a glimmer of hope started to shine on Friday after Thursday's meltdown, that effort gave way. With Friday's small loss on top of Thursday's huge one, the stock market just suffered its worst two-week stretch since June of 2016. Perhaps worse, the S&P 500 suffered some technical damage we haven't seen in weeks…  a red flag of change...

Opinion: Here’s the shocking truth about the Russell 2000’s P/E ratio

Glaring omission artificially lowers small-cap sector’s valuation ——————————————————- By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Ready for today’s investment pop quiz? Which of the following is the actual P/E ratio for the Russell 2000 Index RUT, -0.27% the well-known benchmark for the small-cap sector of the stock market? a.  25.6 b.  19.9 c.   78.7 Believe it or not, the correct answer is “c.”...

Opinion: Here’s the shocking truth about the Russell 2000’s P/E ratio

Glaring omission artificially lowers small-cap sector’s valuation ——————————————————- By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch Ready for today’s investment pop quiz? Which of the following is the actual P/E ratio for the Russell 2000 Index RUT, -0.27% the well-known benchmark for the small-cap sector of the stock market? a.  25.6 b.  19.9 c.   78.7 Believe it or not, the correct answer is “c.”...

Thursday’s Implosion Puts Exclamation Point on Days of Bearishness

Ouch! On Thursday, the market logged its biggest daily loss since May, with the S&P 500 falling 1.5%, and reaching the lowest low since early July. Thing is, it may have even been worse than it seemed. Also, truth be told, Thursday's implosion has been brewing for a while, and now that a meltdown like Thursday's was allowed to materialize,...

Thursday’s Implosion Puts Exclamation Point on Days of Bearishness

Ouch! On Thursday, the market logged its biggest daily loss since May, with the S&P 500 falling 1.5%, and reaching the lowest low since early July. Thing is, it may have even been worse than it seemed. Also, truth be told, Thursday's implosion has been brewing for a while, and now that a meltdown like Thursday's was allowed to materialize,...

Chart School: Banking on “Slingshot” Action

If you think all chart-based signals are straightforward and crystal clear. Sometimes — maybe even most of the time — a great buy signal requires some interpretation and assumption rather than a black and white cue. [If trading was easy, everyone would be doing it. Right?] Against that backdrop, this week our Afternoon Channel Trader advisory service banked a healthy...

Chart School: Banking on “Slingshot” Action

If you think all chart-based signals are straightforward and crystal clear. Sometimes — maybe even most of the time — a great buy signal requires some interpretation and assumption rather than a black and white cue. [If trading was easy, everyone would be doing it. Right?] Against that backdrop, this week our Afternoon Channel Trader advisory service banked a healthy...
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