June’s Encouraging Employment, Job Growth Headlines Are For Real

It's official. The U.S. economy is humming again… at least judging from June's employment report from the Department of Labor. The country added 222,000 new jobs last month, handily topping expectations of only 173,000 new payrolls. The data was a pleasant surprise following a lackluster jobs-growth report from ADP on Wednesday. The payroll processor said we only created 158,000 new...

June’s Encouraging Employment, Job Growth Headlines Are For Real

It's official. The U.S. economy is humming again… at least judging from June's employment report from the Department of Labor. The country added 222,000 new jobs last month, handily topping expectations of only 173,000 new payrolls. The data was a pleasant surprise following a lackluster jobs-growth report from ADP on Wednesday. The payroll processor said we only created 158,000 new...

The Nasdaq 100 just broke a historical win streak, here’s what could likely happen next

By Annie Pei, CNBC The Nasdaq 100 broke a historical win streak, and according to one technical analyst, investors may have to brace themselves for a possible correction. Tuesday on CNBC's "Futures Now," Pension Partners' director of research, Charlie Bilello, pointed out that the Nasdaq 100 had been trading above its 50-day moving average for 138 consecutive trading days, which...

The Nasdaq 100 just broke a historical win streak, here’s what could likely happen next

By Annie Pei, CNBC The Nasdaq 100 broke a historical win streak, and according to one technical analyst, investors may have to brace themselves for a possible correction. Tuesday on CNBC's "Futures Now," Pension Partners' director of research, Charlie Bilello, pointed out that the Nasdaq 100 had been trading above its 50-day moving average for 138 consecutive trading days, which...

Here’s how you’ll know that it’s time to buy energy stocks: Technical analyst

By Annie Pei, CNBC Energy stocks tumbled Wednesday as oil sank after an eight-session win streak, leading Rich Ross to warn investors that there's only one level at which they should be buying into the sector at this point. The group was the worst-performing one in the first half of 2017, and the Evercore ISI technician says that there are...

Here’s how you’ll know that it’s time to buy energy stocks: Technical analyst

By Annie Pei, CNBC Energy stocks tumbled Wednesday as oil sank after an eight-session win streak, leading Rich Ross to warn investors that there's only one level at which they should be buying into the sector at this point. The group was the worst-performing one in the first half of 2017, and the Evercore ISI technician says that there are...

Option Greek Lesson: Not All Thetas are Built the Same

One of the first lessons any new options trader learns — even if sometimes the hard way — is the importance of getting a grip on theta, or time decay. Simply put, theta measures how fast an option price deteriorates simply due to the passage of time. It's entirely possible to make the right directional call about an equity, but...

Option Greek Lesson: Not All Thetas are Built the Same

One of the first lessons any new options trader learns — even if sometimes the hard way — is the importance of getting a grip on theta, or time decay. Simply put, theta measures how fast an option price deteriorates simply due to the passage of time. It's entirely possible to make the right directional call about an equity, but...

Style and Market Cap Rotation Starting to Take Shape

This year hasn't been a great one for value stocks, nor has it been a great one for small cap growth stocks. But, mid caps and large caps from the growth side of the table — thanks to a ton of bullishness from the FAANG stocks — have led the way. It looks like the tide is turning for all...

Style and Market Cap Rotation Starting to Take Shape

This year hasn't been a great one for value stocks, nor has it been a great one for small cap growth stocks. But, mid caps and large caps from the growth side of the table — thanks to a ton of bullishness from the FAANG stocks — have led the way. It looks like the tide is turning for all...
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