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How To Approach Q4 Earnings: The Analyst Perspective
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 10:22am | 680As this earnings season delivers its final few highlights, traders and investors are already beginning to process what the corporate results and guidance might signal for the current fiscal year. But some big names have yet to report their Q4 numbers against analyst estimates, and those results...
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How To Approach Q4 Earnings: The Technical Perspective
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 2:11pm | 817Earnings season is in full swing and the market has seemingly been unfazed by what might otherwise be impactful report deliveries. Things like a disappointing bottom line report from Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and extremely mixed signals from financials like Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup...
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How To Approach Q4 Earnings: The Corporate Perspective
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 11:01am | 888Even as the 2019 market attempts to shake off last year’s volatility, the incoming earnings season stands to disrupt traders best efforts to restore normalcy. Because earnings tend to be a trailing indicator, reflecting a company’s health and financial strategy anywhere from 3-6 month...
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How To Approach Q4 Earnings: The Global Perspective
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 12:29pm | 1045Even as the 2019 market attempts to shake off last year’s volatility, the incoming earnings season stands to disrupt traders attempts to restore normalcy. Earnings tend to be a trailing indicator, and reflect a company’s health and financial strategy anywhere from 3-6 month prior. If...
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In The December Bloodbath, These Hidden Factors Might Be Prompting Traders To Buy
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 11:14am | 12852018 is set to go down on Wall Street as the worst year for equities since the 2008 crash, with its final month trending toward the worst December since the Great Depression. As the major indexes continue their approach to bear market territory, equity traders might be wondering where 2018’s...
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This Chart Shows What A Brutal December It's Been For The S&P 500
Friday, December 21, 2018 - 1:53pm | 753The negative turn in the broad market in the final quarter of 2018 has cast a pall over the end of the year and 2019. The annually anticipated “Santa Claus rally” is growing less probable by the day and, even though the consensus sentiment among Wall Street analysts is that the bull...
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Weight Watchers Shareholders: Buy Oprah, Sell Kate Hudson
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 12:26pm | 794Shares of WW, formerly Weight Watchers (NASDAQ: WTW), are poised for a strong Monday after a rough month and a half. Shares have fallen more than 30 percent after WW announced disappointing third-quarter EPS and revenue results. What Happened Kate Hudson was announced as “Global Ambassador...
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IPOs, M&A, and Dividends: Taking A Look At Year-End News Catalysts
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 3:57pm | 502In the midst of a dramatic start to December, market news has taken a backseat to a surge in volatility and reactionary trading. However, volatility doesn’t stop the headlines, and there’s still big catalysts on the horizon from companies across the market in the coming weeks that have...
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Understanding The Biggest Economic Events In December
Monday, December 3, 2018 - 12:01pm | 804With the markets hitting 2018’s homestretch, there are still quite a few boxes to check before traders can feel comfortable closing the book on the year. Between some vital economic numbers leading up to the much-anticipated December meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, there’s...
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Insider Response To Tech's Volatile Autumn
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 12:01pm | 978Within the continuing downward trend afflicting the market at large, the core of the volatility remains squarely among the performance tech names. October-November loses of anywhere from 12 to 20 percent in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL...
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Recapping The Top Ratings Changes Of Q4
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 12:17pm | 653As earnings season wraps up and the market adapts to the latest fundamental-driven shifts in industry and company-specific revenue data, sell-side analysts have been hard at work making changes to their models and buy/sell recommendations. With the seismic-scale of rotation the market’s seen...
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October's Biggest Losers And Most Surprising Winners
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 11:48am | 997Now that November has rolled around and markets have steadied their nerves from a tumultuous October, new leaders are beginning to emerge from the volatility. Using trading platform Finscreener’s chartboard tools, we can take a look at the top mega-cap gainers in the S&P 500 over the...
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October's biggest Losers And Most Surprising Winners
Monday, November 12, 2018 - 2:19pm | 1073Now that November has rolled around and markets have steadied their nerves from a tumultuous October, new leaders are beginning to emerge from the volatility. Using trading platform Finscreener’s chartboard tools, we can take a look at the top mega-cap gainers in the S&P 500 over the...
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These Are The Biggest Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week, And Their Recent Track Records
Monday, October 29, 2018 - 10:39am | 1052The reporting window for quarterly earnings is already a traditionally volatile few weeks on the stock market, but 2018’s Q3 reports have been met with an especially rough reception thanks to the ongoing sell-off in the equity markets. Even top- and bottom-line beats from strong performers...
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How To Use Pivot Points In Your Trading
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 3:17pm | 953While earnings reports, interest rates, geopolitics and the usual array of fundamental factors at play in the markets continue to roil stocks, the October uptick in volatility has traders across the market checking and rechecking price levels on their watchlists. For fundamental traders, the...