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What to Expect from These 6 Large Cap Stocks with Earnings This Week
Earnings season is a potential volatile time for the market as companies report data that is unknown to investors. As this quarter’s earnings season comes to a close, it’s important to look at the…
Aug 17, 2020
8 Best Stocks to Invest In 2020 | Trading Tips
The stock market is a phenomenal way to build wealth, as it allows an investor to place their money in a vehicle that automatically makes more money. At least, for investors who know what they’re…
Aug 14, 2020
Option Bulls Keep Building Positions in FireEye Inc
One of the hottest stocks in the market is FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE). The heat isn’t coming from bulls accumulating stock shares but rather large positions being built in the options market for this…
Aug 14, 2020
4 Solid Companies to Buy Today for Future Gains
The term “solid” isn’t very descriptive about the characteristics of the stocks on this list but it is a statement about the type of companies that are on the list. A “solid” company is a company…
Aug 14, 2020
CEO of Entercom Communications Broadcasting Outlook with Large Share Purchase
David Field, CEO of Entercom Communications Corp (NYSE: ETM), stepped up and bought shares of his company this week as his holdings increased nearly 5%. The purchase comes as the price of the stock…
Aug 14, 2020
Option Bulls Not Playing Games with Glu Mobile Following Post-Earnings Sell-Off
Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) is a free-to-play mobile game company for smartphones and tablets. The stock fell 15% overnight on the earnings announcement and continued to fall over the next four…
Aug 13, 2020
Is Insider Selling in Inspire Medical Something to Worry About?
Sleep apnea technology company Inspire Medical Systems Inc (NYSE: INSP) has had a great year so far in 2020. After a significant, but brief, sell-off in early March, its been off to the races ever…
Aug 13, 2020
5 Warren Buffet Stocks to Buy for New Investors
Warren Buffett is known for being a value investor. The concept of value investing, and fundamental investing generally, is to buy stocks at a discount. If you were to look at Berkshire Hathaway’s…
Aug 13, 2020
How Many Stocks Should I Own?
What a Well-Balanced Portfolio Should Look Like Investors who are just starting out in the stock market either take one of two paths. If they’re risk-averse, they may start investing with a mutual…
Aug 12, 2020
Tesla Announces Stock Split as Insiders Sell Shares Into Highs
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) appears to be following the trend of Apple and is partaking in a 5-for-1 split. The resulting price will trade at one-fifth the price and shareholders before the split get…
Aug 12, 2020
Bearish Bets Build Ahead of Cisco’s Earnings Report on Wednesday
Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) announces earnings today after the market closes. While the actual results are unknown, traders are positioning themselves ahead of the report to profit. The great…
Aug 12, 2020
5 High Beta Stocks that are Breaking Out
On Monday, we posted about ETFs to watch this week. One of those was the Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF. As you scan down the list of top holdings, you’ll see a number of companies that have high…
Aug 12, 2020
How Long Should I Hold a Stock?
How to Form a Selling Strategy Most investors think a lot about what to buy, when to buy, how much to buy, and how much to pay. Whether they use a value investing strategy or are more…
Aug 11, 2020
After the Month in a Decade, Option Traders are Looking for a Major Reversal in the Dollar
After posting the worst monthly performance in a decade, the U.S. dollar has been able to hold its ground. The value of the dollar is typically determined by the exchange rates of the world’s major…
Aug 11, 2020
Axis Capital is Attracting Insider Buying from Director in a Big Way
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (NYSE: AXS) is a $3.61 billion property and casualty company that saw a surge in buying activity last week from an independent director of the company named Charles A.…
Aug 11, 2020
5 Earnings Reports to Watch this Week and What to Expect
It’s been a surprising Q2 earnings season so far. With over 80% of companies beating estimates and earnings growth coming in higher than expected, it has led Goldman Sachs to raise their earnings…
Aug 11, 2020
Are Option Bears Readying a Pullback in Technology: Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLK)
As the S&P 500 finished higher on Friday to end the week, it was the Technology sector that seemed to lose its way. While the sector finished in the middle of the pack for the week in terms of…
Aug 10, 2020
Jeff Bezos Selling for First Time In 6 Months: Amazon.com, Inc Stock (NASDAQ: AMZN)
It’s been six months since Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Bezos has sold shares. As Amazon is struggling with the high altitude of its price, he’s selling again.…
Aug 10, 2020
8 ETFs to Watch this Week for Big Moves
An ETF is a conglomeration of companies that are typically organized by market cap, index, or industry. The idea is to group similar companies together that allows investors some opportunity to…
Aug 10, 2020
How Did Warren Buffett Get Rich?
At one point the world’s wealthiest, billionaire Warren Buffett is still one of the richest today with an estimated net worth over $73 billion dollars. That’s a lot of money! While best known today…
Aug 7, 2020