Stocks Fall Then Skyrocket In An Epic Fashion
Crazy Day On Wall Street 2018 has been nothing like 2017 as the market has whipsawed in the past few days. The Dow ended up 2.33% and the S&P 500 was up 1.74%. The S&P 500 was down to 2,624 at the lows and closed at 2,695. The Dow had a 1,167 point trading range.…
Unemployment Rate Steady At 4.1% For 4 Straight Months
The past few days have had a high intensity of news flow as the stock market had a mini melt down and earnings season kicked into high gear. Therefore, some of my analysis has been delayed by a few days. I am now going to review the jobs report which came out on Friday. Solid Headline…
Back to Premium Selling for the Next Several Months
We have been warning for weeks and now volatility is finally back! TheoTraders have done a great job of preparing for the eventual return of volatility. Watch this video newsletter update to find out which strategies you'll want to use over the next several months... Also, join Don Kaufman for a free online seminar on…
Stocks Have A Flash Crash Thanks To Volatility
Stocks Crash & Volatility Spikes Monday was a terrible day for stocks because there was a big blow up in some of the complex volatility instruments. The S&P 500 was down 4.10% which was the worst day since August 2011 and the VIX was up 115.6% to 37.32 which was its biggest percentage increase ever.…
Amazon & Alphabet Earnings Review
Amazon Beats Revenue Estimates In the midst of the negative news during the market sell off on Friday, AMZN stock was rallying because it beat estimates. The stock was up 2.87% on Friday and fell with the market on Monday. The firm reported $3.75 in Q4 2017 EPS which wasn’t comparable to estimates because of the tax benefits…
Volatility is Back as Markets go Extreme
Stocks see the biggest one day drop in 2 and half years. In the weekend video we were pounding the table that fear was back in the market place and we saw it on full display today. Watch this crucial video newsletter update right now because an incredible opportunity as opened up for you in…
Why Stocks Crashed On Friday
Stocks Were Overbought The stock market had a wicked decline on Friday as the Dow was down 2.54% and the S&P 500 was down 2.12%. The VIX was up 28.51% to 17.31. This was the worst week in 2 years. The S&P 500 was down the most since September 2016. There were a few reasons for this decline.…
Is This Volatility Just Catching its Stride?
As we said earlier in the week this was going to be a critical week in the market and it was culminating in heavy selling on Friday. Many of you that are relatively new to trading may have never seen real selling. Everyone needs to watch this crucial weekend video newsletter update so you know…
Apple Reports An Earnings Beat With Hair
AAPL Beats Estimates But iPhone Sales Decline AAPL reported Q1 2018 EPS of $3.89 which beat estimates for $3.86. Revenues were $88.3 billion which beat estimates for $87.28 billion. The chart below shows the changes to 2018 full year earnings estimates as a result of the quarter. The low estimate came up; the high estimate…
Review Of Facebook & Microsoft’s Earnings Reports
Facebook’s Earnings Beat, But The Firm Shows Cracks After the bell on Wednesday, two of the most important firms in the market reported earnings. I’ll review both in this post. First, let’s look at Facebook. The overall numbers were good, but I see cracks in the business which might be reflected in the stock in the…