Tesla Motors acquired Riviera Tool LLC, a tool and die company based out of Michigan, for an undisclosed sum on the 7th of May. What followed was a buying frenzy of the wrong stock, which led to the industry regulator stepping in.Not long after the acquisition announcement by Tesla Motors, stock speculators suggested that shares in Riviera Tool LLC would be a good purchase, […]
In times of high volatility, options are an incredibly valuable addition to any portfolio as part of a prudent risk-management strategy, or as a speculative, directionally neutral trade.After a trader has conducted their due diligence and enters a position, regardless of how certain they may be of the direction a volatile stock will take on, they are very much limited […]
In times of high volatility, options are an incredibly valuable addition to any portfolio as part of a prudent risk-management strategy, or as a speculative, directionally neutral trade.After a trader has conducted their due diligence and enters a position, regardless of how certain they may be of the direction a volatile stock will take on, they are very much limited […]
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,Surveying the Fed’s handiwork during last week’s press conference, Janet Yellen noted that all was awesome except that stocks were now slightly “on the high side” of their historical range. You can say that again!In fact, you can say that any one capable of uttering such tommyrot has been totally bamboozled by Wall […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Market analysis + CANSLIM stock picks.A very quiet morning led to some volatility in the afternoon but in the end it was a quiet close on the indexes as the S&P 500 was fractionally lower while the NASDAQ added 0.28%. Most of the attention was on Greece again but most expect a can kicked down the road… as […]
Stock market today, December 26, 2014: Good morning! U.S. stock futures for Friday, Dec. 26, forecasted a 31-point gain. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose six points to close at a record high. Investor optimism continued on news that the economy is strengthening. Third-quarter GDP hit 5%, while the U.S. economy has seen 2.7 million new jobs added this year – its best […]
Friday was a choppy session with little momentum as indexes have now worked off their extreme overbought conditions. The S&P 500 added 0.02% and the NASDAQ 0.18%. U.S. retail sales rose 0.5% last month when stripping out volatile elements like gasoline, autos, building materials and food services, according to the Commerce Department data released on Friday. That was the biggest […]
Thursday was the first very truly rough day in a long while for the indexes but it should not have been a major surprise. If you have been reading our recaps we had been mentioning how the indexes were being held up by some big names but under the surface breadth was weakening. Further the NYSE McClellan Oscillator has been […]
The small cap Russell 2000 was slightly higher, after finishing down 2 points at 1,105 Wednesday, below its 200-day moving average for a second day. Whether the Russell 2000 is a red flag for the broader market or not, it could continue to feel the heat as investors trim positions in momentum and small cap names. Stocks […]
Morning Movers: Earnings From Tesla, SolarCity, and MoreBy Stefan Cheplick+ (@scheplick) editor @stocktwits |
May 8th, 2014
Share on StockTwits1.) Tesla ($TSLA) reported earnings yesterday and it’s been a top trending ticker ever since. It dropped as much as 10% in pre-market trading:Main takeaway from Tesla? Valuation matters. $TSLA results were not “bad.” But not good […]
