Category: Articles

Beneath a Calm Surface, the Stock Market is Undergoing a Major Change

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If there’s one word that would seem to describe the U.S. stock market in 2017, it’s this: quiet. Volatility has been essentially absent from Wall Street this year, with the CBOE Volatility index VIX trading ...

Nvidia Earnings Roar Past Street Estimates, Shares Rise Almost 4%

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Nvidia Corp. shares rose almost 4% in premarket trade Friday, extending late-session gains after the Santa Clara, Calif.-based graphic processing unit maker’s quarterly results and revenue outlook topped Wall Street estimates. Nvidia NVDA shares were ...

Opinion: 5 Stocks that Could Win Big from the GOP Tax Plan

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Nobody knows where the Republican tax plan will ultimately wind up. For starters, this is just the early draft from the House, and there still are many issues to be worked out in the Senate. ...

Elon Musk Hints at Tesla Self-Driving Hardware Change, Nvidia Stock Drops

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Elon Musk promises to divulge more on Tesla strategy for self-driving hardware ‘soon’ Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday hinted at a new direction for the company in the hardware it uses for ...

What Could Derail the Stock-Market Rally? Here’s One Thing to Watch

https://alaricsecurities.com/derail-stock-market-rally-heres-one-thing-watch/
The U.S. stock market feels as though it is made out of Teflon, with virtually nothing able to disrupt its climb to record levels. The broad S&P 500 index SPX which on Friday closed at ...

Opinion: 5 Reasons Trump will Tell Yellen: ‘You’re Fired! (and 5 Reasons He won’t)

https://alaricsecurities.com/opinion-5-reasons-trump-will-tell-yellen-youre-fired-5-reasons-wont/
Will Donald Trump tell Janet Yellen “You’re fired!”? President Donald J. Trump will be making some key announcements in coming weeks. For example, he has to decide whether to recertify the Iran nuclear agreement. He ...

Dow Industrials Flirtation with 23,000 is a Sign of the Stock Market’s Velocity

https://alaricsecurities.com/dow-industrials-flirtation-23000-sign-stock-markets-velocity/
  Dow has registered 44 record closes—its most all-time high finishes in a single year since 2013 A resurgence in the so-called Trump trade has investors once again contemplating a fresh milestone for the Dow ...

This is Why the Bull Market Can Keep Running for Years even if Investors Dump Stocks

https://alaricsecurities.com/bull-market-can-keep-running-years-even-investors-dump-stocks/
If the market is never wrong, according to the old Wall Street maxim, then why does the stock market keep rallying despite worries about North Korea, U.S. policy uncertainty, Federal Reserve tightening and concerns over ...

Apple’s ‘Short-Term Pain’ Sets Stock up for Long-Term Gain

https://alaricsecurities.com/apples-short-term-pain-sets-stock-long-term-gain/
A bad week for Apple Inc. investors is getting worse Friday, even as the technology giant’s new iPhone is released, but some analysts say the stock’s weakness just makes it more attractive. The stock AAPL ...

How Much Longer This Stock-Market Bull Lasts May Depend on Fed’s Next Move

https://alaricsecurities.com/much-longer-stock-market-bull-lasts-may-depend-feds-next-move/
All eyes on Yellen as the stock market awaits Fed’s two-day meeting. Wall Street investors have shrugged off recent worries to propel stocks to fresh all-time highs, but this week’s meeting of Federal Reserve policy ...