Over the past week, global markets reacted sharply to the terrible news that a British lawmaker was murdered for her view that the U.K. should remain in the European Union. It’s believed this will push undecided voters to choose to remain. Read More

If there is one thing the banking sector hates, it is a flat yield curve. And the way the bond... Read More

If there is one thing the banking sector hates, it is a flat yield curve. And the way the bond market is acting right now, there seems to be one on the way. The traditional banking business borrows... Read More

The transportation sector has been lagging the broader market for the better part of the past year... Read More

The transportation sector has been lagging the broader market for the better part of the past year and a half. But truckers enjoyed a resurgence this year until mid-April, when the entire group... Read More

While following a rising trend is usually the best way to make money in the stock market, chart reading can tell us where that trend is likely to run out of steam. And when we have a big stock like home improvement retailer Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) soaring more than 20% in… Read More

We’ve all heard the trading adage, “Sell in May and go away.”  This annual warning tells investors to pull all of their money out of stocks on May 1 and keep it out until Nov. 1. “Sell in May” isn’t a cliche or an… Read More

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) was one of this decade’s hottest stocks — surging... Read More

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) was one of this decade’s hottest stocks — surging more than 700% from about $90 a share at the start of 2010 to a high above $750 in August of last... Read More

Sector work is a big part of the stock selection process. Right now, financial stocks from banks to specialty finance are lagging the major indices. However, property and casualty insurer and member of the blue-chip Dow 30, Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV), has been bucking that trend… until now. Read More

I constantly scour the market for stocks on the cusp of major bullish trend changes, but over the past few months, there has been little opportunity thanks to the market correction. When the headwinds blow that hard, few ships can sail. But with stocks rebounding sharply off their… Read More

Sometimes all we really need is a trendline to identify what to do with a stock.  One look at... Read More

Sometimes all we really need is a trendline to identify what to do with a stock.  One look at the chart of digital telecommunications product maker Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) tells us that the... Read More

The roughly 70% drop in oil prices in less than two years has claimed many victims. The economies of entire countries such as Nigeria and Venezuela have been devastated. Shale oil boom towns like Fargo, N.D., have gone bust.  Shares of many energy companies have been decimated — some even… Read More