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Stocks continue to march higher as earnings season has given another boost to U.S. markets in another ‘Risk-On’ move into equities. The S&P 500 is up over 20% this year, but still only 6% higher from year-ago levels due to the December sell-off. Volatility is in its historically low...

Google-parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), a tech giant trailing the broader market, reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell July 25. Perhaps investors may get some fresh news to give the stock more momentum after a sluggish quarter these past few months. Several Wall Street...

Earnings season can feel like a Category 5 hurricane, and right now we’re entering the eye of the storm. Hundreds of firms have rained down financial data upon eager investors, and there are hundreds more still to follow. To predict whether the current climate of strong corporate growth will...

Investors watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) might get a skewed picture today, as the $DJI could come under more pressure than other indices due to pressure from some of its main components. Weak earnings from Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) and Boeing Co (NYSE: BA)—along with...

Considering all the big news Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) delivered over the last two weeks, its Q2 earnings report this afternoon might seem a bit anticlimactic. Arguably the biggest (and best) news of the quarter is already digested. The company reported better-than-expected car deliveries for...

With the next two weeks marking the heart of earnings season, investors keeping tabs on the telecom industry can look for reports from two major companies with diverging strategies – AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). VZ and T are the two largest wireless...

Currency futures are center stage this month, and the British Pound is in the spotlight today. The sterling has lagged this year, currently down over 6.5% from its yearly highs in mid-March. The prospect of a No-Deal Brexit on October 31 now looms ever larger, as Britain’s Conservative Party...

Investors’ heads were in the cloud this morning on solid Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings even as hopes of a more-aggressive rate cut by the Fed later this month kept sentiment lofty.  Shares of MSFT were up more than 2.8% in early trading this morning after the technology...

If there’s one thing the market doesn’t like, it’s uncertainty. But that’s what it seems to be getting on two major fronts: the trade dispute between the U.S. and China and corporate earnings. The worries about the U.S.-China trade situation continued after President Trump...

With Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) reporting disappointing quarterly results and coming under pressure as we head into the cash open this morning, I’m going to be keeping an eye on the FANG+ futures (/FNG) today. With Facebook and Google facing potential regulatory issues and struggling...

It may sound like a movie, but “JEDI” could be a hot earnings call topic for both Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) this quarter. JEDI stands for joint enterprise defense infrastructure, a $10 billion Department of Defense contract both...

Today’s session starts with banks and ends with a FAANG. Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) and several other banking firms highlight the earnings picture this morning, while anticipation builds ahead of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) results after the close. Remember that for NFLX, the first FAANG...

A lot of explanations have been given for Bitcoin's big move this year: Wall Street institutional interest, progress in market structure, gold-like accumulation as a hedge against central bank extravagance, Chinese wealth transfer, excitement around Facebook.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FB) ...

Streaming service provider Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) potentially faces several challenges in holding onto its market share as it prepares to release Q2 earnings after the closing bell Wednesday. By the looks of its soaring stock this year, however, investors so far seem to see little cause...

After getting clipped in Q1 by the government shutdown, initial public offerings (IPOs) bounced back impressively over the last three months. This could end up working its way into Q2 results for several large U.S. banks that report earnings later this week, though analysts still anticipate year-...