Alcoa's report is being seen as sign of a troubled earnings season. Analysts that were slow to cut EPS targets across the board may be the bigger worry.
U.S. stocks are selling off for a fifth-straight day. The Fed minutes could be a catalyst, although stocks are not oversold and volatility remains low.
Don't fight the Fed in the gold market and especially not now, argues Chris Henwood of The Henwood Edge and a former trading VP at Goldman's J. Aron.
We diversified into three new sectors: consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and telecommunications services.
J.C. Parents, CMT is watching chip stocks as a leading indicator for other markets and perhaps the tech economy. And he likes what he sees.
There is a backup list of screened stocks ready to be subbed into the Sustained Momentum model should any of the current investments start to falter.
A trio of Fed officials voiced the need for the Fed to do more to stimulate the economy following the weak Friday jobs report.
One particularly crummy Friday does not ruin the bullish picture for stocks, says Jeffrey Saut, equity strategist at Raymond James.