Sure, risk management and expected payoff are similar. But that's where a reasonable comparison ends.
A maker of equipment for the solar, LED and emerging technologies industries, the company is making money hand over fist.
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.