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.
One way to reduce correlation with the S&P: find stocks with a history of lower volatility than the index.
There was little in Alcoa's earnings to dispel the notion that it could be a difficult earnings season for many companies -- especially the industrials.
With so many negative headlines, it is often possible to lose sight of the long-term positives for equity investors.
Events in Spain or Italy tell us nothing about the long term demand for goods and services from Apple to Varian Medical.