Stocks Take A Breather

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Stocks are fluctuating near all-time highs as investors weigh the prospects for further gains after mixed corporate earnings from companies including Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.(NYSE:GS).

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Key levels to watch this week: Continue reading "Stocks Take A Breather"

Apple Joins The DOW And Tesla Has Range Anxiety

Hello traders and MarketClub members everywhere today is a big day for Apple as the world's most valuable company is officially joining the DOW after the close of business today. Leaving the Dow is poor old AT&T. They are getting booted out in favor of Apple.

I say congratulations to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and I hope that they do very well being a major component in the DOW. The biggest component in this particular index will be Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). This is the first time that you had an investment bank represents over 7% of the weighted Dow index. So the most watched index in the world should be worth watching again. Continue reading "Apple Joins The DOW And Tesla Has Range Anxiety"

Big Banks Report Earnings This Week

The Banking sector is heavily represented in this week's finance sector reports, with all of the sector's big guns like J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C), and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) coming out with results this week.

Total earnings for this sector as a whole are expected to be up +19.3% from the same period last year. So, on paper it all looks rosy, as they say. Currently the Trade Triangles are in long positions in the major bank stocks that are reporting earnings this week. Continue reading "Big Banks Report Earnings This Week"