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Consumer discretionary is reporting the second-highest yearly earnings growth rate of all S&P 500 subsectors, which sets up an opportunity in overlooked retail stocks.

What are call and put options? Jacob Mintz, Chief Analyst of Cabot Options Trader, explains in this detailed infographic.

Tech investors need to understand the linkage between companies and stocks, such as Apple (AAPL) and its two most critical inputs: Taiwan Semi (TSM) and Foxconn.

We’re starting to see a little uptick in trading ranges, especially among our technology stocks. Given that market risks seem to be on the rise and there is some rotation out of tech stocks (at least for the moment), I’m advising that you take partial profits in two of our outperforming software positions today. Plus, I suggest stepping away from one underperforming position.

China was the first country to be devastated by coronavirus, and although the pandemic there is not completely over (and there are doubts about the accuracy of that country’s daily virus count), it’s almost surely on a downhill swing. That’s helped the Shanghai composite to fare better than the S&P this year, and not surprisingly, many (not all) Chinese stocks have shown some interesting resilience during this crisis

Snapchat’s valuation is overinflated right out of the gates. But does that mean it’s due for an immediate comeuppance? Not necessarily.

Identifying the best ETFs of 2017 is a good predictor of what sectors have plenty of momentum heading into 2018. Here are five that stood out.

I often write that “XYZ stock is showing a good set-up” or “is set-up nicely.” What exactly do I mean? That’s a question I’ve gotten a few times during the past couple of weeks, so I thought I’d add some color to it here.

Eleven years ago, Sears stock was at all-time highs, a $23 billion company. Now the company is bankrupt, and the stock is almost at zero. What happened?!

Earnings season can be make or break for some stocks. By abiding by this simple rule, however, it won’t break your portfolio.

Black Friday stocks got good early news with October retail sales coming in better than expected. A few sectors in particular stood out.

Disruptive technologies and products change the world. Disruptive stocks make early investors a ton of money. Here’s what I mean.

The so-called FANGMAN stocks now account for 30% of the entire stock market. Where they go next will determine where stocks as a whole go.

If a second stock market crash is underway, treat it as an opportunity to buy good stocks at prices more aligned with the current economic environment.

Stock market predictions are futile, especially now. But by reading charts and watching options activity, we can get a hint of where things are headed next.

The past few sessions have brought an avalanche of news and rumors involving inflation, rumors of China/Taiwan tensions, a worldwide tech shutdown and, this weekend, a shakeup in the 2024 election, all of which have caused some reverberations. At this point, the top-down measures look fine, but there’s no doubt that leading stocks (especially growth stocks) have gotten very sloppy, with a pickup in breakdowns and distribution. All in all, we’ll move our Market Monitor to a level 6 and stay flexible: A strong rebound and some positive earnings gaps could still launch many new leaders, but we need to see the buyers step up in individual names to get more aggressive.

Another piece of good news is that it’s still not hard to find strong stocks with good stories, as this week’s list has names from a variety of areas. Our Top Pick is a big-cap name that reacted well to earnings last week and looks poised to help lead a fresh upturn in its sector.

Current Market Outlook


Last week, the selling that had been concentrated in growth names spread to the rest of the market through Wednesday, though a late-week bounce helped a bit. Still, not much has changed with the overall environment—growth stocks remain in the dumps, and while bounces are possible (many fell 20% to 30% in just the past three weeks), there’s a lot of damage to repair. The broad market is obviously in better shape, where we still see some good opportunities (mostly after bullish earnings pops), but even there the action is turning choppy and challenging, with news-driven moves, rotation and whipsaws. Overall, we’re fine taking a swing or two at stocks and sectors that are still in favor, but we also think it’s best to stay relatively cautious until we see broad buying power emerge.

This week’s list is almost all turnaround and cyclical-type stories, and our Top Pick is International Game Technology (IGT), which is benefiting from both the reopening of casinos and also the growth wave in sports betting.

Stock Name	Price	Buy Range	Loss Limit
AutoNation (AN)	105	101.5-104	91.5-93.5
Callaway Golf (ELY)	34	32.5-34.5	28.5-29.5
Camping World Holdings (CWH)	45	44-46	39-40
CF Industries (CF)	55	52.5-55	47-48.5
Cimarex Energy (XEC)	74	71.5-74.5	61-63
International Game Technology (IGT)	22	21-22.5	17.5-18.5
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (LEG)	56	53-55	49-50
Summit Materials (SUM)	34	31.5-33	28.5-29.5
WestRock Company (WRK)	62	58.5-60.5	53-54
Yeti Holdings (YETI)	86	83.5-86.5	76-77