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And so the S&P 500 Index is trading right around a key resistance level of 1,220 and, if it can prove to hold above this level, this could be the breakout the market’s been needing. It’s been a tough go for the stock market over the last several weeks and we’re due for a little […]

The American corporate profit machine is in full swing: Stock market darling Google Inc. (NASDAQ/GOOG) reported late last week that its third-quarter profit hit $2.73 billion on sales of $9.72 billion. Earnings and revenue grew 26% and 33%, respectively, from the same period of last year. This morning, troubled Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE/C) announced that it […]

With declining expectations for future economic growth and therefore corporate earnings, the stock market could experience a prolonged period of range-bound trading action around current levels. The S&P 500 Index has been trading in a tight range around 1,150 since the beginning of August and, while there’s been resiliency around the 1,120 level, there’s also […]

Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE/AA), the first stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to report third-quarter earnings, missed analyst expectations. The Street was hoping Alcoa would earn about $0.20 a share. The company earned $0.15 a share. But let’s look closer. Alcoa’s net income in the third quarter of this year more than doubled to $172 […]

Without getting too technical, investors have two ways to bet on the price direction of stocks. They can go “long” the market, which means they believe that stock prices will rise. Or they can go “short” the market, which means they are betting that stock prices will fall. Going “long” is easy; all investors need […]