Roger Scot
01/25/2021
Wall Street was mixed with Tech stocks showing continued strength while the small caps and blue chips closed lower — and more in Monday’s stock market recap. The action comes ahead of a heavy fourth-quarter earnings slate with a number of key updates from Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), Tesla Inc. […]
01/25/2021
Election news, the Capitol Hill riot, looting and a new Democratic presidency has resulted in a huge uptake of sales for firearms… and a surge in two gun stocks for 2021. It’s pretty well known that the Democratic Party favors gun control. That’s the main reason why we’re seeing such […]
01/25/2021
Global stock markets are mostly higher this morning as investors look forward to upcoming earnings reports in hope that economies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic will soon recover. With both a Democratic president and Congress, investors are hopeful that Washington will send out another round of economic stimulus. In […]
01/22/2021
Wall Street was weak throughout as disappointing earnings and profit taking weighed on sentiment — and more in Friday’s stock market recap. The major indexes rebounded off the opening lows following better-than-expected economic news, especially from the housing market — which remains on fire. Headwinds from low inventories and high […]
01/22/2021
Just as we’re almost entering our last trading week in January, the second shoe finally dropped. Futures are way down this morning and global markets have retreated after a resurgence of the coronavirus in China. It was only a matter of time. Some investor optimism for vaccines was extinguished as […]
01/21/2021
Wall Street was choppy throughout despite another round of record highs, with Tech showing the most strength before a mixed close — and more in Thursday’s stock market recap. The action comes ahead of a number of key earnings announcements after the closing bell that will likely influence Friday’s open. […]
01/21/2021
It looks to me like the markets are still running on a post-inauguration sugar high. Global shares rose this morning mainly on the optimism of America transitioning to a new administration — the same sentiment that set off a rally on Wall Street earlier this week. Why? Investors are hoping […]
01/20/2021
Wall Street was up for the second straight session with gains leading to another round of fresh all-time highs for the major indexes — and more in Wednesday’s stock market recap. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris went to work right away following their swearing in today. They […]
01/20/2021
As earnings season has officially kicked off for the fourth quarter, investors are eager to see what the financial sector earnings outlook for 2021 will mean for their beloved bank stocks. 2020 was a difficult, whiplash of a financial year, and some U.S. banks took the brunt of it more […]