JCPenney (JCP) — JCPenney kicked off in-store Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day, opening its doors at 3 p.m. to long lines of shoppers. This year, the retailer offered to match customer purchases of over $10 and up to $500. Wal-Mart (WMT) — The retailer’s shares edged higher in pre-market trading as Wal-Mart began offering Cyber…
Market Update: Stock futures are higher ahead of the open as consumers all over the country flock to the stores trying to grab Black Friday deals. The market will close early (at 1pm EST) today. When you have a chance, check out copper (JJC), check out FCX, check out AKS, NUE, X…check out BHP,RIO,SCCO…it is a…
Market Update: Stock futures are relatively quiet ahead of Wednesday’s open one day after the major indices hit fresh record highs and topped psychologically important levels. The stock market will be closed all day on Thursday (in observance of Thanksgiving) and close at 1pm EST on Friday. Gary’s Thoughts: Futures down…nah, that can’t be. Market never…
Stocks rallied on Tuesday helping the Dow trade above 19,000 and the S&P 500 top 2,200 for the first time ever. These are “round” numbers and important psychological levels to watch going forward. Existing home sales jumped to a 9.5 year high. Steel stocks continued to surge and act very well. Gary’s Thoughts: 19,000 dow…most…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq composite, S&P 500 all hit record highs on Monday. Monday was the first day of the shortened holiday week. The benchmark S&P 500 hit a fresh record high after energy prices rallied 2% on renewed optimism that OPEC would cut production. Apple ($AAPL) and IBM ($IBM) were two big…
Facebook (FB) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at First Shanghai Securities Ltd with a price target of $135. FireEye (FEYE) fell 5% in pre-market trading after it was downgraded to ‘Sell’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs. Sina Corp. (SINA) rose over 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 24 cents,…
Market Update: Stock futures are higher ahead of Tuesday’s open after the major indices hit fresh record highs. the first day of this holiday week. The stock market will be closed all day on Thursday (in observance of Thanksgiving) and close at 1pm EST on Friday. Gary’s Thoughts: We offer no cold water except to say…
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We continue to believe this remains a very split tape…regardless that some major indices are in new high ground. Bounces aside…and to be clear, all these areas are deeply oversold…we continue to avoid: Gold/silver, real estate, utilities, beverages, food, household products, tobacco,emerging markets, apparel, medical supplies,medical equipment, pharma, solar, big telecom, big cap tech/internet (Facebook,…
Stocks ended mixed on Wednesday as the Dow snapped a 7-day win streak. Before the open, mortgage applications tanked by 9% as mortgage rates spiked higher. A separate report showed Home Builder sentiment remained steady. Inflation remained at bay as the producer price index came in unchanged, missing estimates for a gain of 0.3%. Finally industrial…
