Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
3 Best Magnificent 7 Stocks To Buy For 2025
Image Source: Pexels Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds, and ETFs and how it impacts your life.This week, Tracey is going solo to discuss the Magnificent 7 stocks which are Apple, NVIDIA, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Amazon.com, Tesla and Microsoft […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Looking For A Taste Of Santa
This is the holiday shortened Christmas trading week.The Street is looking for a taste of Santa.Stocks managed to put together a little rally.The VIX took a further decline down to its 50 DMA.The funds and banksters are going to be painting up the tape into the year end, so volatility is to be expected as […]
Will The Bull Rally Continue In 2025?
Image Source: Pixabay Well, this interview is being recorded the day after the Federal Reserve spooked markets by slowing the expected pace of future rate cuts.The S&P instantly dropped 3% on the news and bond yields spiked.Is this just temporary heartburn as the markets digest the news?Or might this signal that markets have just peaked?For perspective, […]
The Options Market Is Pointing Us At Four Dividend Stocks Right Now
Image Source: Pexels We’re about to go through the “Turn” from 2024 to 2025… and I’ve got outperformance on my mind.I want to ensure we’re looking at the publicly traded stocks offering the best chance at superior returns in the coming year.We have to consider the likelihood that 2025 will not be like the FOMO-driven years […]
Is Shorting NVDA A Smart Trade In Current Market Conditions?
Image courtesy of 123rf.com The meteoric rise of Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) has been spectacular, with the chip giant delivering an astounding 172% return year-to-date, dwarfing the S&P 500’s 24% gain. With a market capitalization now hovering around $3.3 trillion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 53, many investors wonder if this tech darling has risen too fast. But […]
Stocks And Rates Rise As The Yield Curve Continues To Steepen
The S&P 500 rallied by about 75 basis points today, but it remains a market with weak breadth. Breadth was notably weak in the morning, though it improved slightly as the day progressed. According to data from the Bloomberg 500 Index, Nvidia was the leading stock, contributing 34% of the day’s gains, while Broadcom added […]
MoonPay to acquire Helio Pay for $150 million in its largest deal yet
Key Takeaways MoonPay plans to acquire Helio Pay for $150 million to enhance its payment services. Helio Pay enables crypto payments for merchants, with solutions like Solana Pay integrated into Shopify. Share this article MoonPay is in discussions to acquire crypto payment platform Helio Pay for approximately $150 million, according to Fox Business journalist Eleanor […]
Are You Ready To Trade Biotech Stocks At The Cusp Of A Bear Market?
Image Source: Unsplash Trading Biotech Stocks – Is There Any Momentum Left? The healthcare sector (XLV) is trading at 2024 lows, down 11% over 3 months while many SMID biotech stocks peaked in early November. Many SMID biotech stocks in our momentum driven “Trading List “have done well but the XBI is down over 8% in […]
Shifting Equity Sensitivities With S&P 500 Sectors
Broad-based benchmarks such as the S&P 500® and S&P SmallCap 600® demonstrated an upbeat response to the U.S. presidential election, rising 6% and 11%, respectively, in November 2024. The spread in U.S. size segments was more muted relative to S&P 500 sectors. Exhibit 1 presents the November 2024 cumulative total return of the S&P 500 versus different U.S. equity […]
Tech Helps Stocks Start Christmas Week Strong
Stocks finished strong today, with the Dow coming off a triple-digit loss at its session lows to add 66 points by the close. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both logged solid gains, the latter getting a bump from tech titan Nvidia (NVDA). Wall Street shrugged off two lackluster data sets today; consumer sentiment fell in December below […]
