Author: Scott Redler

Although traders largely sit on the sidelines during often-quirky options expirations, the market had a productive day Friday, trading back up into an important short-term level. Wednesday’s high in the S&P of 1321.35...

We were lucky fortunate to be joined by one of today’s top market commentators, Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist, Standard & Poor’s Equity Research. For over 10 years Sam and I have been friends. I have deep...

Futures opened slightly higher but are trading lower early in Friday’s session ahead of April options expiration. Traders often find the action on OpEx difficult to make sense of, so today it will pay to watch more than...

Google Inc. (GOOG) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup – and lowered its price target for shares to $650 from $750. Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Auriga –   Target lowered to $19 from...

The market churned higher most of the session Thursday after pre-market losses, filling the gap and closing back up into the 21-day and 50-day moving averages. What at one point looked like it would be an important day for the...

The market has started to rally late Thursday morning after a gap down and early weakness during the session. The S&P opened well below the 21-day moving average, which had been acting a support, but it would take a...

You should know by now that the best time to buy stocks as an investor is during periods of maximum pessimism. If you are a shorter term trader, the best time to enter a trade is “at the bottom of the envelop”. While neither of...

With recent weakness in the market I have been looking for stocks that have held their upper ranges and showing strength. One idea that fits the bill is Citrix Systems, Inc. (CTXS). Looking to the charts we can see that CTXS had...

Intel Corporation (INTC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Roth Capital Deutsche Bank AG (DB) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Societe Generale Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) estimates lowered at Credit Suisse lowered at ISI Group...

US stock futures are set for a significantly lower open Thursday, below the 21-day moving average that has been acting as support during this most recent pull-back. The rally back toward highs simply ran out of steam starting...