As Copper Prices Go North, Let’s Check on Southern Copper

By BRUCE KAMICH Mar 01, 2023 | 01:15 PM EST Stocks quotes in this article: TECK, FCX, SCCO Hedge fund manager David Einhorn touted Teck Resources ( TECK)  and copper as an investment on a financial ca...

The Charts Are Cooking Up an ‘Apple’ Turnover

By BRUCE KAMICH Feb 24, 2023 | 01:55 PM EST Stocks quotes in this article: AAPL Apple ( AAPL)  is perhaps the most closely followed company on the face of the planet. Many people track all the new dev...

Is Pioneer Natural Resources Poised for a Major Breakdown?

Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company posted mixed quarterly numbers (earnings beat, revenue miss) Wednesday night. Let’s check...

Where Will Carvana Drive to Next After Earnings?

Carvana Co. (CVNA) is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results after the close of trading here on Thursday. Let’s get out the owner’s manual and look up the charts and indicators of ...

How Will Nvidia Stock React to Earnings?

Semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) is scheduled to report their latest quarterly results this Wednesday after the market close. A review of the charts is in order. In the daily bar chart of NVDA, below...

A Look at DraftKings After the Super Bowl and Before Earnings

By BRUCE KAMICH Feb 16, 2023 | 09:42 AM EST Stocks quotes in this article: DKNG Wagering platform DraftKings ( DKNG) was busy in recent weeks as football fans bet a record $16 billion in total on Supe...

What’s Next for Palantir as It Prepares to Post Earnings?

Big data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) is scheduled to report their latest earnings after the close of trading Monday. Let’s check out the charts and indicators before the pri...

With Lucid Motors Buyout Talk, Here’s What the Charts Indicate

Shares of Lucid Motors (LCID)  soared sharply on Friday on rumors that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is considering buying a remaining stake in the luxury electric vehicle startup. Let&#...

Boeing Has Been Rising but Its Ascent Has Stalled in Advance of Earnings

Boeing (BA) is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday before the market opens. Let’s check the charts and flight plan for this Dow Jones Industrial Average component. In this da...

Johnson & Johnson Might Need a Band-Aid Ahead of Earnings

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is expected to report its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday before the stock market opens. The shares have been weak so far this month so let’s review the conditio...

Schlumberger Stock Could Rise 45% From Here

Shareholders and analysts got a nice report from SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger (SLB)  , Friday morning as the company announced better-than-expected fourth-quarter numbers on strong oilfield ser...

My Strategy for Buying a Mining Giant

BHP Group Ltd. (BHP) is among the world’s top producers of “stuff” including iron ore, copper, nickel and metallurgical coal. Let’s check out the charts and indicators. In the ...

Vale: Mining a Stock With Long-Term Promise

Vale S.A. (VALE) is a Brazil-based miner of nickel and other key metals and minerals (iron ore and pellets, nickel, manganese ore, copper, ferroalloys, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper and cobal...

Coinbase May Drop Further Between the Couch Cushions

Coinbase Global (COIN) is an online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing cryptocurrency. There still seems to be supporters of the company and crypto in general but let’s see ...

The Only Way to Trade Nvidia Is Cautiously

By BRUCE KAMICH Dec 22, 2022 | 02:01 PM EST Shares of chip maker Nvidia ( NVDA) are getting hit Thursday as investors worry about news on  Micron Technology’s ( MU) announcement of spending cuts...

Nucor Plunges 9% and Could Be Headed Even Lower

Shares of steelmaker Nucor Corp. (NUE) sank more than 9% Thursday amid the broader market selloff. What are the charts and indicators suggesting lies ahead? Let’s check. In the daily bar chart o...

Apple Stock Continues to Fall — Looks Like Sir Isaac Newton Was Right

Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated his gravitational theory after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than in another direction. Shares of a different ki...

As Citigroup Weakens, Here’s What the Charts Say Is Next for the Stock

Shares of Citigroup (C) have weakened in the past year and the selloff does not look over yet. Let’s check out the charts and indicators on the banking giant.    In the daily bar chart of C, bel...

Barrick Is Starting to Shine, but Not Yet Golden Opportunity

Barrick Gold (GOLD)  has rallied in the past four weeks and some recent weakness in the U.S. dollar is getting people thinking about a more sustained move up for GOLD and precious metals in general. A...

CrowdStrike Ahead of Earnings: Strike Now or Avoid the Crowd?

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings  (CRWD) is scheduled to report their latest quarterly numbers to shareholders after the close of trading Tuesday. In our May 31 review of CRWD we wrote that tra...

Burger King Parent Restaurant Brands Makes a Whopper of a Breakout

Restaurant Brands International  (QSR) owns four prominent quick service restaurant brands: Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Tim Hortons and Firehouse Subs. The QSR stock price has soared highe...

ChargePoint Stock Needs Its Own Boost

EV charging firm ChargePoint Holdings (CHPT) is losing some “amps” on the charts. Let’s check.     In this daily bar chart of the  Action Alerts PLUS holding below, we can see that C...

The ‘Sky Is Falling’ at Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods (TSN) was downgraded to underperform from neutral (sell from hold) at a major sell-side firm. This comes ahead of next week’s release of quarterly results. The stock price target is ...

Sit Down for This: The Trade Desk Doesn’t Look Like a Good Trade

The Trade Desk Inc. (TTD)  is trading lower Wednesday after reporting earnings Wednesday morning. Despite beating expectations on earnings per share and revenue, the stock is less than one dollar away...

Affirm Looks Weak Ahead of Earnings

In our August 26 review of Affirm (AFRM) we wrote that “The charts and indicators of AFRM are weak and traders should avoid the long side for now. Maybe later…”   With AFRM scheduled...

Pioneer Natural Resources: Buy, Sell or Hold?

Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)  were trading lower Friday following an earnings and revenue miss. Should we sell? Stand pat? Or look to be a buyer? In our October 18 review of PXD we wrote ...

Freeport-McMoRan’s Turn to the Upside Is Just What the Dr. (Copper) Ordered

By BRUCE KAMICH Oct 24, 2022 | 01:30 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: FCX Copper producer Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX) finished the past week with a good upside rally on the heels of a slim earnings b...

Can Amgen Finally Make an Upside Breakout?

Pharmaceutical giant Amgen Inc. (AMGN) has been trading sideways in the $250-$260 area many times since April. The $64,000 question is whether AMGN can stage an upside breakout. Let’s check the ...

Can Verizon Reconnect With Investors After Hitting a 52-Week Low?

By BRUCE KAMICH Oct 22, 2022 | 07:00 AM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: VZ When we  reviewed shares of Verizon Communications ( VZ) back on August 31 when we wrote, “Avoid the long side of VZ...

Home Depot Flirts With a 52-Week Low With Nothing to Build On

By BRUCE KAMICH Oct 20, 2022 | 02:47 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: HD Shares of home improvement company Home Depot ( HD) are trading lower Thursday. The stock is just a few dollars away from ...

Microsoft Layoffs: What That Could Indicate for the Stock

By BRUCE KAMICH Oct 18, 2022 | 01:45 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: MSFT In past market cycles the announcement of layoffs by a public company has at times marked a price low for the company...

Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Is Struggling Ahead of Earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSM)  , the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips is on many investors’ minds these days for several reasons. The company is set t...