FAANG

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s solid second-quarter results continued to push the stock higher Friday and drove several sell-side analysts to raise their price targets. Pre-market and early morning buyers sent the Google parent company’s stock price up by more than...

This morning delivered a diversion from the steady drumbeat of earnings with an update from the European Central Bank (ECB). The ECB finished its meeting today without announcing a new rate cut, but hinted strongly that one could happen in September. The ECB hasn’t cut rates since 2016, and...

Earnings season can feel like a Category 5 hurricane, and right now we’re entering the eye of the storm. Hundreds of firms have rained down financial data upon eager investors, and there are hundreds more still to follow. To predict whether the current climate of strong corporate growth will...

Tech giants in the FAANG group should weather Justice Department antitrust scrutiny over the long term, Wedbush said Wednesday after a report of a broadening probe. What Happened The Wall Street Journal first reported the Justice Department will investigate tech antitrust questions, likely...

With Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) reporting disappointing quarterly results and coming under pressure as we head into the cash open this morning, I’m going to be keeping an eye on the FANG+ futures (/FNG) today. With Facebook and Google facing potential regulatory issues and struggling...

Today’s session starts with banks and ends with a FAANG. Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) and several other banking firms highlight the earnings picture this morning, while anticipation builds ahead of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) results after the close. Remember that for NFLX, the first FAANG...

Technology is a sector that houses some of the biggest investment opportunities ever seen. In fact, outside of the banking industry, more tech companies are among the 50 largest companies in the world by market cap than any other industry, with companies like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com,...

Trepidation seems to be growing as investors prepare for two days of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s “Humphrey Hawkins” testimony to Congress starting tomorrow. U.S. stocks could follow European markets’ overnight lead downward to start Tuesday as weakness grows ahead of Powell...

Technology is the second-best performing sector over the last month, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to blow people away with Q2 earnings results. Since the start of June, Technology shares are up nearly 7%, better than any sector besides Materials. Strong Technology...

Even the slightest hint of warmer trade winds is enough to get investors’ hearts beating a little faster these days as the G-20 meeting approaches.  You can see that Wednesday morning as the stock market made a mild rebound thanks in part to some optimistic comments from U.S. Treasury...

The first positive China trade news in weeks debuted just in time for the Fed’s decision later today. Whether stocks follow Tuesday’s sharp rally with another move higher could depend on what happens at 2 p.m. ET when the central bank wraps up deliberations. The interesting thing about...

The story of slowing global growth that Wall Street has been telling itself in recent months added a new chapter Friday in the form of Chinese industrial production data. The latest numbers show industrial production in the world’s second-largest economy rising just 5% on a yearly basis last...

After two days of strong buying interest that gave the S&P 500 Index (SPX) a nearly 3% boost since Monday’s close, it might be interesting to see if stocks can keep up the momentum and power to a higher weekly finish.  If that happens, it would be the first positive week since April...

While investors were selling off shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Monday in the wake of reports of an impending antitrust investigation, UBS Securities downplayed the threat to the stock.  The Analyst Eric Sheridan reiterated a Buy rating on Google with a $1,420 price...

When we think about investing in the technology space, we often think of the Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL), Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc's (NYSE: TWTR) of the world. However, looking at all of these stocks over the past year shows that they’ve either lost...