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It looks like Santa won’t be coming to town this year. The mythical “Santa Rally” typically occurs the last five trading days in December and the first two in January. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has risen an average of 1.3% during this period. But...

It’s been a challenging month for investors. First, we had a furious collapse in high-growth stocks that sent Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation Fund (ARKK) down 20% this month. That’s in addition to some “pandemic stocks” getting cut in half (or worse): Then we had the...

Since 1950, the period between November and January has delivered the best average S&P 500 returns. But it doesn’t always work out this way. While it’s historically the best time of year for stocks, markets can do anything. Right now, the market’s “fear gauge” (i.e...

It’s been another tough week for stocks. Fears over a new COVID-19 variant – dubbed the “Omicron” – has spooked markets, sending the Nasdaq down 4% from it’s all-time highs hit last week. It’s also brought comment from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, who said...

Overview: NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) is a visual computing company with worldwide operations and markets. The company operates through two segments, Graphics and Compute & Networking. The company's four main markets are gaming; professional visualization; data center; and automotive. Bulls Say The rise of the artificial...

It’s been a rough couple months for high-growth stocks. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the Nasdaq. The tech-heavy index is sitting a mere 2% below all-time highs. While tech stocks appear to be surging, many of the best performing high-growth tech stocks...