Online discount marketplace Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens this Wednesday, Feb. 14. Analysts, on average, are looking for a profit of 9 cents per share, up from 7 cents in the year-ago quarter -- but judging by widespread pessimism on Wall Street, quite a few bears are looking for GRPN to fall short of the consensus forecast.Bears Bet Aga...Read More

Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) hit a record high in late January, thanks to a positive reaction to the healthcare company's earnings report. This just mirrored the stock's recent technical tenacity, having broke out above a long-term flag pattern in December. More recently, the security has pulled back to its 2015 highs, making now an opportune time to join HCA on its next leg higher. A...Read More

The S&P 500 Index (SPX) on Monday notched a gain of more than 1%, after rallying on Friday. It marked the index's first back-to-back gains of that magnitude since June 2016. The last time the SPX went at least a year without consecutive gains was in February 2014, four years ago, according to Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White. Here's what that could mean for the stock market in t...Read More

GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNC) stock is at the top of the New York Stock Exchange (NSYE) -- up 25.5% to trade at $5.26 -- afterthe health and wellness retailer announced a joint venture with Harbin Pharmaceutical to make and sell its products in China. The Chinese drumaker will also invest roughly $300 million in GNC, becoming its largest shareholder. The company also reported fourth-quarter earning...Read More

There has been some debate on Wall Street lately as to whether the "changing of the guard" at the Federal Reserve triggered the major stock market drop in February. Coincidence or not, we know that Jerome Powell was sworn in as the head of the Federal Reserve on Monday, Feb. 5, which wound up being the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJI) worst single-session point loss on record. The stock market...Read More

Concerns about competition from e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have rattled several sectors recently, including shipping stocks. Today, the shares of several healthcare suppliers are lower on reports that Amazon is aiming to be a major hospital supplier (subscription required). Against this backdrop -- not to mention buzz about a big pharmacy merger in the works -- McKesson Corpor...Read More

Shares of AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE:ABC) are up 13.9% in electronic trading -- which would mark their best day since mid-2000 -- amid reports Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is considering a full takeover of the drug distributor. According to the Wall Street Journal, WBA -- which already owns a 26% stake in ABC -- is in early stage talks to buy out the remaining shares, though a formal offer ha...Read More

Stock futures are trading firmly below fair value this morning, signaling a reversal after two straight days of gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are down over triple digits, with anxiety ramping up ahead of the release of inflation data later this week. Traders are also digesting President Trump's newly unveiled budget proposal, which would more than double the U.S. deficit over...Read More

The Dow rallied triple digits for a second straight session, marking its first back-to-back gains in February. A surge in tech stocks helped the index rally more than 400 points, with all but two of the 30 Dow stocks finishing in the black. The S&P and Nasdaq also rebounded following the stock market's worst week since 2016, with materials and industrial stocks gaining after President Donald Trump...Read More

The 20 stocks listed in the table below have attracted the highest total options volume during the past 10 days. Stocks highlighted in yellow are new entries to the list, and data is courtesy of Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White. Two names standing out in today's trading are e-commerce concern Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) and chip stock NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA...Read More

U.S. stocks arehigher today, with the Dow last seen up around over 480 points. Among the stocks making notable moves today are online mailing and shipping name Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP), drugmaker Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc (NASDAQ:COLL), and hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL). Here's a closer look at what's moving shares of STMP, COLL, and LL today.Amazon...Read More

The U.S. stock market is soaring today -- paring a portion of last week's losses after President Donald Trump unveiled a massive infrastructure plan. The financial sector is seeing some of the biggest gains, as evidenced by the price action in the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF). Options traders are blasting the exchange-traded funds (ETFs), too,...Read More

Stocks are enjoying a much-needed lift after their worst week in years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) starting the week up triple digits, thanks to a rally in tech and financial stocks. Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Apple (AAPL) are leading the Dow, with the former slated to report a earnings later this week. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also exhibiting heal...Read More

After last week's bloodbath, some traders may forget that the U.S. stock market enjoyed its best start to a year since 2003. In fact, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) was up more than 10% in 2018 at its peak -- making the recent stock correction all the more rare. Here's how stocks tend to perform after a quick-and-dirty swing to start the year, and how short-term options traders can capitalize.Signal Soun...Read More

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings before the open this Tuesday, Feb. 13. The stock has a history of muted earnings reactions, according to Trade-Alert; over the past eight quarters, PEP has averaged a one-day post-earnings move of just 0.5%, regardless of direction. This time around, however, the options market is pricing in a bigger-than-expected post-earning...Read More

The U.S. stock market is trading higher today -- bouncing back from last week's sharp sell-off. The correction may have created buying opportunities for stock pickers, with Cowen pointing to the retail sector, in particular. The brokerage firm cited strong retail sales and consumer trends, and named Burlington Stores Inc (NYSE:BURL), Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL), PVH Corp (NYSE:PVH), Ralph Lauren C...Read More

Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) is making headlines today, after entertainment giant said it is raising prices for some of its theme park tickets. The company also announced a licensing deal with Alibaba (BABA), which will provide Disney content to BABA's Youku video streaming platform. At last check, the stock had erased its earlier gains to trade down 0.1% at $102.95.The stock has not had a great ye...Read More

Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) are up 2.4% to trade at $40.47, thanks to some bullish analyst attention ahead of earnings this week. Specifically, Instinet upgraded CSCO stock to "buy" and hiked its price target to $46, stating, "We believe Cisco's webscale switching wins are durable and its window for a campus switching refresh will extend through 2019." The analyst also hiked quarte...Read More

Even as the major stock market indexes suffered their worst week since 2016, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) stock tacked on an impressive 21.6% last week -- its best single-week performance since February 2015 -- thanks to well-received earnings. This morning, analysts have taken notice, with BMO raising its price target on TWTR stock to $28 from $22. Nevertheless, the new target still represents a disc...Read More

Stock futures are pointed higher, as markets look to rebound from their worst week since 2016. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading over 300 points above fair value, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are also slated for a positive open. Investors are anxious to see President Trump's infrastructure plan, which will be unveiled to some extent later toda...Read More