US Stock Market Review 13 - 17 May 2024
$Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ +1.24%, $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$+1.54%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$+2.12%. DJIclosed above the key 40,000 level for the first time ever.
Major economic data last week, CPI and retail sales showed weaker than expected result, ignited speculations that the economy is cooling, elevating chances for the Fed to cut rates in the next few months
Over 90% of the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ compa...

Morning mooers! It is Tuesday, April 30th, and the market is in red on the second day of jam-packed Q1 earnings week. Mooers, what are you watching today? Comment below and I may feature your comment tomorrow!
My name is Kevin Travers, and the city is foggy with mixed earnings results, here are stories moooving the market:
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$Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$ rose 7% after the drug maker reported a 26% increase in quarterly revenue, aided by ro...

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$
An Overheated Rally
The S&P 500 has been on a very strong rally for several months and is showing no signs of slowing down yet. Investors and analysts alike have been calling for a correction over the past few weeks.
The S&P 500 is showing signs of overextended price action and extreme overbought conditions on the weekly candles. These are some of the technical reasons why traders have been cautious recently. But always remember that the mar...

If you're curious whether the $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ options market mirrored the 10% surge in the stock Friday, here's a snip of the action in calls that expired today.
And there's a window into the action for contracts expiring next week.
To sum up, 740,640 calls changed hands, more than double the 274,750 puts.
And if you're curious whether big money is jumping in, here's what the data is showing.
Disclaimer: Options trading entails significa...

Here's the latest top five stock options that are seeing the heaviest volume so far this trading day. As expected, four of the Magnificent Seven are at the top, but two of them are selling-off.
With just about an hour and a half left into the trading day, here's a look at the heaviest options volume in AI-favorite $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$.
And if you're curious about the capital trends surrounding Nvidia, check out...

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Last week saw a strange situation where Tesla underperformed but the stock skyrocketed and Meta did very well but the stock plummeted.
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*Every mooers listed below will receive 500 points for their contributions to the community.
Tesla soared:
@ZnWC: Mainstream media will only focu...

Due to repeated optimism from brokerage firms, Yang Zhongli's institutional stock price has broken a new high
$YTL (4677.MY)$Driven by its three major businesses, utilities, construction, and ash, analysts are optimistic that its stock price still has plenty of room to rise, and the reasonable price has been raised sharply to RM3.33.
Following the release of Hong Leong Investment Bank's optimistic report, Yang Zhongli's agency received incentives today and its stock price broke a new high. The stock price rose 6 cents or 2.21% throughout the day, and the closing report was RM2.77.
An analyst at Fenglong Investment Bank pointed out that Yang Zhongli's three major businesses are $YTLPOWR (6742.MY)$Mainly utilities, as well as construction and ash, are important drivers of its strong profit potential.
“In particular, Yang Zhongli Electric Power, Yang Zhongli's agency will rely heavily on this 55.6% subsidiary to achieve outstanding results.”
Yang Zhongli's electricity is still strong
He said that Yang Zhongli Electric Power delivered strong profit performance in the past few quarters, thanks to the contribution of Singaporean subsidiary SerayaPower.
“SerayaPower and the Jordanian affiliate Attarat power plant are expected to maintain a steady profit contribution.”
Meanwhile, analysts said that its British water subsidiary, WessexWater, is expected to turn a loss into a profit starting at the end of the current fiscal year, which will further boost the future profit performance of Yang Zhongli's utilities.
The newly emerging data center business is also viewed by analysts as one of Yang Zhongli's future growth drivers.
“500 megawatts...