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Daily stock market analysis, trade alerts, and trading education from Ross Givens and the Traders Agency team.
A Target-Rich Environment
Hey, Ross here! Welcome back. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed lower for the week – marking the second consecutive weekly decline. This is the “worst” weekly performance since June last year. And yet, as today’s chart shows, we’re in a target-rich environment.
How to Rise Above the Market Headlines
We got the latest consumer sentiment numbers this morning, which came in surprisingly ahead of expectations. We also got some activity gauges for the manufacturing and services sectors – both of which slightly underperformed expectations. Let’s see how the markets have been moving.
Earnings Season Strategy: What Really Moves Stocks in 2026
The earnings season strategy that works in 2026 is understanding what actually moves stocks - not just whether companies beat or miss estimates.
Huge Opportunity in this Beaten-Down Sector?
Yesterday I talked about how to follow the Trump playbook and take advantage of earnings season overreactions. Today, let’s look at one big potential source of these overreaction opportunities.
This is REQUIRED for Trading Outperformance
We got the usual weekly jobless claims numbers this morning. It came in at 200,000 – a marginal increase from last week that was still slightly below expectations.
How to Follow the Trump Playbook in Your Trading
The Greenland and Europe tariffs situation resolved itself much faster than I expected. I’ll talk about Trump’s negotiating playbook – and what we can learn from it – a little later. But for now, with so much talk about the “AI bubble” still floating around, let’s look at today’s chart…
Why It’s So Hard to Profit from Unstable Markets
Investors will be watching Trump’s Davos speech today to see if he creates any more market-moving “headline news”. And that leads to a big question… Why is it so hard to profit from unstable markets?
Wednesday Watchlist – Flying to Space
Welcome back to the Wednesday Watchlist. The word of the day is volatility… But I’m buying even while fear is in the air. Here are two stocks I’m looking at right now.
Choppy Waters Ahead?
Volatility is back with a vengeance. What with all the talk about potentially acquiring Greenland “no matter what”, additional tariffs, and now threats from Europe about dumping U.S. Treasuries. So it’s no surprise that many people are seeing choppy waters ahead.
The “Market Turmoil” Playbook
Nothing on the economic calendar for today. This Thursday, we’ll get the delayed PCE report for November – the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. And outside of economic reports, President Trump is due to give a speech in Davos tomorrow… Which given the amount of uncertainty in the headlines lately...
The Copper Shortage Wall Street Is Missing | Best Copper Stocks for 2026
If you’re trying to position your portfolio for 2026, there’s a hard truth most investors don’t want to hear: The AI trade is largely over.
The Rotation is Accelerating
Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Let’s start the trading week with a chart showing how the rotation we’ve been seeing has been accelerating – and why that matters.
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