Stock Pick: Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
Initiating coverage on Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 36.45 with a buy rating. The company is engaged in building software to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations.
Initiating coverage on Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 36.45 with a buy rating. The company is engaged in building software to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations.
Wow, what a week of stock market gains! The S&P 500 was up 3.12%, the NASDAQ Comp was up an impressive 4.91%, and the Small Cap Russell was up almost 4%.
The NASDAQ and S&P 500 both posted gains of 1.16%. Meanwhile, the Small Cap Russell 2000 posted a small increase of .30%.
All the indexes we wrote about took a beating. The NASDAQ was down 5.21%, the S&P 500 was down 3.6%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 was down 5.53%!
The action Wednesday was subdued at best. Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ posted tiny losses and the small cap index did the same.
The S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Small Cap Russell 2000 took an old-fashioned butt whipping today. Volume picked up from Friday on the S&P 500; the NASDAQ volume was about the same as Friday. And the Small Cap Russell 2000 just got beat up.
Nvidia posted earnings yesterday, and my thoughts proved true: this is a sell-on earnings quarter.
The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have been limping higher over the past 2 weeks. The last decent up-volume day was about 2 weeks ago.
The market waited for the Federal Reserve to speak on Friday. The S&P 500 +1.05%, NASDAQ +1.08%, and Small Cap Russell 2000+ 3.19% in weekly gains, while the volume was subdued.
The recent 8-day rally has been impressive by the numbers. Today, the winning streak was snapped. But don't be fooled.