Benzinga PreMarket Prep

Some investors do not put much faith in technical analysis. However, there are enough investors that do follow it, that sometimes these analytical predictions create self-fulfilling prophecies. For those who do not follow technical analysis, there are certain moves, shifts or patterns in the...

Kevin McPartland leads Greenwich Associates' market structure and technology practice. McPartland, a former director of BlackRock's Electronic Trading and Market Structure group, has nearly 15 years of capital markets industry experience with expertise in OTC derivatives and financial...

Michael Kors (NYSE: KORS) reported Q4 EPS of $0.78 versus $0.68 estimate on revenues of $917.50 million versus the estimated $826.05 million. Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick were joined early on by StockTwits' John Melloy on Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep to discuss the high-end retailer...

Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick covered more retailers and have continued with the theme this quarter that low-end retailers are getting smashed, while high-end retailers have seen all the bullish action. For the broad market S&P 500, $1,900 is the level to break through, which keeps getting...

Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep covered the recent collapse in low-end retail and the struggle facing the industry Thursday morning. Tangent to low-end retail collapse is the boost coming into high-end retailers on the heels of an appreciating housing market. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) iceberg orders...

Andrew Giovinazzi is the COO of Option Pit. He previously served as a member of both the Pacific Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange where he acted as a market maker in both equity and index options. Giovinazzi has a wealth of knowledge to share and was a guest on Benzinga #...

On Wednesday's Benzinga #PreMarket Prep, Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick reviewed earnings and addressed concerns around retailer companies in the face of sellers hammering the sector through the 2014 Q1 earnings release season.  Gold still couldn't get far from the $1,290 level...

The Benzinga's #Premarket Prep hosts on Tuesday morning touched on Gold future's resistance around the $1,310 level. Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick still single out Gold's blatant support level of $1,290. The S&P 500 and Gold futures have been range bound lately and popular...

Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick discussed on Thursday's Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep the disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) before the day's open. Wal-Mart disappointed with a top and bottom line miss, trading down more than $2 in the pre-market. The movement Thursday...

Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick discussed on Wednesday's Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep the broad swath of mini-flash crashes that hit before Tuesday's close. After the 3:40 p.m. time period, roughly 20 different stocks were hit with mini-flash crashes. The movements ranged from seven to...

Sheldon McIntyre is the founder of 360 Virtual Advisor, an independent, research-based advisory firm focused on the United States equity market. McIntyre leverages his 14 years of experience in the investment industry to provide professional traders and investors with actionable investment ideas....

Tim McDermott, General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer of Nadex, joined the Benzinga crew on Wednesday morning's PreMarket Prep to discuss the various benefits of binary options. "Binary options are really a straightforward, limited risk financial contract that is based on a simple yes-or-no...