JJ Kinahan

The stock market has experienced some extreme volatility in recent weeks, but JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade's chief market strategist, says retail traders have still been buying stocks. In fact, they increased their exposure to equities by about 10% overall in February, Kinahan said during an...

In keeping with the general uncertainty ahead of the presidential election, TD Ameritrade clients did not significantly increase or decrease their market exposure in October, according to data from the firm.  The company’s Investor Movement Index, a measure of client activity pulled from...

The massive rally in the stock markets Monday is causing problems for many online stock brokers. Brokers Down: User reports indicate that financial service firms Merrill Lynch, Fidelity, Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade are having problems, according to Downdetector. A user on Twitter also said...

For the first time in 2020, the Investor Movement Index (IMX), TD Ameritrade’s Monthly survey of client portfolio behavior, saw an uptick through May as investors grew optimistic over the potential of a quick economic turnaround in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. JJ Kinahan, chief...

The Federal Reserve announced Thursday a new program to provide up to $1.5 trillion in short-term loans to support financial market liquidity. Stocks initially traded higher on Friday following the news, but experts are mixed on whether or not the Fed is doing enough. Trump Lashes Out The Fed...

After one of its worst days in market history on Thursday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE: DIA) each opened higher by more than 6% on Friday, continuing the streak of extreme volatility in the stock market this week. Even with Friday...

Visa Inc (NYSE: V) reported first-quarter results Thursday that one analyst described as "unremarkable" and said could be overshadowing the bigger picture. The Visa Analysts Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette maintained an Overweight rating on Visa with an unchanged $240...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is delivering returns to investors even faster than it can deliver stuff to your door. Amazon's stock was surging Friday as investors responded to the delivery giant's strong fourth-quarter print, sending the company's market valuation above $1 trillion....

U.S. stocks were mostly lower Monday as the coronovirus continues to spread across. Here is a summary of how multiple experts reacted to the rough start to the trading week. Key Level In S&P 500 If the S&P 500 index stays above the key 3,200 level it will be seen as a "very good"...

Following a big beat by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Thursday, most of the largest U.S. banks have now reported their fourth-quarter numbers. Investors saw a mixed bag from bank stocks this quarter, a trend that may carry over to the remainder of earnings season. Here’s a look at how the market...

News of a Brexit agreement triggered a rally in the pound sterling this week. FX Strategist Weighs Brexit Scenarios Richard Falkenhäll, senior FX strategist at the Nordic corporate bank SEB, said he expects that EUR/GBP will move to 0.835 if the U.K. Parliament approves the Brexit agreement...

On CNBC’s "Closing Bell" on Monday, TD Ameritrade's chief market strategist JJ Kinahan said millennials were net-buyers of stocks in June. Kinahan said millennials were buying things they know. He said they love Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). "If Tesla goes down to $200, you are...

JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD)'s chief strategist; Nicholas LaMaina, TradeStation's senior vice president of product management and strategy; and Matt Weller, senior market analyst at Forex.com, talked the future of the market at the Benzinga Trading Summit in...

After a shaky May for markets following the trade war drama between the US and China, TD Ameritrade's IMX, a monthly review of investor behavior based on its client's portfolio activity, reported a modest 7 percent increase from April's score of 4.61. This is the highest IMX score in...