momentum

Momentum traders are enjoying their best stretch in over a decade, with the strategy's flagship fund outpacing the broader U.S. market by the widest margin since records began — and it's a selective basket of stocks, led by Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), doing all the heavy lifting....

The momentum trade just hit a wall and the unwind has been nothing short of brutal. JPMorgan analysts Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, Arun Jain and Bhupinder Singh note that the sharp reversal in momentum has erased two years of gains in just three weeks – one of the fastest unwinds in four decades....

Cannabis delivery service Eaze has opened applications for its Momentum business accelerator to encourage and cultivate underrepresented cannabis businesses nationally. As of Tuesday, BIPOC, women, LGBTQ+ and military veterans nationwide can apply to the company's award-winning program....

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has snagged a new order for 10 of its Semi trucks and two Megachargers with nearly $2 million in United States government support, Electrek reported Monday. What Happened: The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee — which invests in clean...

Shares of Kate Spade and Coach parent company Tapestry Inc (NYSE: TPR) notched a strong return in October and the momentum can be sustained through November, according to Piper Sandler Chief Market Technician Craig Johnson. Tapestry's Chart: Tapestry's stock benefited in October from a beat...

Momentum is one of this year's leading investment factors and that theme is accessible a variety of exchange-traded funds. An upstart ETF dedicated to momentum stocks is the Fidelity Momentum Factor ETF (NYSE: FDMO). FDMO, which launched in September 2016, tracks the Fidelity U.S. Momentum...

The momentum factor had its heyday, for longer than many expected, but in 2016, investors have overtly favored the low volatility, quality and value factors while momentum goes overlooked. That does not mean the case for momentum and exchange-traded funds such as the iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum...

With the low volatility, quality and value investment factors outperforming this year, it might be logical to assume momentum is struggling. FV: Gauging The Momentum Factor If the once beloved First Trust Exchange Traded Fund VI (NASDAQ: FV) is an accurate gauge, yes, momentum is struggling. Still...

For the second time in the past two months, Ocean Power Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OPTT) is making huge, high-volume trading swings. After the company announced last week that it has developed a newer version of its PowerBuoy, shares spiked 61.4 percent on Thursday and another 75.2 percent on Friday...

Low volatility and momentum are two widely followed investment factors, but rare are the occasions that these two factors meet and stand as the primary factors under the umbrella of a single exchange-traded fund. That changed a bit Thursday with the debut of the PowerShares DWA Momentum & Low...

Momentum is one of the most widely followed investment factors, but when it comes to the application of this factor in universe of exchange-traded funds, it is most often applied to equity-based products. IndexIQ, an ETF issuer with a reputation for unique offerings, is changing that. On Tuesday,...

Sometimes, “better” is a relative term, but there is no denying the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd (NYSE: VWO), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE: EEM) and other emerging markets exchange-traded funds are certainly acting better to start 2016 than they did in...

Stocks can be broken into several different categories. One of the most common categories is known as "value stocks." It describes an issues price relative to its core fundamentals (dividends, earnings or sales). One that trades below these metrics is considered undervalued; one that trades above...