Trading Markets

Time to Take Profits in Tech?

The Hot List: Profit-taking in Intel and overbought conditions in smaller semiconductor stocks may be a signal for traders to start heading for the exits in the near term.

Homebuilders: Too Hot To Handle

The Hot List: Earning significant negative edges as they rally into overbought territory, homebuilding ETFs like ITB and XHB continue to confound their critics.

Should Traders Bet on the Banks?

The Hot List: Rallying into overbought territory in the first half of the week were a number of the big, money center bank stocks that have been toiling away in bear market territory for months. Is it time to buy?

Is There a Buyers’ Trap in Big Oil?

The Hot List: Shares of Sunoco Inc. rallied to their highest levels in a month. Will other oil refiners follow and should traders looking for stocks to buy take note?

Trading Visa: Uncrowned King of Consumer Credit

The Hot List: Credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard have been in bull markets for most of 2011. Does this mean that the current pullbacks in shares of both companies should be especially worth watching?

Is the Nasdaq Ready to Bounce Back?

The Hot List: Technology remains a source of some of the biggest quantified edges in the stock market. Here are some of the highest rated stocks from the Nasdaq that have pulled back into oversold territory as of midweek.

High Volatility, Light Volume, Big Pullbacks

The Hot List: Many of the stocks pulling back on Monday are only recently off 52-week highs. Here are a trio of Nasdaq names that short-term traders may want to keep an eye on over the next few days.