Halliburton shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter EPS and sales results.

UBS Group AG reported fourth-quarter and 2019 net profit attributable to shareholders of $722 million compared with $315 million in the prior-year quarter.

The S&P 500 has done very little in the electronic markets on Monday, which of course isn’t much of a surprise considering that the Americans were celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Anytime you hear a bull or bear argument about cash on the sidelines, understand that it is bogus. Ordinary trading does not add or subtract cash on the sidelines, excluding commissions.

The overnight news was dominated with concerns over the Chinese virus scares which sent equity markets in Asia falling as the longer-term risk on sentiment reversed.

Risk aversion is dominating early trade on Tuesday, with losses in Asia spilling over into Europe. The FTSE is on track for its worst day in 7 weeks as traders fret over the outbreak of the coronavirus in China.

The spread of a new respiratory illness in China has spurred a wave of profit-taking in equities and risk assets more generally.

With the market closed yesterday, the extreme extensions of the market did not get any more extreme.

While Tesla's stock price surges to new all-time high price levels, there are those who are positioning themselves for the stock to crash and burn.

The uptrend may be expected to continue, while gold is trading above support level 1554, which will be followed by reaching resistance level 1562.

Since February 2016, COP rallied higher within an impulsive 5 waves advance for almost 3 years before ending that cycle in October 2018.

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 205 points (down 0.5%) and the NSE Nifty stood down by 54 points (down 0.5%).

The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing after last year’s second-half slowdown. In addition, revised projections for the business cycle trend hint at the possibility that growth is rebounding in early 2020.

Extremes at every nook and cranny of the market spell a VIXplosion may be on the horizon. At least, that is what the media is and has been promoting for some time now.

In recent days, there has been unusual options activity in iShares Silver Trust ETF. SLV is one of the most popular ways for investors to trade silver.

The Nasdaq 100 has done very little during the Monday session in the electronic markets, as the underlying index certainly wasn’t open due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States.

KeyBanc analyst Edward Yruma upgraded L Brands to Overweight from Sector Weight with a $25 price target.

Presidents Macron and Trump have reached a truce on the French digital services tax. This shows that the EU, and France in particular, are more flexible than expected.

GBP/USD has been rising toward 1.3050 after upbeat UK wage figures. Speculation about the BOE’s upcoming decision and headlines from Davos may move markets. Tuesday’s four-hour chart is pointing to further falls.

In the past 12 months, Net margin has fallen from its peak in Developed markets.