Nicholas Colas

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) was added to the S&P 500 on Monday and shares are down 7.8% this week, contributing to an overall decline of 0.5% for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). Given a number of market analysts and experts have compared Tesla’s parabolic rise in the last...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping events of the year for retail stocks. This year's holiday shopping season has been a unique one, and early data suggests retail investors could see some mixed outcomes. Online sales growth for Black Friday was up 22% according to...

The economic downturn and subsequent government stimulus measures in 2020 has led some analysts and traders to use the phrase “zombie companies” to describe companies that would not be surviving without financial support from the government. On Thursday, DataTrek Research co-founder...

The trading action in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) since the March lows has been surprising to many investors. But upon closer examination, the 2020 rally has mirrored the 2009 recovery from the financial crisis to an eerie degree. Throughout the year, DataTrek Research co-founder...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares jumped 5% on Tuesday after the company announced a major restructuring and said it's planning to go all-in on its Disney+ streaming service. Roughly a week after activist investor Dan Loeb called on Disney to end its $3 billion annual dividend and invest that...

The U.S. Commerce Department revised its second-quarter GDP estimate slightly Wednesday, reporting that the U.S. economy shrank by 31.4% in the second quarter. The new estimate is up slightly from the previous estimate of a 31.7% decline. The GDP Numbers: The second quarter represents the largest...

This year has been an extremely volatile year on Wall Street, but the S&P 500 has made very little progress one way or the other year to date. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is up just 0.7% overall in 2020 heading into the fourth quarter. The first-quarter market sell-off...

After a higher opening, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is trading flat on Tuesday and could be on track for its fifth consecutive down day. In volatile and unpredictable markets, DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas says it’s important for investors to remember three...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares recovered more of their losses on Thursday after the stock logged its worst day in history to open the week. Tesla shares dropped more than 21% on Tuesday due to S&P passing on including Tesla in the S&P 500 index, a decision that has triggered mixed...

Large-cap tech stocks were hammered on Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping 3.5% and the Nasdaq trading lower by 5%. While tech investors took a big hit on the day, the sell-off came with both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq trading at all-time highs. The sell-off was led by Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

One of the catalysts driving the wild ride for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) in 2020 has been its potential inclusion in the S&P 500 after first becoming eligible following a profitable second quarter. While Tesla’s addition to the S&P 500 could trigger a wave of buying as funds and money...

One of the most common explanations for the frenzy of buying in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) in 2020 has been the stock’s eligibility for the S&P 500, which bulls say would force a tremendous amount of buying volume in the stock. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas on Monday...

The trading action in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) since the March lows has been surprising to many investors. According to DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas, the stock market has performed mostly in-line with expectations based on his 2009 playbook. Throughout the year,...

A flood of first-time investors have poured into the stock market this year. While it’s always a great time to get started investing, Wall Street can have a very steep and costly learning curve for inexperienced traders. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas recently put together this...

One of the biggest debates on Wall Street in 2020 has been whether or not the tech sector is currently experiencing a bubble like it did during the dot com era roughly 20 years ago. DataTrek Research recently conducted a survey of more than 300 subscribers to determine how the average investor...