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Alan R. Elliott

Washington, D.C.

Writer and Editor at Investor's Business Daily

Alan R. Elliott is a markets writer/editor with Investor’s Business Daily.

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  • 1 week ago | investors.com | Alan R. Elliott

    As the stock market swings into the final full trading week of June, the Nasdaq is in a fight to notch its third straight monthly gain. The S&P 500 has a fractional gain for the month, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lags, still struggling against resistance at its 200-day moving average. General indicators of the market's trend remain positive, however, as the market rally continues to carve its way through a bramble of challenging headlines.

  • 2 weeks ago | investors.com | Alan R. Elliott

    The past week's stock market action saw the Nasdaq and S&P 500 hold their ground, still comfortably above key technical support, as the Middle East erupted into a cauldron of uncertainty. Defense leaders scored breakouts. Beaten down oil stocks scored three of the week's five biggest advances among industry groups. The Dow struggled and slipped back below its 200-day moving average as Saleforce.com (CRM) and Boeing (BA) logged losses of more than 5% for the week.

  • 3 weeks ago | investors.com | Alan R. Elliott

    Despite a tough stock market session Thursday, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 ended the week with solid gains, and the Dow industrials closed the week back above their 200-day moving average for just the second time since March. Thursday session did push the distribution day count to four on the Nasdaq and three on the S&P 500. The signals investors to stir a bit more caution into their trading.

  • 4 weeks ago | investors.com | Alan R. Elliott

    The stock market's steep rebound paused for a breather as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 held for a second week just above support at their 200-day moving averages. The Dow Jones Industrial Average still could not quite retake that line. That left the Nasdaq about 5% off its January high, while the S&P 500 worked with a 4% deficit. IBD's Stock Market Exposure Gauge is unfazed, holding steady at the 80%-to-100% level.

  • 1 month ago | investors.com | Alan R. Elliott

    Information in Investor’s Business Daily is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer, recommendation, solicitation, or rating to buy or sell securities. The information has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, but we make no guarantee as to its accuracy, timeliness, or suitability, including with respect to information that appears in closed captioning.

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Alan Elliott
Alan Elliott @IBD_Aelliott
23 Aug 23

In the U.S., more than 10 million acres burned annually in 2015, 2017 and 2020, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center. Before that, no year (going back to 1983) had seen 10 million acres burn.

Alan Elliott
Alan Elliott @IBD_Aelliott
23 Aug 23

In the U.S., wildfires in the ten years from 2013 through 2022 averaged 7.18 million acres burned per year, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Center. Acres burned in the years 1983 through 1992 averaged 2.7 million.

Alan Elliott
Alan Elliott @IBD_Aelliott
17 Aug 23

Why do I feel like these asteroid jokes are going to come back to haunt us...? https://t.co/hSKFHPNunt