Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)

Stock picking continues to be the most productive approach as market timers are battered and bruised once again.

This is pretty much exactly what you get when you have so much positive research.

The smallish clinical-stage vaccine company looks like a trade, not an investment, and might be approached as an option play.

The extent of the measures taken to combat the virus seem to be an overreaction, and no one should count on a vaccine being a magic bullet.

What if the market is simply pricing in a quarter that had already been priced out?

I would wait until the next down day, and there will be one.

Plus, a closer look at Thursday's late-day rally and at actions impacting the nation's big banks.

The charts of the electric vehicle maker are showing some weakening in the stock, though a major shake-out isn't likely.

Do you know what a company does, does it do it well, and is there anything going on that could change the trajectory?

I can't educate the foreign investors. The professional mutual fund managers think I'm dead wrong. But I can help teach the new retail traders.

This market is offering trading opportunities the likes of which haven't been seen since early 2009.

The massive tock market drop was to be expected, and seasoned traders were prepared for it. But there was also some good news on the coronavirus vaccine/treatment front.

The administration will provide increased financial support to 5 pharmas working on Covid vaccines, and we must keep an eye on price action in this uncertain market.

Let's hope that the violence subsides, the valid voices of peaceful protesters are heard, and the lack of social distancing protocols does not lead to a resurgence in the spread of the virus.

A now-overbought market leaves few values available among equities.

When I first started buying ARCT shares I didn't conceive of a valuation of $1 billion, but I also didn't conceive of the global impact of a pandemic.

WDAY looks ready to break out as traders weigh wether markets are now overbought after this 2-day run.

So what's the narrative? Simple: the recession is ending, it turned out to be a V recession and recovery after all.

The negatives are being shaken off like a first time rider on a long-time bull which means long remains the name of the game.

I've been long Merck for a long time, since way before this pandemic became part of our lives.

The return of NYSE floor traders is symbolic of the return to normalcy, as vaccine candidate manufacturers are scaling up for mass production.

The market may be down but, once again, the decline's about the White House getting re-tough on China.

As State economies begin the slow process of reopening, the Fed is there to support market function. Facebook's latest e-commerce foray has investors cheering.

Bull and bear markets are occurring simultaneously and that makes for good stock-picking but great difficulty if you are trying to trade the major indices.

Expect more fiscal and monetary support and don't expect a full return to previous economic activity for quite some time.

Headlines questioning phase-one trial data by Moderna spurred late selling as this market is still a bear.