The first lesson I learned about investing at the age of 11 was to know which way the market was going. Is it going up or down? It sounds too simple, but it’s the last thing most people consider.

The S&P 500, the large cap index, is widely followed as a measure of the health of the U. S. economy. The Nasdaq-100 is widely followed as a measure mainly of the big tech and social media stocks that ...

The Nasdaq 100 has completed a "V-shaped" recovery after the recent selloff. The overall trend is clearly bullish across all major timeframes, with the index currently trading above the key 25,320 ...