The stock market is a forward-looking machine, with a motor that just won't quit. So when it comes to figuring out whether a stock is worth buying, investors care most about where profits are headed, ...

Henry Hoenig has three decades of journalism experience as a news and economics editor in the U.S. and Asia, handling coverage of global commodity markets and Asian equity markets. He previously ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Forward P/E ...

Trailing 12 Months, or “TTM,” is a financial data format. It refers to a set of data that covers the past 12 months. Investors can use a TTM analysis for any metric they would like to analyze, from ...

A trailing stock loss is an order that executes when the price of a security moves a percentage or dollar amount in a specified direction. Investors use trailing stop orders to protect gains. A ...